DeSales Community Development is a community based, non-profit organization serving St. Louis neighborhoods since 1976. DeSales Community Development is a community-based non-profit organization that promotes revitalization, affordable housing and good property management. DeSales Community Development is a community-based non-profit formed in 1976 to serve the Fox Park and Tower Grove East neighborhoods in the City of St. Louis. Governed by a board of directors and employing a full-time professional staff, DeSales promotes the ongoing growth of neighborhoods as healthy, diverse urban communities with quality housing.