While the financial crisis is making it harder for businesses to borrow money, lending backed by the U.S. Small Business Administration has increased significantly, particularly in the region that includes Columbia. The SBA loan program was bolstered by reduced fees and higher guarantees, and the lending pace is expected to pick up even more this […]
The GetAbout Columbia schemes seem to come in waves. The latest “experiment” in the otherwise laudable and ambitious $22 million project is destined to become an object of community derision. GetAbout has proposed re-striping Ash Street between Seventh and Ninth streets so drivers can back their vehicles into the parking spaces and hopefully
From the Roundtable: Get-A-Load of these parking schemes, past and present Read More »
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The 29-year history of Total Environments Garden Center mirrors the life cycle of a plant: beginning with the seed of an idea, nurturing a growing business, enjoying maturation and preparing for the eventual fade and fall of the blossoms.
While plant life cycles typically reoccur naturally, this is the last growing season for the Goldenhersh family business. After expanding to a business with 15 employees and taking over adjoining property, Total Environments could not survive the recent spread of mega-store competitors, its founder’s death and, finally, the recession.
