Where We Stand: Measuring Success for the St. Louis Region

Where does the St. Louis region stand on overall well-being? What have we learned about how to measure success for a region? What’s next for St. Louis as it looks to climb up the ladder on these rankings in the future? What has studying twelve issue areas over the last several months taught us about where we stand? Our twelfth and final episode explores the CORE Score well-being index for the St. Louis region and takes a look back at what we’ve learned over the full Where We Stand series.Links:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Where We Stand document and resources⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠CORE Score Well-Being IndexGreater St. Louis, Inc.St. Louis ArtWorksSave Lives Now!

Where does the St. Louis region stand on poverty? What can the poverty rate tell us about the success or failure of a region? And how does this issue tie in with our recent discussions on income and education? What can understanding these deep struggles tell us about where we stand? Our eleventh episode explores the issue of poverty in the St. Louis region through conversations with EWG's Derek Wetherell and Legal Services of Eastern Missouri’s Dan Glazier.Links:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Where We Stand document and resources⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Legal Services of Eastern MissouriMissouri WorksMission: St. LouisEmployment Connection of St. LouisCommunity Action Agency of St. Louis CountyMissouri Job Center of St. Charles County

Where does the St. Louis region stand on education? Does our high rate of high school diploma attainment correlate with regional success? How do high school graduation rates relate to the number of bachelor’s degrees in the metro area? And how does whether you’re in the city or suburbs, Missouri or Illinois, determine what kind of education you’re likely to receive? Our tenth episode explores the issue of education in the St. Louis region through a conversation with EWG's Mary Rocchio.Links:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Where We Stand document and resources⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jackie Joyner-Kersee FoundationSt. Louis ArtWorksUMSL Geospatial Collaborative

Where does the St. Louis region stand on income? How does the St. Louis region climb up the income ladder while trying to hang on to its purchasing power? When we open up St. Louis’s wallet, what does what’s in there tell us about where we stand? Our ninth episode explores the issue of income in the St. Louis region through a conversation with EWG's John Posey.Links:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Where We Stand document and resources⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Forward Through FergusonFederal Reserve Bank of St. LouisLaunchCodeJames S. McDonnell Foundation

Where does the St. Louis region stand on infant mortality? What does infant mortality reveal about healthcare access in St. Louis? What can these heartbreaking figures about the loss of the most vulnerable among us reveal about where we stand? Our eighth episode explores the issue of infant mortality and healthcare access in the St. Louis region through a conversation with EWG's Mary Rocchio and a word from Generate Health CEO Rose Anderson-Rice.Links:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Where We Stand document and resources⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Generate HealthSt. Louis Regional Health CommissionInfant Mortality Reduction InitiativeFor the Sake of All Report

Where does the St. Louis region stand on crime? How do we really compare to other metropolitan areas? What can be done to create a regional approach to addressing violence in our region? Our seventh episode explores the issue of crime in the St. Louis region with EWG Research Director John Posey, Save Lives Now! Director Brandon Sterling, and Saint Louis MHB Prevention Partnership Director Jessica Meyers.Links:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Where We Stand document and resources⁠⁠⁠⁠Save Lives Now!St. Louis MHBSt. Louis Area Violence Prevention CommissionBeyond JusticeArchCity DefendersGun Violence Initiative

Where does the St. Louis region stand on vacancy? How has that changed over the years, and how do we compare to other regions? What do the emptiest places in St. Louis tell us about where we stand? Our sixth episode explores the issue of vacancy with EWG policy analyst Derek Wetherell. Links:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Where We Stand document and resources⁠⁠⁠⁠EWG Long Range Transportation PlanGreater St. Louis, Inc.OneSTL

Where does the St. Louis region stand on housing affordability? Are we really a cheap place to live? And what can we do to address homelessness for those who don't have access to housing at all? Our fifth episode explores the issue of housing affordability with EWG research director John Posey and Samantha Stangl of House Everyone STL.Links:⁠⁠⁠⁠Where We Stand document and resources⁠⁠⁠⁠House Everyone STLBridge to Home: Solutions to Homelessness Spanning the St. Louis Region

Where does the St. Louis region stand on the issue of homeownership? What do our high homeownership rates say about the success of our region? And who is missing out on homeownership opportunities? Our fourth episode explores the issue of homeownership with Mary Rocchio of East-West Gateway's research team. Links:⁠⁠⁠Where We Stand document and resources⁠⁠Rise Community DevelopmentSt. Louis Vacancy Collaborative

Where does the St. Louis region stand on the issue of racial segregation? How is the metro area divided, and how do we measure segregation? Our third episode explores the issue of segregation with East-West Gateway's research team and features James S. McDonnell Foundation president Dr. Jason Purnell. Links:⁠⁠Where We Stand document and resources⁠James S. McDonnell FoundationSegregation in St. Louis: Dismantling the DivideFair Housing Equity AssessmentHealth Equity Works

Where does the St. Louis region stand on the topic of employment? What industries do St. Louisans work in, and how might that be shifting? Our second episode explores the issue of employment with East-West Gateway's research team. Links:⁠Where We Stand document and resourcesSTL 2030 Jobs PlanHispanic Chamber of CommerceAdvanced Manufacturing Innovation Center

Where does the St. Louis region stand on the topic of population? How fast (or not) is the region growing, and what can measuring that growth tell us? The first episode of the Where We Stand podcast delves into the issue of population growth with East-West Gateway's research team. Links:Where We Stand document and resourcesInternational Institute of St. LouisSt. Louis Mosaic Project"Why Is St. Louis Growing More Slowly Than Expected?" from the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank

How do we measure success for the St. Louis region? By population? Job growth? Crime rates? Something else? How does St. Louis compare to other metro areas around the country and what can we learn from what they’ve gotten right and where they’ve fallen short? Join us as we explore these questions in Where We Stand: Measuring Success for the St. Louis Region, a new podcast from East-West Gateway. Subscribe to Where We Stand wherever you get your podcasts, and dive into the data with the East-West Gateway research team as they seek to measure where St. Louis stands and where we might go from here.