Rock’s Star’s Popup Show Helps Dellwood Non Profit Development
Date Posted: March 4, 2024
Posted In: News, People, Projects,
From KSDK: Grammy Award-winning rock singer Melissa Etheridge hosted an intimate concert in north St. Louis County to help rebuild an abandoned shopping complex.
The rock legend performed Saturday in Dellwood to about 100 lucky fans, fundraising for the Refuge and Restoration nonprofit organization.
Rather than a concert hall, Etheridge used the new nearly 12,000-square-foot entrepreneur space off of West Florissant Avenue that is part of the complex under construction. Phase 1 has already been fully funded totaling about $16 million.
“I mean we’ve got grandmas who give $25,” CEO of Refuge and Restoration, Beverly Jenkins, said. “To a person who gives $2 million. We are blessed.”
“We could not write the names on the wall that helped us finish this year,” she said.
The R&R Marketplace project at Dellwood’s Springwood Plaza at 10174 West Florissant Ave. had its musical night sponsored by Cathy’s Kitchen. Raising funds for a massive economic access center in this area has been in the works for a decade.
“This is the sort of thing that changes communities,” Melissa Etheridge said.
“This is not a band-aid,” Etheridge said. “This is not just teaching someone to fish. This is teaching them to own the fish market.”