2020 Award for Transparency and Trust

Congratulations to Jessica Payne, Board President at Old North St. Louis Restoration Group and Founder/Owner and Social Justice Communicator of Osiyo Design + Engagement, recipient of our 2020 Award for Transparency & Trust.

The Award for Transparency & Trust recognizes a person, organization, institution, or initiative that:

• Works with honesty and openness and isn’t afraid to be vulnerable, especially when things don’t go as planned.

• Co-creates work with the people and partners they serve and works to build shared trust so that all at the table feel supported and valued as part of the process.

• Embraces mistakes and weaknesses in the open as opportunities to learn and grow.

Humans of St. Louis storytellers Maleeha Samer and Colleen O’Connell Smyth met with Jessica to learn more about her and her work. Here’s some of what she had to say.

Jessica Payne

“I’m originally from Oklahoma, and I had a very idyllic childhood. I lived on a street full of kids. My hometown saw maybe one or two murders a year. I grew up camping, taking ballet lessons, playing the clarinet, taking art classes, and living an average middle-class life. I witnessed my parents always display kindness and generosity. I also witnessed a lot of injustice and struggles, like extended family’s issues with poverty, drugs, and incarceration. So I knew not everybody has ballet class on Tuesdays and art class on Saturdays. I was always aware I was living a privileged existence. I moved to Chicago for about seven years and lived with people from all over the world and different economic backgrounds. I started to experience what was different from my upbringing even more. I started to ask more questions. But at the core, being raised by people who were kind and patient and encouraged me to take chances and do bold things led me to move to a city I didn’t know and get into a field I didn’t know. Hopefully, I did a lot of listening first and not a lot of, ‘Oh, I know what’s right,’ because I didn’t.”

- Jessica Payne, Board President with Old North Saint Louis Restoration Group and Founder/Owner and Social Justice Communicator at Osiyo Design + Engagement

Jessica Payne

“There are many times I can think of when I’ve had to apologize. Once, my neighbor was upset when I made a suggestion about flyering for an activity she was trying to promote. She said I needed to step back and stop telling Black women what to do, and it hit me really hard because that’s not what I was trying to do at all. But, I stopped and listened. We had a conversation offline and have had many since then. Now, we have a great relationship where we can be honest with each other and talk to each other about hard things. I appreciate that we were able to keep building that relationship after a moment in which I was called out for stepping over a line when I shouldn’t have.

Resiliency requires a certain amount of blind faith and hope. I’ve only lived in Old North about six years now, and I read stories from the past and talk to a lot of people who’ve been here decades longer. I look back at the history of this place and all of the terrible policies that led it to be what it is today. There’s really no reason a lot of predominantly Black neighborhoods should even exist anymore, because they were starved for resources for so long. And it’s amazing to see the way Hyde Park is coming back, how Old North has been able to rebuild, and St. Louis Place is still growing their community organization. People here care so much about their own history, their own place, and the people they refuse to give up. Someone might think these neighborhoods are challenged and only see struggles or paint a picture that they’re helpless and need charity and pity. What I see are strong communities that have survived an incredible amount because they believe they deserve better, and they’re willing to do what they can. The community always knows what it needs, and they just need the resources to make it happen.”

- Jessica Payne, Board President with Old North Saint Louis Restoration Group and Founder/Owner and Social Justice Communicator at Osiyo Design + Engagement

Jessica Payne

“I shouldn’t have children telling me about their friends or family members who’ve been shot. We’ve had a lot of tragic incidents in the neighborhood that should never happen to anyone. And there’s a whole lot of trauma that exists in our communities across St. Louis. We have a big National Night Out every year with St. Louis Place, and it’s a time for all of us to just be. I always find it to be a really healing event and our best attended. We also have a community garden that’s full this year where people can grow food and where we host a weekly market to provide fresh produce, which I will add is at the best prices in town. That’s our way of trying to help heal –– by bringing nutritious foods into a community that didn’t have access to them for so long. People here watch out for each other; it’s not everyone out for himself. It’s a misconception that there are a lot of negative things about North City. From my experience, everyone here knows their neighbors because they have to. Part of the way people deal with trauma is finding ways to be connected.

