Downtown coffee shop/entertainment venue turns 5 The Cherry Street Artisan, one of Columbia’s favorite spots for java and jazz, is celebrating a huge milestone this weekend with its 5th Birthday Bash. The weekend’s events start Friday with a 12 p.m. ribbon-cutting ceremony and entertainment by regulars Doc Howard’s Fiddle Band and pianist Pack Matthews. Throughout […]
Author, Columnist, Landlord AGE: 90 (I feel like 75, and I’m shooting for 100). YEARS IN COLUMBIA: 1935-1940, 1946-1980 and 2007 to present. ORIGINAL HOMETOWN: Wentzville, Mo., then population 592. EDUCATION: Graduated from the University of Missouri in 1939 with a degree in geography. COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: President of the Jaycees, 1949-1950; president of the Lion’s
Adam Guy has an office in a back room of The Upper Crust restaurant and ballroom, but the 22-year-old entrepreneur prefers to sit at a corner table while conducting meetings and carrying on conversations related to his four businesses. Guy likes to be close to the action, easily accessible to customers and employees. On a
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Time and again the lobbyists for special-interest groups tell the legislature that if only their particular industry could be granted an exemption from state taxes that it would be a great boon to Missouri’s public coffers—a few dollars invested up front, and there will be light at the end of the economic tunnel. This sales
Maybe I should wait to write this column after the second Sunday of July. The annual reunion for the descendants of Frank and Effie Schuster will have occurred. Surely, much wit, wisdom and advice will be dispensed at this annual event. However, deadlines and work schedules do not allow for such a luxury. The question
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I really did not intend for a pun to appear in this column. But we’ve been using the phrase “keeping utilities current” over the last few weeks as we’ve talked about the need to examine what it costs to provide city utility services, and it just fits. There are few issues more important to our
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Plenty of us have been having our “fun” now that the city of Columbia has begun talking about putting a roof of grass on the City Hall annex that will rise one of these days east of the present digs. The idea of a grass roof was first brought up last year, and it may
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With computer labs so confining and Ellis Library lulling people to sleep, University of Missouri-Columbia students had been looking for a study sanctuary with adequate meeting space and a tech-friendly feel. Enter the Technology Lounge, a realm ready for the digital world and suitable for all the techie Tigers–and a space that puts the “fun”
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After graduating from the University of Missouri-Columbia and setting up a company to sell used cell phones, Brian Laoruangroch wanted to find minority partners and workers he could trust. Laoruangroch didn’t have to look far to staff Green Mobile. He picked five members of his fraternity, Pi Kappa Alpha, who also earned their business degrees
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Many reviewers have concluded that the iPhone is not a business tool, classifying it as nothing more than a fancy toy for people with deep pockets. Being an Apple consultant and an “iPod aficionado,” I decided to put these claims to the test. Before getting my iPhone, I was using a Blackberry 8700. With a
