In this episode, we talk to Brittany Breeden of Project Augustine, a nonprofit restoring the former St Augustine Catholic Church in the St. Louis Place Neighborhood. For the next three years, the goal is to stabilize and restore the building, eventually opening it as a community center offering arts and educational programs, a community garden, a wellness center, and administrative/entrepreneurial spaces.
Project Augustine
https://www.projectaugustine.org
Video tour of St. Augustine
https://youtu.be/ODE12XPZUoM
Fox 2 News/News 11 feature on Project Augustine
https://www.projectaugustine.org/post/fox-2-news-news-11-dive-deeper-into-project-augustine-s-goal-to-repurpose-st-augustine
Chris Naffziger's St. Louis Magazine story on Project Augustine
https://www.stlmag.com/history/architecture/project-augustine/
Chris Naffziger on the history of St. Augustine Catholic Church
https://www.stlmag.com/history/architecture/tragic-decline-gothic-revival-church-non-an-anomaly-st-louis/