It’s important to listen. That’s something I try to do and, obviously, I’m not perfect and fail constantly. But I try to think back to those reminders of all these superficial processes I’ve witnessed where people think they’re listening, and I don’t actually see that they are. I’ve seen people lead many meetings not listening to anyone who was there. It was a check-the-box type of event, and nobody left happy or feeling like things were going to change. At the first giant National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency meeting at Vashon, they let people come up and talk. The whole time, all of these residents were going up and sharing their concerns and feelings, but not a single person was taking notes or recording it. Nothing. And that doesn’t build any trust with anybody because you’re not even trying to capture what is being said.” 

- Jessica Payne, Board President with Old North Saint Louis Restoration Group and Founder/Owner and Social Justice Communicator at Osiyo Design + Engagement

We hope you can join us to celebrate community builders like Jessica at our 8th Annual Community Building Awards on July 29!

Photostory by Humans of St. Louis, Maleeha Samer, and Colleen O’Connell Smyth. Photostory narratives represent the opinions of the speaker(s) featured only and do not necessarily represent the views of the Community Builders Network of Metro St. Louis.

2020 Award for Resident Leadership

Congratulations to Tonnie Glispie-Smith, Board member with Cornerstone Corporation and Saint Louis ArtWorks; graduate of Neighborhood Leadership Academy and Neighborhood Leadership Fellows; leader and volunteer with the West End South Community Improvement District, the St. Louis Vacancy Collaborative, Creating Whole Communities, and more, recipient of our 2020 Award for Resident Leadership.

The Award for Resident Leadership recognizes a person who:

• Has shown incredible volunteerism and involvement in their community and/or community initiatives.

• Goes above and beyond typical resident action to sit on boards, head committees, and/or encourage the engagement of other residents.

• Works to challenge the status quo in the St. Louis region.

Humans of St. Louis storytellers Maleeha Samer and Colleen O’Connell Smyth met with Tonnie to learn more about her and her work. Here’s some of what she had to say.

Tonnie Glispie-Smith

“What is the cost that racism has had on America? Who got killed that could have been a brain surgeon or found the cure for cancer? They didn’t get the opportunity to live up to their potential, not only for themselves, but what could they have done for the United States? Policies are put in place that give the impression our neighborhoods are how we want them to be or that we did this to ourselves. The real truth is there were federal banking and housing policies that led to these conditions. I’m not sure if a lot of people are aware of that. They may think people like to live that way. When, really, these properties got burned down or people can't afford to take care of 'em because they're poor and the owners couldn't get loans. I gained a different perspective from this book called ‘The Warmth of Other Suns’ by Isabel Wilkerson. She talks about The Great Migration, and there are all of these stories about people who lived in the South, but their families wanted better for them, so they moved North. Also, you see people with nice cars, but their house may not be in the best of condition. So maybe you think, ‘They have their priorities wrong.’ Then when you research the history, it could go back to how African Americans couldn't get loans for houses but how they were still allowed to get a car loan, at an exorbitant rate. That would be the only way they could show that they're successful. I had never thought about that. And how some of that carries on to this day.”

- Tonnie Glispie-Smith, Board member with Cornerstone Corporation and Saint Louis ArtWorks; graduate of Neighborhood Leadership Academy and Neighborhood Leadership Fellows; leader and volunteer with the West End South Community Improvement District, the St. Louis Vacancy Collaborative, Creating Whole Communities, and more

Tonnie Glispie-Smith

“We want to redevelop Hodiamont Tracks in the West End into a greenway. As we’re telling people about this opportunity to make it more appealing, Judith Arnold, who lives in Vandeventer, spearheaded a cleanup. She organized from her neighborhood all the way to the West End to get people to come out and clean that whole entire section. That showed me as a region we can definitely work together. Just because I’m across the street from you, what goes on in your neighborhood still affects my area. I have several friends throughout those neighborhoods that connect all the way going east, and whenever there's an opportunity I think we could all benefit from, I share that information. I want their community to thrive and do better as well. It helps me, and it helps them to make those connections. It’s the right thing to do.”

