Volunteers, Neighbors Help Lead Urban League Clean-Up Effort in Kinloch

Hundreds of volunteers from various area employers gathered in Kinloch on Thursday morning to participate in the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis’s (St. Louis, MO) Build Up Community Cleanup.

The Regional Business Council and STL Partnership also played hosts to the cleanup, which resulted in hundreds of pounds of trash and dead brush being removed from the streets of Kinloch.

For years, widespread illegal dumping has plagued the small city that sits just east of Lambert Airport. As of the 2020 census, the population is just over 250 people.

“We’re here, we’re empowered, we’re engaged, Kinloch has not gone anywhere, and we’re invested in shaping what our future is going to look like,” said Kayla Moore, a resident of Kinloch who came out to the cleanup event.

Moore said the community appreciates not only the help offered during large-scale cleanups, but the exposure to the ongoing problem it brings.

Many neighbors, she said, work year-round to try to do their part to help with beautification projects.

“We are not looking for handouts, we are not the beneficiaries, we are co-leaders in this work,” said Moore.

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