Mayor Tishaura Jones

04/14/2025

Thank you for letting me serve as your 47th mayor, St. Louis! It’s been an incredible honor.

I want to extend my heartfelt gratitude to all who helped make St. Louis a better place over these last four years. We’ve seen a 43% decrease in homicides, making 2024 the year with the fewest homicides in 11 years; construction began on a new 911 Dispatch Center; we started building people-friendly transportation infrastructure, with work underway to repave and calm 30 miles of arterials and construction beginning this year on several protected bike lanes; the Office of Violence Prevention was established and brought down homicides in target areas by an even larger percentage than in the city as a whole; we created the Office of New Americans to connect the foreign-born population to services, housing, and employment; we launched a new employment program for our unhoused neighbors and grew the number of City-funded shelter and transitional beds by 54%; and we finally began focused investment in housing, home repairs, infrastructure, and workforce development in North St. Louis, which has been neglected for generations.

Behind the scenes, we modernized the City’s hiring process by implementing a new online application system; we went from a paper payroll system to a digital one; and we modernized our ability to pay bills. We also created OneStopGov, a digital portal to streamline city services.

Thanks to the efforts of so many people, the City of St. Louis is safer, stronger, and healthier today than it was four years ago. I wish Mayor-elect Spencer and the City of St. Louis every bit of success.

Sincerely,

Mayor Tishaura O. Jones

04/03/2025

Today we cut the ribbon at Ozella J. Foster Funeral Services, the first new business to open on MLK Blvd. in 20 years. I’m so proud of Ms. Foster and her family for the love and opportunity that they’re bringing to the community, with the support of a grant from and the North City Grant Program. This is how we build a brighter future for our city!

04/02/2025

Crime continues its historic decline in the City of St. Louis, with the first three months of 2025 seeing the lowest number of homicides since 2005, 20 years ago. As of March 31, 2025, homicides are down 45%, robberies are down 20%, burglaries are down 33%, and auto thefts are down 39%, year-to-date. Shooting incidents and shooting victims are both down 39%, as well.

Residents, visitors, and businesses in St. Louis deserve to live in a safe city, and we continue to make our city safer each and every day. This is an all-hands-on-deck effort, and these positive numbers wouldn’t be possible without the brave men and women of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, our community partners, and the residents who work with us to prevent crime and hold bad actors accountable.

"We have seen positive progress in the first three months of 2025, but there is plenty more work to do," said St. Louis Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Tracy. "As we enter the next quarter, we will remain steadfast on the mission to protect and serve, while working with our community and Crime Control Strategies to strategically deploy our patrol resources.”

Read the full press release: https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/mayor/news/2025-lowest-crime-in-20-years.cfm

03/31/2025

Big news for St. Louis! 🎉

Mayor Tishaura Jones opened the first of four Digital Learning Labs at Tandy Recreation Center today, giving residents access to free computers, internet, and digital literacy training. This initiative will empower St. Louisans of all ages to thrive in the digital age.

This project is a powerful collaboration between the St. Louis Development Corporation - SLDC and the City of St. Louis, with vital coordination from the Department of Parks, Recreation & Forestry, the Information Technology Service Agency, and the Board of Public Service.

A special thank you to the BJC Foundation, Dell Technologies and AHEAD for their generous donation of technology equipment. NPower will be staffing the Community Help Desk and providing digital navigators at all four labs, located at Tandy, Wohl, 12th & Park, and Marquette recreation centers.

Currently Open:
📍 The Tandy Learning Lab
📅 Mondays through Thursdays; Fridays
⏰ 10 a.m. to 7 p.m; 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

More labs opening in April!

Read more: https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/mayor/news/tandy-digital-learning-lab-opens.cfm

03/31/2025

03/30/2025

Eid Mubarak! Today I was at America's Center where more than 700 of our friends and neighbors came to attend Eid prayers celebrating the end of the month of Ramadan.

03/27/2025

Happy Opening Day, ! Will you be at Busch Stadium today? ⚾

03/26/2025

From the very beginning, this bill has been a sham.

03/25/2025

Who doesn't love a good map? 🗺️

👀 See exactly where investment is happening in the City of St. Louis with the Neighborhood Transformation Map that City of St. Louis - Community Development Administration launched last month!

See for yourself 👇
https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/cda/investments.cfm

03/20/2025

Did you know that more than $300 million is being invested in St. Louis transportation infrastructure between 2024 and 2027?

Including:
- Repaving and calming Kingshighway, Goodfellow, Union, Jefferson, and Grand
- New bike lanes on 20th Street, Tucker, South Broadway, Tower Grove Ave. and more
- Intersection safety improvements
- and more!

You can find out what's happening where and when on our Friendly Streets web page, which includes an interactive map of significant projects that have been funded and will be built between 2024 and 2027.

Learn more at bit.ly/STLFriendlyStreets

03/18/2025

Mark your calendars! We'll have another Cabinet in Community town hall meeting on Saturday, March 29 at Confluence Academy - South City Campus at 10:30am!

03/18/2025

The Workhouse is finally coming down. It is not, and was not, fit for human beings. Now, we are making sure that no human being will be detained in this facility ever again.

By beginning this demolition today, we are saying that we will never again accept the conditions that were apparent here. At the same time, we are committed to improving the conditions at the CJC.

And we will continue to invest in our communities, in our youth, and in violence prevention, making St. Louis a safer city where more people, no matter their neighborhood or their skin color, have the opportunity to thrive.

Thank you to everyone who helped make this happen. We are seeing what can be achieved when many voices come together for what’s right.