August Zinnia Strategies

05/20/2025

Big thanks to Urban League STL Women's Business Center for a great discussion and amazing breakfast for area women in business.

12/09/2024

Even on cold days, solar power saves communities revenue usually spent on energy.

Doctors in Boston are directing savings from the hospital's solar-supplied energy program and transforming the hospital's energy savings into improved community health outcomes.

Doctors in Boston got tired of writing letters to power companies asking them to help vulnerable patients. Then they realized the solar panels on the hospital roof might offer a solution.

10/19/2024

Solar + Libraries = 💚
Love to see solar energy options reducing public costs and not taking up important farm lands. Solar belongs on building structures, for better space utilization and power grid alignment.

The Buder and Julia Davis libraries in St. Louis each has 156 rooftop solar panels that also reduce carbon emissions.

05/02/2024

STL Gives Day is May 8th! Help Just Moms STL meet their fundraising goals by making a donation today.

https://www.givestlday.org/organization/Justmomsstl

Mission:Just Moms STL’s mission is to overcome the injustices of hazardous waste contamination through community research and inclusion; nurturing empowered, community-centered advocates, change-making, and solutions.Vision:Just Moms STL holds the vision that informed...

03/21/2024

Working dog just doing their part to control and remove invasive species.

Extra treats are well deserved, keep up the good work.

03/13/2024

Glad to see this important partnership to honor loved ones and leave a lasting legacy in their honor, with the planting of a tree. 💚

To lose a loved one to gun violence is devastating. Grief and trauma ripple through the family and community in ways we in the larger community cannot fully fathom. How does one heal?

A retired ER doctor and long-time volunteer of Forest ReLeaf, John Milton, wondered this very thing. Working with the trees at the Forest ReLeaf nursery, he knew these silent beings offered many things – fresh air and numerous environmental benefits – but he also knew they provided peace. His family often planted a tree in honor of a loved one who had passed on. After seeing a photo of a march to end gun violence in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, John immediately thought about a tree planting. He called the paper and they connected him with Better Family Life, Inc. in North City.

Better Family Life has been around for over 40 years, serving more than 50,000 low-income children and adults each year with a wide range of programs. Anitress Muhammed, from the organization’s Community Engagement Department, met with John. After their initial meeting, they determined the best way to utilize the donation of trees would be to plant life for a life through a new program, which was given the name Family Love/Family Roots.

The first memorial tree planting took place in Fall 2019. Fifteen trees were planted with 15 families in Ivory Perry Park. Everyone in attendance that day was witnessing something special. Families shared their grief, while simultaneously expressing gratitude for the trees and the peace that they unexpectedly brought. It was hard to put into words the impact from that day, but Anitress knew more families needed to experience this healing journey.

With each planting, families are invited to bury a memento of their loved one at the base of the tree. For some families, it is the first time they are able to symbolically “bury” their loved one because they have been unable to afford a funeral. Each time, the trees silently accept the offering; they silently stand watch; and they silently hum with life.

Families continue to share their gratitude with Anitress for creating a resting place for their loved ones. They appreciate the peace and warm feeling of visiting a park, instead of a cold cemetery. The partnership with Better Family Life has made a major impact in serving the community, one that will last for generations.

02/19/2024

We love to see sustainable solar options in use on existing roof structures. Utilization of large roof spaces for solar energy, means solar energy collection could be accomplished without the use of spralling, ground-based, solar farms.

There's a rise in churches turning to solar power so they can preach sustainability along with their doctrines.

10/20/2023

Sustainable solutions can be as easy as allowing fallen leaves to decompose in your yard or in your flowerbeds. Leaves make excellent mulch and support important wildlife ecosystems.

It's best to chop up and leave a thin layer of leaves in the grass. Rake excess amounts into a landscape bed or garden.

10/17/2023

Get a glimpse at some of the local organizations and businesses from the St. Louis region who will be at Delmar Divine on October 18th for MMSC’s “Local Partners and Resources Supporting St. Louis Entrepreneurs” workshop and expo.

We encourage you to spread the word so St. Louis region entrepreneurs and small businesses can connect with resources, training, opportunities, and tools that are available to them. Register Now: www.momainstreet.org//Programs.aspx?PID=2125.

This is the final workshop of the St. Louis exclusive entrepreneurship series through our partnership with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and supporters Dutchtown STL, Laclede's Landing Main Street, and Delmar Main Street.

10/14/2023

NWPC St. Louis is hosting an awesome event tomorrow in Clayton on women's rights and the law.

Hope to see you there!

10/05/2023

Still time to join today's St. Louis County Library's Business Conference, in person and virtually.

See more info below and register to attend via the library's website.

The Clark Family Branch (formerly Headquarters) is closed for construction. Patrons can visit the Oak Bend Branch during construction.

09/29/2023

Learning best practices for not only building partnerships that are inclusive of existing communities, but practices that center neighborhood residents to keep and create thriving communities, long-term.