Saint Louis In Tune

In St. Louis, United People are helping residents build their community and helping to eliminate the food apartheid by showing residents how to start gardens, educating youth at summer camps about healthy eating and lifestyles, and by providing pop-up markets at local churches. They are literally building a community from the ground up.

https://www.unitedpeoplestl.org/

https://www.facebook.com/unitedpeoplestl/

Where do you go to shop for food when you live in a food desert? Do you know what a food desert is and where they are located? Lucas Signorelli, executive director of the St. Louis Metro Market, answers those questions and more as we delve into a unique solution to an ongoing issue in many communities. The solution: a city bus turned into a grocery store on wheels.

https://www.stlmetromarket.com/

https://www.facebook.com/stlmetromarket/

Part II of our discussion of rivers, levees, flooding, and development with David Stokes, executive director of the Great Rivers Habitat Alliance. There really isn't a 500 or 100 year flood anymore; it may be more like every 15 years. Discover why and learn more to become involved in what you can do to prevent a devastating confluence.

https://grha.org/

https://www.facebook.com/GreatRiversHabitatAlliance/

https://projects.propublica.org/graphics/levees

https://www.usace.army.mil/Missions/Civil-Works/Levee-Safety-Program/

http://all-geo.org/highlyallochthonous/2011/05/levees-and-the-illusion-of-flood-control/

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Reuben_Heine/publication/255623909_Hydrologic_History_of_the_Lower_Missouri_River/links/55816aad08ae47061e60a8f3.pdf

Levees have helped protect cities and land but at what cost to the landowners downstream when the water goes faster and is higher? Who is responsible for floodplain management? We delve into some of these questions in preparation for a second conversation coming soon. Look at the links below especially the first as it shows the effects of levees on our land.

https://projects.propublica.org/graphics/levees

https://www.usace.army.mil/Missions/Civil-Works/Levee-Safety-Program/

What do you remember about your first bicycle? Do you still ride? Listen in for a little history of bicycles along with some guidelines, humor, and experiences of bike riding. Don't forget to listen to the Pedego Electric Bicycle podcast.

https://greatriversgreenway.org/

If you are someone who loves to ride bicycles or used to ride bicycles and for some reason you stopped, then this is for you. Whatever may be inhibiting you from riding now or in the future, Pedego electric bicycles are worth considering. They bring the fun back to riding a bike! Bill Sauerwein of Pedego St. Louis fills us in on the electric bike and why they are here to stay.

https://www.pedegoelectricbikes.com/dealers/st-louis

https://www.facebook.com/PedegoStLouis/

North Webster is a historic black community in the suburbs of St. Louis with long rich history. In spite of discrimination, North Webster achieved through black-owned businesses, nationally recognized schools, churches, and by the residents who provided character, determination, and excellence. Noted artist Preston Jackson discusses the monument he sculpted to honor North Webster. He is joined by Lewis and Janice Davis who are lifelong residents of North Webster and the mayor of Webster Groves, Gerry Welch.

http://www.prestonjacksonart.com/

https://www.facebook.com/preston.jackson.71

https://www.facebook.com/Radio63119/videos/439214083477996/

https://www.webstergroves.org/DocumentCenter/View/6214/WG-North-Webster-Walk-2017-

There is JOY in reading when kids have the skills, access, and resources which make reading fun. Michael Shipley from Bring Me A Book-STL discusses: what parents can do to help their children become better readers, how BMAB-STL is helping put books in kids hands, and how they team up with schools to provide much needed resources for teachers.

https://bringmeabookstl.org/

Tom Ridgely and Naima Randolph discuss the Shakespeare Festival St. Louis production of Love's Labors Lost and the role of the arts in the greater community.

https://www.sfstl.com/

Whether you are young or old, kite flying can be fun, competitive, and downright engaging . Mitch Cordover from the Gateway Kite Club provides a packed interview of kite history, various styles of kites, making a kite, kite line, and activities involving kite flying. Don't fly away; learn everything kites by listening.

https://www.facebook.com/GatewayKites/