  We realize an experimental facility for cooling and trapping strontium (Sr)
atoms and measure the Land\'e g factor of $^{3}$D$_{1}$ of $^{88}$Sr. Thanks to
a novel repumping scheme with the $^{3}$P$_{2}$$\rightarrow$$^{3}$S$_{1}$ and
$^{3}$P$_{0}$$\rightarrow$$^{3}$D$_{1}$ combination and the permanent magnets
based self-assembled Zeeman slower, the peak atom number in the continuously
repumped blue MOT is enhanced by a factor of 15 with respect to the
non-repumping case, and reaches $\sim$1 billion. Furthermore, using the
resolved-sideband Zeeman spectroscopy, the Land\'e g factor of $^{3}$D$_{1}$ is
measured to be 0.4995(88) showing a good agreement with the theoretical value
of 0.4988. The results will have an impact on various applications including
atom laser, dipolar interactions, quantum information and precision
measurements.