- Tonnie Glispie-Smith, Board member with Cornerstone Corporation and Saint Louis ArtWorks; graduate of Neighborhood Leadership Academy and Neighborhood Leadership Fellows; leader and volunteer with the West End South Community Improvement District, the St. Louis Vacancy Collaborative, Creating Whole Communities, and more

We hope you can join us to celebrate community builders like Tonnie at our 8th Annual Community Building Awards on July 29!

Photostory by Humans of St. Louis, Maleeha Samer, and Colleen O’Connell Smyth. Photostory narratives represent the opinions of the speaker(s) featured only and do not necessarily represent the views of the Community Builders Network of Metro St. Louis.

2020 Rising Star in Community Building Award

Congratulations to Neal Richardson, Co-Founder of Dream Builders 4 Equity and Vice President and Director of Business Impact Group at U.S. Bank CDC, recipient of our 2020 Award for Rising Star in Community Building.

The Award for Rising Star in Community Building recognizes a person who:

• Demonstrates strong dedication to and passion for community building work.

• Exhibits leadership, vision, and a commitment to action and results.

• Shows promising potential to catalyze outstanding impact in community building policy, investment, and/or community change.

• Works to challenge the status quo in the St. Louis region.

Humans of St. Louis storytellers Maleeha Samer and Colleen O’Connell Smyth met with Neal to learn more about him and his work. Here’s some of what he had to say.

Neal Richardson and his daughter Harper

“The misconception is that people don’t want to live in North City, and that’s false. Some people want to move to areas in which they grew up, similar to myself. They want to move into a community that has a rich African American history. They want to have a sense of heritage and pride in where they live. They want to be around people who look like them, who have similar experiences growing up like them. I hope to one day move back to Lewis Place. But right now the housing stock isn’t there, the safety isn’t there, the schools aren’t there. I have a daughter, and those are all things I have to consider, similar to others, whether they’re young professionals, tradesmen, just seeking to buy their first house or any house. I tell my daughter this is where I grew up. This is where I used to ride my bike and play basketball and football with the kids in the neighborhood. She’s only four, so I don’t think she’s registered the differences between neighborhoods. Obviously, she recognizes vacant houses on the street. She always asks whenever we’re at Lewis Place or I’m working on a house, ‘Are we working on a Dream Builder’s house today?’ That makes me feel pretty good, and it’s super humbling when she says she’s proud of me.”

- Neal Richardson, Co-Founder of Dream Builders 4 Equity and Vice President and Director of Business Impact Group at U.S. Bank Community Development Corporation

Neal Richardson

“On a lighter note, while we were working on the property on Lewis Place, I got poison ivy for the first time. That was one of my fondest memories because Mike, my business partner, says I acted as though I were dying. It’s hilarious that we had no idea what it was, but now we use a picture of it for our presentation for investors.”

- Neal Richardson, Co-Founder of Dream Builders 4 Equity and Vice President and Director of Business Impact Group at U.S. Bank Community Development Corporation

Neal Richardson

“My mom tells this story all the time. I remember walking to my bus stop and seeing a needle on the ground, and I was about to pick it up. My mom said, ‘Oh, don't do that.’ I said, ‘I don't want anybody to get hurt.’ And she said, ‘People used it for drugs. I don’t want you to touch it because you could get very sick.’ At 12 years old, that opened my eyes to what was happening in my community. I was a lot younger, but I had this sense of knowing right from wrong. It was experiences like that which shaped me because I’ve always wanted to help others, and I felt helpless at the time.

Neal Richardson and his daughter Harper

It gave me an additional sense of purpose around changing things for other kids so they wouldn’t have to experience things like that. When we finished our first project at Lewis Place and I saw the homeowner’s excitement and student’s pride, I knew this was the work I was meant to do. And there’s more that can be done. We can create opportunities for people to earn a living wage, give mental health support, and equitably invest in healthcare, real estate, and education.

