North of Delmar News

March 2025

Hello, fellow North of Delmar (NOD) Friends!

Has your March been a lion or a lamb? Here at NOD, we’re experiencing a bit of both: We’re roaring forward with several behind-the-scenes activities. On the surface, we have a few gentle announcements to share. Read on …

North of Delmar: (Almost) Spring 2025 Updates

As reported in more detail in our last issue, we’re continuing to make good progress in our first NOD practicum, a Wells-Goodfellow community project analysis conducted by the Washington University Center for Experiential Learning. 

We also remain busy growing our newsletter distribution list, social media presence, and North of Delmar network, and we continue to offer our exploratory Coffee Talk sessions to anyone who wants to tell us more about what they’re doing North of Delmar and how we may be able to collaborate. To be in touch with us just reply to this email and we’ll set something up.

Reminder: Please forward this issue to friends and colleagues. Word of mouth is our favorite networking tool!

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Many hands make the work light, as they say. Which is why we’re focusing many of our earliest efforts on collaborating with others, whether their efforts are newly begun or already underway. For example, here are two other groups doing great things North of Delmar:

1. The Brickline Greenway Public/Private Partnership: As part of our region’s Great Rivers Greenway of vibrant outdoor spaces the Brickline Greenway is being built out to “connect Forest Park to the Gateway Arch and provide connections north to Fairground Park and south to Tower Grove Park.” A huge thanks to Emerson for their generous $2 million contribution to the project! Its co-CEOs are ready to get this built for our community.

2. The Gathering United Methodist Church Literacy Partnership works alongside the Normandy and St. Louis Public school districts to promote citywide literacy. Here is a video about their work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oduC39lwj4. 

Who Is North of Delmar, anyway?

What: Founded in 2024, North of Delmar is a community collaboration initiative aiming to foster holistic development and sustainable growth in the St. Louis area. The project brings together non-profit organizations with support from major corporations, philanthropists, and universities in the region. The goal is to raise funding to bolster the ongoing initiatives of the non-profits and conduct research to validate their impact.

Why: North of Delmar strives to create a thriving and inclusive community by fostering collaboration among non-profit organizations, corporations, philanthropists, and universities. Through strategic partnerships and targeted investments, we aim to improve quality of life, promote economic opportunity, and drive sustainable development in the St. Louis area.

YOU: Are you or your organization working alone out there?  Could you benefit from working with others? We bet you could! We repeat our invitation to join us anytime for a cup of coffee. We would love to learn more about what you are trying to accomplish and introduce you to others.

Come join us, and let’s all work together.

Eric M.

Eliot S.

Stuart Z.