Dave Griggs’ breakfast group, “the cronies,” usually meets on Tuesday. But the group had a special dinner in Boonville on Friday, May 14, and the chairman of Regional Economic Development Inc. was eating next to City Manager Bill Watkins, another member of the group. Just past 7 p.m., both of their cell phones rang with the same message: The community had reached an agreement with IBM.
Following a year marked by historic revenue decline, two Columbia state representatives offered their take on the 2010 legislative session. In separate interviews, Democratic Representatives Chris Kelly and Mary Still said the local delegation was able to pass through a number of measures that will benefit the area. The two also said local residents should
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Sleep disorders are on the rise, and health care entrepreneur and respiratory therapist Matt Hake believes his company, Sleep Diagnostic Services, provides an answer. Hake founded Sleep Diagnostic Services in 1994 with Tim Hogan, who sold his interest in the company to Hake in 2005. “There was a need because there were not a lot
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Did you know Missouri manufacturers employ nearly 290,000 Missourians, more than 10 percent of total non-farm employment? Did you know Missouri manufacturing workers earned an average $63,000 per year, $13,000 more per year than workers in other fields? Would you be surprised to learn Missouri manufacturing output is about 13.5 percent of the state’s economy?
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*Adult Entertainment*New legislation could strip the adult entertainment industry of some revenue sources.
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*People You Should Know*Vicki Powell, executive senior sales director of Mary Kay cosmetics.
*New Business Update*PURE Photography Gallery and Studio promotes photography as art.
When University Club of MU’s Farm to Table summit lands in Columbia June 12 and 13, a slew of local, regional and national chefs will be along for the ride. The summit, aimed at connecting culinarians with local growers and producers, will feature two days of demonstrations, seminars and workshops emphasizing sustainability and the farm-to-table
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*Buying Broadband*Downtown businesses struggle to afford upgrades to high-speed Internet.
Grant Savage, head of the University of Missouri School of Medicine Department of Health Management and Informatics, knows firsthand why we need electronic medical records. Every year he suffers from allergies and goes to his doctor. His doctor flips through his paper medical records to review what happened last year, which medications worked and which
