Congratulations to our 2020 Community Building Awards Honorees!

We’re thrilled to be honoring five incredible individuals and one incredible initiative at our 2020 Community Building Awards on July 29!

We’re also excited to be working with the talented Humans of St. Louis team again this year to put together stories about the important community building work that each of these honorees is doing. Watch our website in July for a special post about each awardee!

2020 Community Building Awards Honorees

Laura Ginn
Green City Coalition Program Manager, St. Louis Development Corporation
Collaboration & Coalition Building

Neighborhood Leadership Academy and Neighborhood Leadership Fellows
Programs of Creating Whole Communities, a collaboration between UMSL and MU Extension
Growing in Equity & Antiracism

Jessica Payne
Board President, Old North St. Louis Restoration Group and Founder/Owner and Social Justice Communicator, Osiyo Design + Engagement
Transparency & Trust

Tonnie Smith
West End neighborhood resident, Board member with Cornerstone CDC and St. Louis ArtWorks, and St. Louis Vacancy Collaborative volunteer with a special focus on reducing vacancy in the West End with the assistance of LSEM; collaborated with West End residents Keaira Anderson, Treena Thompson, and Lisa Potts to apply for and secure one of Invest STL’s first capacity building grants for Cornerstone in 2018
Resident Leadership

Neal Richardson
Co-Founder, Dream Builders 4 Equity and Vice President and Director of Business Impact Group, U.S. Bank CDC
Rising Star in Community Building

Loura Gilbert
Vice President of Community Development, Commerce Bank and founding member of the Metro St. Louis Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) Association
Lifetime Dedication to Community Building

Come help us celebrate these incredible folks on July 29!