{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.mccaskill.senate.gov/media-center/news-releases/following-mccaskill-advocacy-nearly-30-million-infusion_announced-for-north-st-louis-city-revitalization-efforts", "Following McCaskill Advocacy, Nearly $30 Million Infusion  Announced for North St. Louis City Revitalization Efforts", "2016-12-12", "2016", "2016-12", "Democrat", "House", "MO", "Claire McCaskill", "M001170", "www.mccaskill.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Following McCaskill Advocacy, Nearly $30 Million Infusion  Announced for North St. Louis City Revitalization Efforts \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t Senator wrote and spoke directly to U.S. Housing Secretary in weeks leading up to decision to award  $29.5 million in grant funding for City of St. Louis through Choice Neighborhoods program \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tMonday, December 12, 2016\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tST. LOUIS \u2013 Following sustained support and advocacy from U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, today she joined the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and local leaders to announce the award of $29.5 million in grant funding for the City of St. Louis through the Choice Neighborhoods program. The city\u2019s selection by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will fund revitalization efforts in North St. Louis.\r\nClick HERE for an image from today\u2019s event.\r\n\u201cThis is great news for St. Louis\u2014this funding will be a huge economic boon to the community and will go a long way to help revitalize the enormous potential in some of our struggling neighborhoods, \u201d McCaskill said. \u201cI\u2019m grateful to join with the many folks on the ground who have worked so hard building a strong coalition on behalf of our city.\u201d\r\nMcCaskill has been a strong advocate for the city\u2019s application. In the final weeks of deliberation, McCaskill spoke with Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro to reiterate her strong support. Earlier this fall after being named a finalist, McCaskill sent a letter to Secretary Castro on behalf of St. Louis\u2019 application where she stated, \u201cThe Choice Neighborhood grant would direct resources to poverty stricken residential areas [near the new National Geospatial Intelligence Agency site] and ensure that the redevelopment and economic growth can extend to and benefit these longtime St. Louis residents.\u201d\r\nIn September, with strong support from McCaskill, St. Louis was named a finalist for the prestigious Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grant by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The application put forth by the City was selected as one of the top five out of 34 cities for its development of a viable, feasible plan for the transformation of the Near North Side neighborhood and focused on health, education, public safety, social services, job training, entrepreneurship, housing, and neighborhood enhancements.\r\nMcCaskill has been a leading advocate for continued revitalization efforts for the City of St. Louis and surrounding regions. Working closely with the City of St. Louis and St. Louis County, McCaskill supported the designation of St. Louis as a Promise Zone \u2014a partnership between the federal government and the community to boost economic development, reduce crime, leverage private investment, and improve educational opportunities. Additionally, she helped secure a $5 million grant to create approximately 3,000 jobs for St. Louis youth.\r\nVisit\u00a0mccaskill.senate.gov/jobs\u00a0to learn more about McCaskill\u2019s fight to expand Missouri jobs.\r\n###\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.mccaskill.senate.gov/media-center/news-releases/following-mccaskill-advocacy-nearly-30-million-infusion_announced-for-north-st-louis-city-revitalization-efforts"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7119388319551945, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}