The Downtown St. Louis Community Improvement District (CID) has produced a Downtown Events Calendar, featuring all the major events happening in Downtown St. Louis. This mid-year, pocket-sized publication includes Downtown events from June through year’s end. If you’d like complimentary copies to distribute to employees and/or customers, stop by our offices Monday – Friday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, or click here.To download a printable copy, click here.

The Downtown CID and Alive Magazine invite you to participate in the Downtown-wide happy hour, Wednesday Night Out. The event continues through August from 5-7 pm every Wednesday night. Over twenty participating Downtown bars and restaurants offer $4 signature cocktails, $3 wines, $2 beers and half-priced appetizers as part of the promotion. To see if your favorite restaurant/bar is participating, click here. Media partners for the promotion are Alive Magazine, The Riverfront Times, MetroMix, Z107.7 and Majic 104.9. For more information, contact Shuntae Shields Ryan at 314.436.6500 ext. 240 or click here.

Have you ever wanted to support Downtown revitalization but didn’t know how? You now have a way as an individual through our “Friends of Downtown” program, where “individuals” can become partners in supporting Downtown’s revitalization, marketing and events. For a fee of $50, you’ll receive $10 back in the form of a Downtown Gift Card and countless special offers from Downtown establishments, including special event tickets/perks, dining offers, shopping and lodging discounts, added value features and more. To join the program, click here. Or, for more information, contact Shuntae Shields Ryan at 314.436.6500 ext. 240.

How well do you know Downtown St. Louis? If you can tell us the correct building name of the photo to the right, we’ll enter your name into a random drawing for a $30 Downtown St. Louis Gift Card. One guess per person. Email your answer here by July 15, and the winner will be notified by July 20.

The Partnership for Downtown St. Louis and Downtown CID has selected new officers and members for its volunteer board who set policy for the organization. Officers for July 2011 - June 2012 are:

New Partnership board members are: James H. Buford, Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis; Tom Etling, St. Patrick Center; Melinda Nichols, Macy’s Downtown; and, Larry Thompson, Missouri Athletic Club. Partnership Officers: Chair: Tory Goldson, Bryan Cave LLP; Vice Chairs: Zack Boyers, US Bancorp C.D.C. and Gordon Reel, Enterprise Rent-A-Car; Treasurer: Nancy Droesch, Deloitte & Touche LLP; Secretary: Doug Yaeger, The Laclede Group; Director: Dorothy White-Coleman, White Coleman & Associates; Director: John Sondag, AT&T Missouri; President: Maggie Campbell, Partnership for Downtown St. Louis; and, Immediate Past Chair: Mark Mantovani, Ansira.

New Downtown CID board members are: Anjali Agarwal, Chartres Lodging Group LLC, Hyatt; Gary Van Matre, Mike Shannon’s Steaks and Seafood and El Borracho; Tom Zimmermann, Zimmermann & Associates; and, Greg Vogelweid, St Patrick Center. CID Officers: Chair: Jack Pohrer, St. Louis Parking Co.; Vice Chair: Waller McGuire, St. Louis Public Library; Treasurer: Debbie Rush, Thompson Coburn; Secretary: Amos Harris, Spinnaker; Director: John Beck, Emmis Communications; President: Maggie Campbell, Partnership for Downtown St. Louis; and, Immediate Past Chair: Bill Kuehling, Attorney at Law, Polsinelli Shughart PC.