Small but sustainable, organic farm fills niche market
*Chert Hollow Farms*Eric and Joanna Reuter sow more than 200 varieties of organic produce on their 1 ½ acre farm.
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April 2010
Take a tour; help others
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.
City chicks: What's happened since the backyard birds became legal?
*Urban Chicks*Since the ordinance passed, backyard chickens adjust to city life, owners and neighbors adjust to them.
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People You Should Know: Dan Goldstein
*People You Should Know*Dan Goldstein, research scientist, North West Research Associates
Will business supermajority reverse Council's course?
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.
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From the Roundtable: Election results favorable, not a mandate for radical change
The victories of three candidates for City Council deemed business-friendly thwarted an oft-feared council majority that would have been less favorably disposed toward business, development and entrepreneurship. Although many business people were pleased with the results of the April 6 municipal election, they should not get too puffed up and overconfident. Moving the public’s attitudinal
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Chamber announces award nominees
Finalists for the Small Business of the Year Award and the ATHENA and Young ATHENA awards were announced at the Business Showcase Tuesday. Nominees for Small Business of the Year: The Add Sheet! Bucket Media Inc. Designer Landscape Midwest CompuTech Trabue, Hansen and Hinshaw One of the companies, Trabue, Hansen and Hinshaw, was a finalist
Delta providing local service without subsidy
Columbia announced Monday that Delta Air Lines will continue to provide service to Columbia Regional Airport without a federal subsidy because of the success of the carrier’s roundtrip flights to Memphis, Tenn. The airline’s existing contract, which provides a federal subsidy through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Essential Air Service Program, is set to expire
Ex-council members agree on business rift
After leading the city for 15 years as mayor, Hindman makes some strong parting comments during a CBT Power Lunch attended by former mayors and council members.
Small Business of the Year nominees revealed
The finalists for the Chamber of Commerce’s Small Business of the Year award will be announced during the Business Conference and Showcase’s mixer. Last year’s finalists were Advanced Vision; Peckham and Wright Architects; PS: Gallery; and Trabue, Hansen and Hinshaw Inc. Midway Electric Inc., another of the finalists, walked away with the award during the