Local bank reports of inside of market deposits as of March 31, 2007. (Calculations may differ from FDIC reports.) Boone County National Bank $829,200,000 First National Bank $369,943,944 Commerce National Bank $270,000,000 Bank of America Not available Premier Bank $137,470,293 Shelter Financial Bank $86,376,000 US Bank $44,629,000 Commercial Trust Company of Fayette $73,000,000 UMB Bank […]
ey, Super-size that Food (Bank) order! Peggy Kirkpatrick, executive director of the Central Missouri Food Bank, is trying hard to hide her smile. This time of year always means lots of work with the possibility of a big payoff. After all, it’s time for the “Score Against Hunger” campaign, in which each donor pledges a
Amid the dust and the din of demolition, the old Kelly Press building is being transformed into a downtown destination, the new home for Ragtag Cinemacafé, Ninth Street Video and Uprise Bakery. The colonial red brick building on Hitt Street was built in 1935 and functioned first as a Coca-Cola bottling plant. Later it was
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The summer of renovation is under way in downtown Columbia, as warehouses and factories are being converted into new businesses, art studios and loft apartments. Architect Brian Pape, a member of city’s Historic Preservation Commission, has designed two of the projects: • The conversion of a 72-year-old colonial red-brick building on Hitt Street just south
Mark Timberlake’s voice changes inflection when he describes his vision for the Orr Street Studios, a warehouse converted into art studios and gallery space. Timberlake acknowledges that he is developing an emotional attachment to the property at the northeast corner of The District, on Orr Street near Walnut. What started as an investment for his
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The top floor of the Berry Building was scorching hot when John Ott gave a tour of the red-brick warehouse at the northeast corner of Walnut and Orr streets. Plastic buckets were lined up to catch leaking rainwater, and Ott said a top priority of his renovation project will be to put a new roof
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For Scott Atkins, owner of Atkins Investments, restoring the old Hamilton-Brown Shoe Factory is a project that has proven to pay off. His father, Tom Atkins, bought the building in 1975, and now, more than three decades later, it’s bustling with businesses. “We knew that when the right time came along, we’d restore it,” said
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In 1919, Prohibition went into effect. Women were granted the right to vote. Here in Columbia, Broadway bustled with a few Ford Model-T cars and plenty of mule-drawn carriages. That same year, brothers Bill and Pleas Wright built a mule barn on the corner of Hinkson and Fay streets, an area where small industries, livestock
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In spring 2006, Callaway Bank CEO Bruce Harris was feeling sluggish and wanted to make fundamental improvements to his health. Specifically, he wanted to lose weight, reduce his bad cholesterol level and improve his blood sugar readings. Harris decided to enroll in The Insurance Group’s wellness program. In one year, Harris lost more than 40
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Insurance Insight In today’s turbulent business climate, can your organization ignore risk management? Every organization must consider risks seriously, whether you are a two-person shop or a major corporation reporting to stockholders. Who in your organization performs this function? Many organizations have an employee who wears many hats, and usually organizations place insurance, safety and
