Thank you for participating in making
the 2008 Big BIG Tour a fantastic success!

If you attended this year's BBT we'd really like
to have your feedback.

Please join us right back here next year on
Sunday, March 29, 2009

when we will be celebrating our Tenth Anniversary!

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About the Tour

In the spring, every year since 1999, we celebrate city living with the Big BIG Tour. It's the only city-wide, city-focused house tour and it's absolutely free to attendees! The tour is an excellent opportunity for first-time homebuyers, empty-nesters, curiosity-seekers and anyone else interested in city living to take a peek into many of the city’s distinct neighborhoods.

Ever picture yourself in a loft? Curious about co-housing? Maybe you've dreamed of opening a business and want to live upstairs? Possibly you're energized to find a place and make it your own with commitment and a little elbow grease. Have you imagined living in a gorgeous renovated historic home or maybe you're looking for new construction. Whatever finding that place called “home” means to you, you'll find it on the Big BIG Tour.

On event day, a detailed program and maps for the self-guided tour will be provided at the tour’s starting point where you can visit with neighborhood groups, review mortgage packages and other real estate related services before you set off on your adventure in real estate.

ReVitalize St. Louis Promotes City Living

ReVitalize St. Louis is proud to organize the annual Big BIG Tour! We promote revitalization efforts in the City of St. Louis through education, support of progressive civic projects, and strengthening communities. The organization's mission and vision point towards a future for St. Louis where innovative development ideas are implemented with broad community support, where citizens celebrate the city's unique building heritage, and where we can all work together towards a sustainable St. Louis.

How the Tour Got Started

This free self-guided city-wide house tour had its beginnings in 1999 when a local realtor who believed in the city decided to share "the best-kept secret" of city living in a big way with the greater St. Louis community. There was huge potential in the properties available for sale and it was felt there must be an equally great demand for urban-minded folks of all kinds to find quality residences in the unique, diverse neighborhoods of St. Louis.

And every year since, the tour has grown both in properties to view and in the level of interest from the public. Hundreds of people take the tour every year and this year we expect to have over 300 properties like single-family homes, lofts, two-family and four-family residences presented in all styles and prices ranges from rehab projects and completely restored historic homes to new construction.