Let’s not only talk about the problems but also about the change and the solutions that are needed. We all know the issues and challenges, but we need to start talking more about opportunities and figuring out what works and what doesn’t. We need to engage each other and work together because Dream Builders can’t do it on their own. No community development organization can do it on their own. Government can’t do it on their own. The more we realize it’s not about us individually but the collective impact we’re able to make is when we’ll start seeing more positive change happen.”

- Neal Richardson, Co-Founder of Dream Builders 4 Equity and Vice President and Director of Business Impact Group at U.S. Bank Community Development Corporation

We hope you can join us to celebrate community builders like Neal at our 8th Annual Community Building Awards on July 29!

Photostory by Humans of St. Louis, Maleeha Samer, and Colleen O’Connell Smyth. Photostory narratives represent the opinions of the speaker(s) featured only and do not necessarily represent the views of the Community Builders Network of Metro St. Louis.

2020 Award for Collaboration and Coalition Building

Congratulations to Laura Ginn, Green City Coalition Program Manager at the St. Louis Development Corporation, recipient of our 2020 Award for Collaboration & Coalition Building

The Award for Collaboration & Coalition Building recognizes a person, organization, institution, or initiative that:

• Demonstrates incredible commitment to working through partnerships, even when it’s more challenging than “going it alone.”

• Forges new connections that bridge gaps between people, organizations, and places that don’t normally interact with each other in the St. Louis region.

• Shows up for others and participates directly in their work; does not only ask or expect that partners and collaborators come to them.

• Approaches difficulty and conflict with understanding, compassion, and an open mind.

Humans of St. Louis storytellers Maleeha Samer and Colleen O’Connell Smyth met with Laura to learn more about her and her work. Here’s some of what she had to say.

Laura Ginn

“An alderwoman sent me a text message with 😧 😡 when she found out a property was demolished, and my heart dropped. I was feeling really guilty that I might have destroyed our rapport and relationship. I said, ‘Oh my God, I screwed up. This is terrible.’ So, I worked up the nerve to call her, and we talked it out while I explained what had happened. She hadn’t been to the property recently and didn’t know the back of the building had collapsed or that the neighbor supported the demolition. She was like, ‘Oh, okay. Well, that’s fine. Thank you.’ A couple of days later, I realized she had felt comfortable sending me those angry emojis instead of deciding that she’s never going to work with me again. I’m trying to take the criticisms and comments as more information to feed the decision-making process instead of taking it personally. Because it’s not as much about me as it is about this city – the broad context, the history, the now. When people give feedback, no matter if it’s negative or positive, that’s a win because we’re having a conversation that will guide how the work will continue.”

- Laura Ginn, Green City Coalition Program Manager, St. Louis Development Corporation

Laura Ginn

“There’s this 80-year-old woman who lives next door to a vacant building, and there are a lot of trees growing in the backyard. One of the trees coming over the fence is growing into the back of her house to the point where it’s pushing pieces of bricks off. There’s another tree whose limbs are falling and damaging the roof of her garage and car. Her social worker filled out a contact form on the STL vacancy website and asked if anyone could help. I was able to go out to this woman’s house and saw that the property owner hadn’t responded to the issue. We put it out to bid and paid Jubilee Services to remove the trees. It felt like such a small thing. But now a thing that stressed out the homeowner and caused legitimate damage to her property for several years is resolved. But how did we get to that situation? How did this woman end up helpless without any support? There are problems to address. There just aren’t enough people, and the systems aren’t always in place. So, it goes back to the tiny wins that keep the juices flowing for this work and drive the bigger change. I love that the solution came from a random contact form. I didn’t think anyone used that.”

- Laura Ginn, Green City Coalition Program Manager, St. Louis Development Corporation

We hope you can join us to celebrate community builders like Laura at our 8th Annual Community Building Awards on July 29!

Photostory by Humans of St. Louis, Maleeha Samer, and Colleen O’Connell Smyth. Photostory narratives represent the opinions of the speaker(s) featured only and do not necessarily represent the views of the Community Builders Network of Metro St. Louis.

