STL Community LAB: Learn. Act. Build.

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Grantwriting - Foundation Grants

Learn how to prepare a foundation grant proposal by receiving coaching and then practicing writing your own proposal.

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Community Organizing and Advocacy

Learn about organizing methods & strategies for community-driven social change, with a focus on social justice & racial equity.

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Join Community Builders Network & St. Louis Promise Zone.

Business Models: Residential Real Estate

Receive an overview of real estate finance, legal considerations, and key partnerships.

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STL Community LAB

STL Community LAB creates space for our region to Learn, Act, and Build strong communities. We do this by assembling community development trainings from a variety of organizations and universities in the St. Louis region onto one organized platform.

Mission: The mission of the STL Community LAB is to increase participation in the community-building process by educating and supporting all in the quest to build strong, whole communities.

STL Community LAB Offers:

A hub for residents and professionals to easily access and participate in high quality courses to build community through topics such as real estate, organizing, and managing a nonprofit organization.
Collaborative new programs, courses, and trainings that provide vital and current community development knowledge.
A way to connect the dots for neighborhood leaders hoping to take their community work to the next level and have a voice in civic decision-making.
Support for residents who are seeking to make the changes they envision for their communities.

Course Categories:

Local Government 101
Neighborhood Leadership
Anti-Racist Communities
Community Organizing
Community Engagement

Real Estate Development
Economic Development
Civic Data
Non-Profit Governance including Evaluation, Fundraising
Coalition Building

The Course Selection Rubric (PDF) is used to help decide which events and courses are listed on this platform. See the STL Community LAB course archive.

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Foundations of Real Estate (FoRE) Certificate Spring 2021 - Live

Event date: March 8, 2021 - May 20, 2021

This is a hybrid live and on-demand program offered by the Urban Land Institute.This on-demand online certificate offers you a comprehensive introduction to the field of commercial real estate. The certificate includes five modules with 30 hours of ...

Reviewing and Analyzing Property Financial Reports

Event date: March 9, 2021 - March 16, 2021

Overview of how to review property financial reports to ensure that they are a valuable tool for property and asset management planning and operations. Workshop includes review of typical property financial report with analysis of key balance sheet, ...

Environmental Injustice in STL

Event date: March 9, 2021

Event time: | 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

The Environmental Racism in St. Louis report calls out environmental racism—“the disproportionate impact of environmental hazards on people of color” —in St. Louis. While these disparities have been part of the long-standing discriminatory ...

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Real Estate 101 Certificate (Self-Paced)

ULI’s Real Estate 101 Certificate provides a detailed level of basic knowledge in the 3 areas essential to commercial real estate: basic finance and investment; the pro forma as a tool for valuation and investment decisions; the basic development ...

Issues of Confidentiality and Ethics to Consider in Nonprofit Organizations (Self-Paced)

Nonprofit organizations deal with confidentiality and ethical issues on a regular basis. Attend this class to learn about the laws, standards, and best practices nonprofits need to know as they navigate issues of confidentiality and ethics.

Introduction to Excel for Real Estate Professionals (Self-Paced)

In this course, you will learn how to set up, navigate, and effectively use Excel spreadsheets. This course is recommended for non-finance real estate professionals who wish to obtain new, and enhance existing, Excel skills.

Understanding and Using Real Estate Cap Rates (Self-Paced)

This course explores the multiple inputs that determine capitalization rates (“cap rates”) and explains how a developer, investor, lender or broker can apply that understanding to making more informed decisions in the real estate market.

Foundations of Community Engagement (Self-Paced)

This online course is designed to build a foundation of knowledge and practice for your community engagement work. Learn about the role of community, community engagement techniques, how to evaluate engagement activities, etc.

Introduction to Pro Forma Excel Modeling (Self-Paced)

Learn how to create a basic multifamily investment pro forma. You will begin with an overview of financial modeling, and the course introduces/reviews a variety of Excel functions that are commonly used in building pro formas.

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