Two tech-focused nonprofits have relocated to the former Post-Dispatch building downtown, adding to the momentum building around Downtown North, a recently established district geared toward geospatial, financial technology, artificial intelligence, and entrepreneurship.
TechSTL, the region’s tech council, and CyperUp, an organization that provides cybersecurity education programming both moved into new space in The Post Building earlier this month.
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“We’ve got the makings of a really incredible innovation district here,” says TechSTL executive director Emily Hemmingway. “If [we] can help grease those tracks a little bit and create a space that’s not only valuable for our members to get connected, but also activates this vision for the fintech, geospatial, AI, combination of energy down here, then it would be a win for the for the entire region.”
Why It Matters: The Downtown North district is centered on Washington Avenue, extending north up to Cole Street and roughly from The Dome to Tucker. Within it, The Post Building is becoming a bit of a hub for tech enterprises, both for-profit and nonprofit. It’s already been home to Block Inc., design firm CARTEL Strategies, and geospatial company GEO261, with Scale AI announcing a relocation there last year.
“The Post represents such a budding opportunity for downtown, and being able to to help activate that space and the efforts here to really expand out the innovation network is something that we have been involved in for several years now,” Hemingway says. “Having a presence downtown is a very strong value statement for us as an organization.”
CyberUp chief of staff Amber Lowry adds it’s valuable that related organizations are close by because of “the natural collaboration that happens in the same physical location or space.” She adds, “We always love being in the heart of things and just want to be closer to the community and continue our impact through this partnership.”
What’s Next: Another tech-focused nonprofit, NPower, will move to The Post Building later this year, says Hemmingway. Its leaders are in conversation with similar training organizations to create a tech education hub downtown.
With the move, TechSTL will also be opening its recording studio again, after having closed it about a year ago. It will serve as a space to produce content about local entrepreneurs and what they’re up to in the innovation community.
Says Hemmingway, “Part of the big focuses for 2026 is really doubling down on our marketing and communications and making sure we’re doing a better job of telling the story about great innovation and startups that are here in St Louis and trying to make it easier for folks to find each other and find the resources that they need.”
