February 22, 2008

CBT’s View: Council at crossroads in dilemma over Crosscreek

The Columbia City Council will decide on March 3 whether to approve the commercial development plan proposed for U.S. 63 and Stadium Boulevard. The owners of Stadium 63 Properties want to build infrastructure and structures for more than a dozen businesses on lots that cover about 70 acres, an area roughly the same size as […]

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Women unite in entrepreneurship

In Good Company, a local conference for women who run—or want to start—their own businesses, is back for its second-annual round of panel discussions, keynote speakers, meals and networking opportunities. This year the two-day event features a visit with Brenda Newberry, CEO of The Newberry Group. After working for 20 years in network and systems

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Power Brokers: Local masters in the art of the deal

“Experience taught me a few things,” Donald Trump writes in The Art of the Deal. “One is to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. The second is that you’re generally better off sticking with what you know.”

The five local art-of-the-deal masters CBT has selected have in-depth knowledge unique to their own arenas—business brokerage, commercial real estate, construction, public policy and commercial development.

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From the Round Table: Kirkwood shooting spotlights security needs at local council meetings

There isn’t a municipality anywhere that wasn’t shocked by the shooting rampage a fortnight ago just a few hours’ drive from here in peaceful little old Kirkwood, Mo. It’s difficult to imagine the violence that left six people dead and to wonder whether gunfire could happen during our city council proceedings at 701 E. Broadway—especially

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