Data center analysis and evaluation AngelouEconomics conducted a reverse site selection analysis to help determine the Columbia area’s suitability for a data center, a type of high-tech business that grew 62 percent last year. The consulting company examined the area’s relative cost of power, labor availability, disaster risk and land cost. In its report released […]
Everyone can do it. It can make a huge difference to other people and can be one of the most rewarding experiences of a person’s life. It doesn’t cost a cent but requires you to share your most valuable resource: your time. What am I referring to? Volunteering. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said it
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Senator Chuck Graham still has time to take the honorable action and admit that he had too much to drink when he ended up in the hands of the law a fortnight ago. But allow me to predict that Graham will emerge unscathed and politically triumphant when all the votes are counted. The Democrat from
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President of Providence Bank, Columbia AGE: 45 JOB DESCRIPTION: Establishing Providence Bank in the Columbia market, taking it from its beginnings as a loan production office (LPO) to a full-service bank branch. My duties include: overall management of the Columbia market, recruiting a talented staff, developing and implementing our marketing plan, executing our business development
So you need a commercial, television or radio, to promote your product, service, business, organization or event. As you can imagine, the sources are numerous. Local media offer free or low-cost production for advertisers purchasing airtime. Area advertising professionals and firms charge a little more to develop strategically focused, creative spots or campaigns. Mass-production service
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The following is the second in a series of articles about the importance and benefits of succession planning within a business or organization. In this series, we explore the various steps of this critical planning process that will help protect the longevity of your business and provide professional growth for your future leaders. In the
Can it be profitable to run a nonprofit? According to IRS documents it can. Some mid-Missourians heading such operations earn six-figure salaries. Most of the highest-paid executives at Columbia-based nonprofit operations are from the health care industry. Primaris CEO Richard Royer tops the list, with an annual salary higher than $200,000, while half of the
Who are Columbia’s highest-paid nonprofit organization administrators? Read More »
Nanotechnology may seem like the stuff of science fiction, but in mid-Missouri, the field is quickly becoming recognized as a promising component of the area’s technology-driven economic development strategy. “It is an exciting time,” said Jim Thompson, dean of the University of Missouri’s School of Engineering. “It’s like in the 1960s with lasers and integrated
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After viewing the four competing road construction plans for East Columbia, Doris Littrell, vice chair of the Timberhill Road Neighborhood Association, wanted a fifth choice: none of the above. All four of the “reasonable alternatives” presented by the Missouri Department of Transportation have the same proposed path for the Stadium Boulevard extension to Route WW.
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The transformation of the Flat Branch area of downtown into a park is nearly complete, ameliorating the deterioration along the creek that had long been a source of concern for the city. Historically, many cities have been organized along waterways. While it is certainly no Missouri River, Flat Branch Creek is where our city took
