Trittenbach proposes downtown building project
*Downtown Development*Trittenbach proposes multi-story building
December 2008
City View: Parks and Recreation Department delivers on promise to voters
*City View*Bill Watkins talks about Parks and Recreation
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Local director debuts action movie in hometown
*Martial Arts Film Debut*Local director Adam Boster discusses his new movie
Entrepreneurs can turn economic crisis into opportunity
*Economic Outlook*Mary Paulsell encourages people to look at opportunities in bad economy
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Web design firm seeks businesses with complicated problems
*Business Profile*Web design firm seeks businesses with complicated problems
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Guest Column: Legislature must view the current economic climate as opportunity
The top news stories each week are not mistaken-like every other state, Missouri is feeling the national economic downturn. Although our economic diversity makes Missouri more resilient than many states in the nation, reports of plant closings and layoffs are still hitting close to home. These reports make people frightened for their jobs and way
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Outstanding Office
When Wendy Knorr met with John Ott over breakfast in August 2007, she never expected their conversation would lead to her finding her dream office in one of his historic downtown buildings. Knorr fell in love with the office above Kayotea at 912 E. Broadway, particularly the huge slanted studio window. Three weeks later, she
Guest Column: Cuts to higher education will hurt Missouri’s economy
For the past two years, higher education in Missouri earned a grade point average just above a D. If we were graduates searching for a job, employers wouldn’t look at us twice. Every two years the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education issues a report card for states and the nation on criteria
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From the Roundtable: Keep Historical Society in Columbia, even if it takes eminent domain
Forty years ago, the city directory listed 227 S. Sixth St. as the address of the Campus Snack. I don’t remember much about that restaurant, but over the years, a variety of people have tried their hand operating venues that served food at this address and later adult beverages under a variety of names. Tom
From the Roundtable: Stop red-light cameras, green-light count-down signals and get in sync
Worth noting are a couple of interesting segments last week during KFRU’s “Morning Meeting” while Renée Hulshof was guest co-host with Simon Rose. How refreshing to have a woman on the local airwaves. Donning my critic’s hat momentarily, Renée’s role on KFRU should be firmed up and continued, which I understand may just be what