April 16, 2010

Columbia is knee-deep in stormwater problems. A commercial building on Business Loop 70 was about to be renovated but will sit empty. The prospective tenant determined that the additional $250,000 to comply with stormwater rules made the project too expensive. Trinity Lutheran Church asked for a stormwater variance because repairs to one of the congregation’s

Finalists for the Small Business of the Year Award were announced during the Business Times Co. mixer at the end of the Business Showcase on April 6. The winner will be declared during the Chamber of Commerce Small Business Week in May. Nominees for Small Business of the Year: • The Add Sheet! • Bucket

My neighborhood association bans political yard signs. The covenant is not really enforceable if challenged, but the dean of the neighborhood, a retired State Farm executive who lives across the street, told me he can’t recall anyone ever planting a candidate’s yard sign. It’s kind of like Miss Manners’ advice against talking stridently about politics

There’s one very special kitchen that isn’t on the Kitchens in Bloom tour, yet it’s one of the most important kitchens touched by the Boone County Council on Aging, the beneficiary of the fundraising event. The kitchen that isn’t on tour belongs to Mary Sutton. She’s one of 1,632 people the BCCA helped in 2009.

The seven-member City Council holds its first meeting Monday after the biggest turnover since Darwin Hindman was elected 15 years ago.
Mayor Bob McDavid, 3rd Ward Councilman Gary Kespohl and 4th Ward Councilman Daryl Dudley were all endorsed by the Chamber of Commerce and join two current City Council members deemed business-friendly, Jason Thornhill and Laura Nauser, to form what could be called a business-friendly supermajority.