2025 Mayor’s Celebration of Businesses, Powered by SLDC Award Winners

St. Louis, Mo. (October 3, 2025) – On Friday, October 3, Mayor Cara Spencer and Otis Williams, Interim SLDC President & CEO hosted the 2525 Mayor’s Celebration of Businesses Award Luncheon.

The theme of this year’s Mayor’s Celebration of Businesses is “Rebuilding STL Together” – a proclamation that the impact and recovery from the May 16, 2025 EF3 tornado will unite us, and we will rebuild every neighborhood, business and home – together.

Congratulations to the following businesses:

Businesses of the Year
GreaterHealth Pharmacy & Wellness
Scale AI 

Community Champions
Gateway Global
Ozella Foster Funeral Services 

Developments of the Year
MilliporeSigma
ORISE Distribution 

Developers of the Year
Oliver Properties
New + Found 

Good Neighbor Awards
Ward 1 - Sugarwitch
Ward 2 - JJ Twig's South Hampton
Ward 3 - Sign of the Times Tattoo
Ward 4 - Humane Society of Missouri
Ward 5 - Rick's ACE Hardware
Ward 6 - The Gallery Pub
Ward 7 - Greenfinch Theater & Dive
Ward 8 - Spoon full of Sugar
Ward 9 - Steve's Hot Dogs
Ward 10 - Delmar Main Street
Ward 11 - Mission St. Louis
Ward 12 - Northside Community Housing (NCH)
Ward 13 - Da City Events, LLC
Ward 14 - Crown Candy Kitchen

And thanks to many volunteers, organizations and others for their generous support during the tornado clean up,  relief and rebuilding efforts.