I kēlā me kēia makahiki, ka Hoʻolālā STL koho nā mea hoʻoponopono i kahi kanaka kūloko a i ʻole kāne e hoʻohanohano me ka Makana Makana . Hoʻomaopopo ʻia kēia kanaka no kāna mau haʻawina kūʻokoʻa i ke kaiāulu hoʻolālā, a, ma o kā lākou hoʻoikaika ʻana a me kāna mau hana, kōkua i ka hana ʻana o St. ʻO Louis kahi wahi hoihoi a hoihoi e noho ai.
I kēia makahiki, hauʻoli mākou i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka makana iā Susan Sherman. Ua ʻike ʻia a mahalo ʻia ʻo Susan no kāna hana luhi ʻole ma ka ʻaoʻao o nā hui āna i lanakila ai, akā ʻaʻohe mea i pili loa iā ia ma mua o ka SaintLouis Fash ion Fund , āna i hoʻokumu pū ai. Ma lalo o ke alakaʻi a me ke alakaʻi ʻana a Susan, ua hānai ʻo Fashion Fund i nā mea hoʻolālā e kū mai ana, hoʻolaha i ka hoʻonaʻauao ʻano, a kōkua i ka hoʻōla hou ʻana o St. Louis, e lawe mai ana i nā nūpepa aupuni a me nā hana i ko mākou kūlanakauhale. Ua hoʻokomo ka Fund's FashionIncubator i kālena hoʻolālā hoʻohiki a kōkua i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka piʻi ʻana o St. Louis ma ke ʻano he koho hoihoi a kūpono no nā ʻoihana hana a me nā mea hana e hana i ka ʻoihana. ʻO kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona lanakila loa o kēia hana Evolution St. Louis , he $5 miliona hui knitwear kiʻekiʻe i wehe i kāna hale hana mua ma St. Louis.
ʻO Susan hoʻi ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu MERCH , he wahi St. Louis i hoʻokumu ʻia e pili ana i nā hōʻailona hana kaulana me St. Louis ma o nā hale kūʻai pop-up no nā hōʻailona like Proenza Schuler, Jeffrey Levinson, Mansur Gavriel, Moss Antiques, a me nā mea hou aku.
ʻO nā mea lanakila o Past Visionary Award ʻo Esley Hamilton, Alise O'Brien, a me Carol lāua ʻo Pat Schuchard.