In 2018, the Department of Housing and Urban Development threatened to demolish 201 affordable housing units in the City of Wellston, an inner ring suburb in St. Louis County and one of the poorest communities in the State of Missouri. In summer 2023, a developer broke ground to rehab and preserve these scattered site units. This mobile workshop will tell the story of the fight to preserve the Wellston community. Participants will visit completed and under-construction units, St. Augustine’s Wellston Center Food Pantry, and Wellston City Hall and showcase tenants’ tenacity and the potential of creative solutions to address large-scale problems.