Businesses

Win a landscaping award!
Nominations due August 1st of each year. Evergreen Award Nomination Form

Homes, apartment buildings and businesses with exceptional plantings of flowers, shrubs and trees that are visible to passersby are eligible for the Evergreen Award. A certificate of recognition, publicity on the city's website and a green plant are presented to winners by the City Council each autumn.

For more information, contact Environmental Coordinator Jim Vaughan at (952) 924-2699 or via e-mail at jvaughan@stlouispark.org

Click on the links below to view award winner presentations:

• 2008 Award Winners
• 2007 Award Winners

Green Building
Green building encompasses many different aspects from design to reusing materials to alternative landscaping.

• Design Guidelines
• Financing & Incentive Programs
• Finding a Professional
• Live Earth
• Residential Building

Green Business Program & Awards
Our businesses have an impact on the environment just as you do. The St. Louis Park Green Business Program promotes and recognizes local businesses that make environmentally friendly choices in managing their resources, such as recycling waste, reducing packaging, or reuse of materials.

2008 award applications are currently being accepted. The deadline to apply has been extended through October 2008. All businesses, schools, non-profits, of any size are eligible to apply. Winning applicants will be notified in the fall and announced at a December City Council meeting, and announced on community television and in local newspapers. 

Click here for an application. Complete and send the application to the city.

 2007 Award Winners:

General Office Products - an office furniture refurbish and retail company 

• Purchases used furniture, refurbish and sell $3,000,000 annually. Their new furniture is recyclable and/or made from recyclable materials. Reduces paper use by 60,000 sheets per year using electronic computer files.

Rainbow Treecare - provides services to promote the health and preservation of urban trees

• Pioneered injection of trees to avoid contaminating air and creating environmental drift.
• Promotes healthy urban forests, which helps increase energy efficiency and savings and provides a wide range of environmental benefits.

 
Stahl Construction - general contracting, design and building services for institutional and commercial buildings 

• Attempts to assign field superintendents close to homes to reduce drive time to sites. Uses subcontractors that recycle and remanufacture materials. Wood, concrete, cardboard, plastics and metals are recycled or reused.

Click here to see previous award winners.

LEED U. S. Green Building Council - Mississippi Headwaters
Their mission is to positively transform the building processes, building industry and communities of our region, by drawing upon the experience of stakeholders in the built environment. Their vision is to achieve a sustainable built environment, including green buildings and healthy communities in the upper Midwest.

For more information about the U.S. Green Building Council, click here.

For more information about LEED Green Building Rating System®, click here.

Attention Hennepin County Businesses
Did you know there are some great economic incentives for Hennepin County businesses to separate organic waste for composting? Organic waste includes all food scraps and paper products that are food-soiled or cannot be recycled.  For more information, contact John Jaimez at john.jaimez@co.hennepin.mn.us or (612) 348-5893. For guidelines on tipping SSO at the Brooklyn Park Transfer Station, go to Hennepin County.