Community Mediation Services (CMS) provides group facilitation to several neighborhoods and organizations around the St. Louis metropolitan area. Proposed new construction or renovation of facilities within a community Concerns over changes within a neighborhood Disagreements between residents within a condominium association Improved cooperation within neighborhood and organizational associations Supporting dialogues on issues where attendees have…

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Community Mediation Services of St. Louis’ conducted training for a class of 13 during November and December 2016 in collaboration with the Ferguson-Dellwood Community Resource Center. Adding these volunteers with our existing experienced mediators means we probably will not provide training before the Fall of 2017. If you are interested in being on the list…

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Community Mediation Services of St. Louis’ next community mediation training session is now scheduled to begin with an informational session on February 21, 9:30 am at St. Louis Mennonite Fellowship, 3752 Giles Ave. All applicants for community mediation training are encouraged to attend to learn about what mediators do, what the committing as a volunteer…

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Executive Director John Doggette spoke on community mediation at the October 17th 2014 Association of Missouri Mediators Annual Conference held in St. Louis. His presentation provided an overview of community mediation centers nationally as well as the specific programs of the Community Mediation Services, including Neighborhood Mediation, Eldercare Mediation, Family Mediation, Town Hall Meetings, and…

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Community Mediation Services has participated in several town hall meetings recently, including for Benton Park Neighborhood and Lindenwood Park Neighborhood. Both of these meetings were organized by the respective neighborhood associations, and invited residents to discuss potentially controversial changes to their neighborhoods, including new businesses, rezoning, and possible changes to infrastructure. With each of these…

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