Marquette Building Sold
The Marquette Building at 314 N. Broadway, long home to the downtown location of the St. Louis YMCA, has been purchased by TLG Marquette LLC, which is formed by the principles of The Lawrence Group. The agreement allows the YMCA, which was the former owner of the building through a donation from Tahl-Propp Equities, to remain in the building rent-free. Meanwhile, The Lawrence Group,which owns and occupies the neighboring Security Building, has full construction redevelopment plans for the building.

Cosmopolitan Events wins ISES Louie Award
Cosmopolitan Events was recently awarded “Best Themed Event budget $10K - $50K” at the 5th Annual International Special Events Society (ISES) Louie Awards Gala. The awards gala recognizes achievements in the Special Events Industry. Other industry winners included Clear Channel, Russo’s Gourmet Catering and Technical Productions. The gala was held at Russo’s Spazio’s in West Port on March 6.

Belleville Boots Go To Troops
The U.S. Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command has awarded the Belleville Shoe Manufacturing Co. of Belleville, Ill., with an $18,800,000 contract for 200,000 pairs of desert boots. A little quick math puts the price tag at $94 per pair. All the boots will be made in Belleville, with an expected completion date of April 30, 2005. The company was earlier awarded a $10 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to produce boots for the U.S. Air Force and Army, to be completed by March 17, 2005. 2004

Fortune 500 list includes Eight St. Louis-Based Companies
Companies were ranked based on 2003 revenue. They are:
Anheuser Busch –142
Emerson Electric – 144
May Department Stores Co. – 147
Express Scripts – 151
Monsanto Co. – 353
Charter Communications Inc. – 358
Ameren Corp. – 382
Graybar Electric – 448

Pachyderm Unpacks
On March 3, after a 24-hour trip from Miami, Fla., Flora the elephant – formerly the star of the St. Louis-based Circus Flora, – arrived safely at her new home: the 2,700 acre Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tenn. As reported here in the October 2003 Nonprofit Profile, Ahali Elephants adopted Flora in 2001. Since then it has since raised more than $80,000 of the $200,000 needed to sustain Flora for life. For more information, visit www.africanelephants. org.

Attention Book Lovers
The Greater St. Louis Book Fair comes to Westfield Shoppingtown West County beginning Thurs., April 29 and running through Mon.,May 3. Admission on the first day is $10 and doors open at 4:00 p.m. All other days admission is free. The Fair will be located on the lower level of the Famous Barr parking garage, and the easiest entry is from Ballas Road.

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