The Mid Missouri Advertising Federation presented the local Addy Awards on Feb. 5 at the Underground Cafe.
*Addy Awards*Mid-Missouri Advertising Foundation recognizes ads by local businesses
February 2010
Planting a Legacy
When Kilgore’s Medical Pharmacy decided to create a community garden for the kids at Nora Stewart Early Learning Center, Kilgore’s co-owner Ann Bromstedt thought tomatoes would be a great first crop. But that’s a hard sell to preschool kids.
“We asked them what they wanted to grow, and all of them said strawberries,” Bromstedt said. “I suggested tomatoes, but a lot of them turned their noses up at that.”
Guest Column: My vision of Columbia as a community that works — for everyone
When Columbia Business Times columnist Al Germond told readers it was safe to “ignore” me and Columbia’s other mayoral candidates in favor of two “thoroughbreds” named Wade and McDavid largely because they’ve lived in Columbia for decades, I thought it was a good time to tell CBT readers that Mr. Germond — an outsider made
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Local political campaigns using social networking
*Social Networking*Local campaigns use Facebook and Twitter to garner votes and financial support.
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Business Briefs
Discovery property being refinanced Forum Development Group President Jose Lindner said an agreement has been reached with Bank of America to refinance a loan that a subsidiary company used for the purchase of about 76 acres of commercial property along U.S. Highway 63 in southeast Columbia. A trustee’s sale scheduled for Feb. 2 was postponed
Business Briefs
Discovery property being refinanced Forum Development Group President Jose Lindner said an agreement has been reached with Bank of America to refinance a loan that a subsidiary company used for the purchase of about 76 acres of commercial property along U.S. Highway 63 in southeast Columbia. A trustee’s sale scheduled for Feb. 2 was postponed
Business Briefs
VA Mortgage Center moving to Ice Chalet VA Mortgage Center.com has outgrown its offices near the Forum Boulevard-Chapel Hill Road intersection and plans to move to the vacant building on Grindstone Parkway that formerly housed the Ice Chalet and the Ice Chalet Antique Mall. VA Mortgage has reached a preliminary agreement to buy the 43,000-square-foot
Business Briefs
Discovery property being refinanced Forum Development Group President Jose Lindner said an agreement has been reached with Bank of America to refinance a loan that a subsidiary company used for the purchase of about 76 acres of commercial property along U.S. Highway 63 in southeast Columbia. A trustee’s sale scheduled for Feb. 2 was postponed
From the Roundtable: Raise the state gas tax (A columnist can dream, can’t he?)
Missouri needs to increase its tax on gasoline and diesel fuel, which has been stuck at 17.55 cents per gallon for 12 years and is one of the lowest in the country.Although it’s something that should happen, it won’t. In fact, a check on pending bills in the General Assembly shows only two bills addressing
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City gets more bang for buck
Although the recession has caused an unprecedented squeeze in city revenues, there is a bright spot: The slowdown in the private sector has created intense competition among construction companies and is driving down costs for the city’s biggest projects.