Awards, Grants & Recognition

Sustainability Office List of Awards, Grants & Recognition

  • The City win a Bloomberg American Cities Climate Challenge award (2018)
  • The City is one one of several partner cities to win an Innovation Grant awarded by the USDN to enhance and foster uptake of the Urban Biodiversity Inventory Framework with iNaturalist (2018)
  • The City received a Cities Connecting Children to Nature Equitably planning grant from the National League of Cities (2017)
  • The City received a Partners for Places Green Infrastructure grant award (2017)
  • The City was designated a Biophilic City by the Biophilic Cities Project (2017)
  • The City received a national award from The City Energy Project (2016)
  • The City was honored with the Regional Sustainability Award from RideFinders (2016)  
  • The City received the Urban Biodiversity Inventory Framework Grant from the USDN (2016)
  • Mayor Slay received the GRO1000 Gardens and Green Spaces Award by the U.S. Conference of Mayors (2016)
  • The City of St. Louis earned a 3 STAR Community Certification from the STAR Communities Sustainability Tools for Assessing and Rating Communities program (2015)
  • The City received a Monarch Butterfly Conservation Fund Grant from the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation (2015)
  • The City received an urban monarch conservation education and research grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (2015)
  • Mayor Slay named by OurGreenCities as one of eight 2014-2015 Top Mayors for Sustainability 
  • Outstanding Public Outreach and Community Initiative Award for the City's Sustainable Neighborhood Initiative by the American Planning Association Missouri Chapter (2014)
  • Outstanding Public Outreach and Community Initiative Award for the City of St. Louis Sustainability Plan by the American Planning Association Missouri Chapter (2013)
  • Outstanding Plan for the City of St. Louis Sustainability Plan by the St. Louis Chapter of the American Planning Association (2013)
  • The City's Cycling Initiative earned it the U.S. Conference of Mayors Livability Award honorable mention (2012)
  • The City was the Municipal recipient of Trailnet's Active Living Awards (2012)
  • The City of St. Louis was showcased as an Innovator in the Carbon Disclosure Project's CDP 2012 Global Report (Page 80)

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