2020 Award for Lifetime Dedication to Community Building

Congratulations to Loura Gilbert, former Vice President of Community Development at Commerce Bank and founding member of the Metro St. Louis Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) Association, recipient of our 2020 Award for Lifetime Dedication to Community Building.

The Award for Lifetime Dedication to Community Building recognizes a person who:

• Has demonstrated a long-standing commitment to community building work.

• Has exhibited leadership, vision, and a commitment to action and results.

• Has catalyzed outstanding impact in community building policy, investment, and/or community change.

• Has worked to challenge the status quo in the St. Louis region.

Humans of St. Louis storytellers Maleeha Samer and Colleen O’Connell Smyth met with Loura to learn more about her and her work. Here’s some of what she had to say.

Loura Gilbert

“When you hear people’s stories about their neighborhoods, problems, and difficulties, you think you know what they’re dealing with. You have to be in their shoes. You may think, ‘Well, there’s an easy answer to this question. Save this, do that, make a plan.’ But you don’t know. People have to make choices. They might be saving to buy a house but then have a health problem and have to spend that money on something else. It wasn’t what they wanted. And when they can’t do what they wanted, that hurts. People without a safety net and families with small kids or elderly parents can get stuck in this rut. They want to buy a house and then grandma has a health problem, there’s not enough health insurance, they end up having to tap into their down payment or get behind on a bill or two, then that impacts their credit, and they’ve got to start all over again. That’s hard work. They’re down and they still say, ‘I’ve got to get back up.’”.

- Loura Gilbert, former Commerce Bank Vice President of Community Development and founding member of the Metropolitan St. Louis CRA Association

Loura Gilbert

“There are too many good projects. There are too many problems that can’t be fixed by a little bit of something, and the obstacle is always that there’s not enough time and money. Community building projects are expensive, and the impression is that there’s no money to be made even if the project is a good thing to do. We have to get people over the idea that not every project’s making as much as a $20 million, 20-story commercial building. You are making money. And more than making money, you’re making a difference.”

- Loura Gilbert, former Commerce Bank Vice President of Community Development and founding member of the Metropolitan St. Louis CRA Association

We hope you can join us to celebrate community builders like Loura at our 8th Annual Community Building Awards on July 29!

Photostory by Humans of St. Louis, Maleeha Samer, and Colleen O’Connell Smyth. Photostory narratives represent the opinions of the speaker(s) featured only and do not necessarily represent the views of the Community Builders Network of Metro St. Louis.

2020 Award for Growing in Equity and Antiracism

Congratulations to Neighborhood Leadership Academy & Neighborhood Leadership Fellows, programs of Creating Whole Communities, a collaboration between UMSL & MU Extension, winner of our 2020 Award for Growing in Equity & Antiracism.

The Award for Growing in Equity & Antiracism recognizes a person, organization, institution, or initiative that:

• Demonstrates a deep and honest commitment to transforming their work so that it is more equitable, just, and antiracist.

• “Walks the talk”—goes beyond verbal commitments to ask hard questions, point out inequities where they exist, and embrace and push through discomfort.

• Actively works to dismantle systems of oppression.

Humans of St. Louis storytellers Maleeha Samer and Colleen O’Connell Smyth met with Dwayne T. James and Claire Rippel, Community Engagement Specialists at Creating Whole Communities, to learn more about the people who make Neighborhood Leadership Academy and Neighborhood Leadership Fellows happen. Here’s some of what they had to say.

Dwayne T. James (left) and Claire Rippel

“Systems needed to change yesterday, and development is happening in your community with or without you. As much as you want to sit back and enjoy a glass of wine, it’s time to get to work.

As an elected official, you know you’re looked at as a politician, and I was part of the system. How do you become not a politician but a community representative? I lived 2014. I was on the City Council for the City of Ferguson. There are things I could have, should have, and would have done differently. Even when you’re in that seat, you don’t always get the change you want to see. You still have to fight, and you have to have the community backing you to make things happen. When people say they want to develop in your neighborhood, sometimes you have to be the lone voice and ask them, ‘Excuse me, is that what’s best for our communities?’ So, how do you mobilize and work with the community even when they don’t think they have the power to use their voice? Because they’re sick and tired of being sick and tired.”

