Corps to consider closing Missouri River traffic this year It’s hard to imagine the Missouri River without tugboats pushing barges between the sandbars. Since the days of the French-Canadian fur trade, commerce along the Missouri River has played a role in developing ports like Rocheport and Lohman’s Landing, which developed into Jefferson City. Steamboat traffic […]
FEBRUARY 23rd-25th Columbia Home Builders Association Home Show All weekend at the Hearnes Center The Columbia HBA presents booths featuring more than 100 exhibitors showcasing home building and home improvement service providers, products and special deals in the field house at 600 Stadium Blvd. Tickets are $3. 882-2056 24th-25th Art Show and Sale 10 a.m.-5
After years of watching other cities across the state and the nation reap the cultural and economic benefits of a vibrant artistic life, Columbia suddenly seems to be catching up. Recently named Missouri’s “most creative city” by the Missouri Arts Council, Columbia is in the throes of arts advances: the opening of visual art venues
Catholic high school opening next year, CIS planning similar project Columbia soon will have two private high schools and a third traditional public high school if building projects proceed as planned. Parents and school administrators, including the public school superintendent, say the wider range of choices is good for the people who matter the most:
My husband, for the sake of our budget, recently called a moratorium on bookstore visits. But I knew just what to do during the bookstore blackout: take a job at MBS. MBS Textbook Exchange, Inc., located at 2711 W. Ash, is a leader in wholesale textbook distribution and, with close to 820 employees, one of
Although the 9th Street Bookstore has changed its name and location several times over the past two decades, it has been known as a mainstay among Columbia’s independent bookstores, attracting customers with its rare selection of educational toys and its considerable magazine offerings as well as its books. Walking into the bookstore, the casual shopper
A city’s wastewater system is one of its most significant infrastructure issues. While it plays an obvious role in public health and the environment, it also helps determine the development and economic future of a city. Believe it or not, wastewater and land ownership are perhaps the most critical factors guiding our city’s development. In
For its goal of knowledge-based economic development, Columbia is counting on the University of Missouri to turn research advances into marketable products and jobs. MU’s Research Animal Diagnostic Laboratory, a company that mixes private enterprise with public research, is a poster child for this effort. John Gardner, vice president for research and economic development at
