Clean Up, Build Up

Clean Up, Build Up, is a multi-year partnership with the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis to revitalize North St. Louis City’s most challenged neighborhoods. Clean Up, Build Up, works to improve neighborhoods and decrease violence, targeting derelict houses that have long been areas of criminal activity.

In 2023, RBC held two events in the Glascow Village in St. Louis County and the College Hill Neighborhood in St. Louis City. In Glascow Village, RBC members worked closely with the Urban League to install household security cameras and doorbells for residents.

RBC members, their companies, and community volunteers convened in the College Hill Neighborhood to build up “Peace Park” at the base of the Grand Water Tower, in the only neighborhood without an official park in the City of St. Louis. Volunteers removed debris and trash from the neighborhood, cleared lots, boarded up windows with murals from local artists, installed a pavilion, and laid the foundation for installing playground equipment this spring through the generosity of RBC members.

Clean Up, Build Up is made possible by the dedication of our members to bettering the quality of life in all communities but particularly in the most disadvantaged neighborhoods in the region. By donating their time, money, and expertise, the RBC and its partners are able to give Northside commmunities a neighborhood they are proud of…one block at a time.