- Dwayne T. James, Community Engagement Specialist, Neighborhood Leadership Academy and Neighborhood Leadership Fellows, Programs of Creating Whole Communities, a Collaboration Between UMSL and MU Extension

Dwayne T. James

“I come from a family of teachers. I’ve seen teachers who love and care for their students in different ways. I had a 4th and 5th-grade teacher, Mrs. Johnson, who cared about her students, but she was mean –– mean in a loving way. She was going to support us 100% to help us see right from wrong. If we went astray, she didn’t belittle or disrespect us. She showed us tough love, and we had some honest conversations. Luckily, I couldn’t go home and complain about Mrs. Johnson because my family members understood her. Then I had Mrs. Henderson in 8th grade, and she made us memorize the poem ‘If’ by Rudyard Kipling. We had to know exactly the way it was said, and I thought, ‘Why are we learning this stupid poem?’ We had to get his name right, too. Now, I recite the poem to this very day: ‘If you can keep your head when all about you, Are losing theirs and blaming it on you...,’ That’s community. These teachers knew what was best for us down the road. My friends and I talk about how we all had the experiences of the Mrs. Johnsons and Mrs. Hendersons, and now we understand what they were saying. I see myself doing that today when I work with youth. I show them I’m right there with them, and I respect them just as much as they would respect me.

There was a young man who joined the Ferguson Youth Initiative, and there I was trying to support him and better his life. I kept asking him questions: ‘What does that tattoo mean? How old are you? What’s your name?’ And he was like, ‘Dude, who are you?’ I was about to say, ‘I’m the founder of this organization. I’m the adult in this space. How are you going to question who I am?’ But I stepped back and realized, before I bombard him when I really want to uplift him, let me tell him who I am. If he wants to share with me, then he can. I said, ‘I’m Dwayne. Sorry about how I came off.’ And I stepped back to allow him to see me and get comfortable with me. We became good associates through the program. I saw him years later, and he came up to me to say ‘hello’ and compliment me on how I helped him. It showed me that if you’re going to do this community work, you have to be a part of the community. You have to expose your flaws and be authentic. If people don’t see that you don’t have it all together and don’t have all the solutions, then how are they going to connect with anything about you? Some of my best teachers had that edge about them. And we had something to connect on to see they were the same as us.”

- Dwayne T. James, Community Engagement Specialist, Neighborhood Leadership Academy and Neighborhood Leadership Fellows, Programs of Creating Whole Communities, a Collaboration Between UMSL and MU Extension

Claire Rippel

“When I was 21, I had my first in-depth experience working in the community. I was in Old North teaching photography and media literacy to kids, which I was not qualified for. It was hard and did not go how I had envisioned. So, I was upset about it, and my co-facilitator who was older and wiser said, ‘You're not Michelle Pfeiffer, and this is not ‘Dangerous Minds.’’ It was a good reminder that this is not about the movies, this is not about me waltzing into a community like a white savior. That was the best criticism I ever received, and that conversation has stuck with me. The way you build trust is not just through everyday interactions, but also through conflict. I want to see people, particularly those in power, listen to understand, not hear to respond. I listened to her and thought, ‘You’re totally right.’ And that helped me set my trajectory for getting myself in that mindset of doing long-term work with a community.”

- Claire Rippel, Community Engagement Specialist, Neighborhood Leadership Academy and Neighborhood Leadership Fellows, Programs of Creating Whole Communities, a Collaboration Between UMSL and MU Extension

We hope you can join us to celebrate community builders like the Neighborhood Leadership Academy & Neighborhood Leadership Fellows team at our 8th Annual Community Building Awards on July 29!

Photostory by Humans of St. Louis, Maleeha Samer, and Colleen O’Connell Smyth. Photostory narratives represent the opinions of the speaker(s) featured only and do not necessarily represent the views of the Community Builders Network of Metro St. Louis.

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!