Strickland's neighborhood is part of a small fraternity of areas in St. Louis County whose residents have endured years in a limbo engendered by the lure of tax increment financing and dashed plans for commercial development.http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/711073731F9F0F0186257558000F5A4E?OpenDocument