What's Good in St. Louis?

12/29/2024

We're working hard to build things up for an exciting and impactful 2025.

In the meantime, here's a little reminder that humans can be incredible and wonderful. ❤️

Show someone else love. Not because you think they "deserve" it or will love you back, but because to love is a skill, a muscle, a habit, and without regular exercise it atrophies, but with consistent effort, its ability is infinitely expandable.

Saving your love for someone special is the best way to run out before you find them. Spend it. It will return 10 fold, one way or another, today, tomorrow, or 10 years from now.

Loving others is the only investment that guarantees worthy dividends.

11/11/2024

ICYMI: Gateway Game Jams' own Brandon McCrary of the St. Louis County Police Department shares how he got involved, why, and how something as seemingly innocuous as gaming can bridge divides that are sometimes too painful to address directly.

It was a very cool chat with an awesome civic leader who is doing the hard work on the front lines to make sure our streets are safe and that children of color know there are friendly faces who wear badges.

This is the stuff that matters.

This is What's Good in St. Louis?

When we learned that Gateway Game Jams ( on Insta) was not only teaching kids how to turn video games into career skills, but building commun...

10/06/2024

09/30/2024

Welcome to What's Good in St. Louis, where we shine the spotlight on St. Louis area agencies, nonprofits, and individuals who are taking big steps and making big changes to help continue to make STL the BEST in the Midwest.

Check out this short from Noah Burke on his experience with Gateway Game Jams and St. Louis ArtWorks this past June and stay tuned as we talk with more of the real people busy making change for themselves or helping make positive change for others.

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Gateway Game Jams ( on instagram)holds in person gaming tournaments and teaches youth in STL how to play, build, and monetize a career in vid...