b'Our flagship project in the St. Louis area remains HOME in progress. The 50,000-square-foot combined distribution center, corporate office and e-commerce center were building for Gliks has us rememberingthe old days.Its the land of the Osage, the Kaskaskia, the Miami, the Kickapoo. In the early 1970s, The Korte Company built a GliksIts the land of pioneers like Marquette and Joliet and Lewis and Clark.store in Highland, Illinois, just a stones throw fromour company headquarters. Its the land of German and Swiss farmers who turned an endless prairie into theHeres to Gliks, a legendary American brand thats regions great little townsBelleville, Millstadt, New Baden, Highland. stayed in the game since 1897. Its Dred Scott and Scott Joplin. Miles Davis and Maya Angelou. When it comes to roots, theirs run as deep as anyones.Its the Worlds Fair. Red bricks, Red Birds, Red Schoendienst and Stan Musial, and no one could ever catch Jackie Joyner-Kersee.Here, we call our ice cream concrete and eat steamrolled pizza with weird cheese.Here, its awfully hot. Its dreadfully cold. Its everything at once.Its the Midwest. Its St. Louis. Its Southern Illinois. Its home.KORTE|YEAR IN REVIEW HOMEP_37 P_38'