The Columbia Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors gave its formal support today to Glen Ehrhardt in the race for the 5th Ward City Council seat and decided not to endorse any of the four candidates running in the 1st Ward. This is the second time the city’s business organization has weighed in on local […]
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Self-marketing guru Jeff Beals will be the keynote speaker at the annual Columbia Chamber of Commerce Business Showcase on March 15 at the Holiday Inn Executive Center. Beals, author of Self Marketing Power: Branding Yourself as a Business of One, will speak about personal marketing at the luncheon. During the meal, the Women’s Network also
The City Council’s vote establishing the downtown Community Improvement District was the culmination of three years of work and might lead to a half-cent sales tax next year that would fund efforts to expand commercial activity downtown. The special taxing district, which will set policies and fund programs, brings together the Special Business District and
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OK, you say there’s no such thing as a free lunch. But what if I told you there’s a lunch that is not only free, but it could also put cash back in your pocket? Lots of cash. There is a catch, of course. Scott Colbert, chief economist for The Commerce Trust Co., could be
The mantle of white, courtesy of a record-breaking snowfall, was certainly lovely to look at for a couple weeks. But the two-day blizzard has left behind a costly legacy of street repairs and a gazillion potholes that will occupy maintenance forces for the months to come. Or will it? While dodging all the crevices and
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In July, Mayor Bob McDavid appointed a seven-member citizen Sewer Task Force to restructure the way Columbia bills sanitary sewer customers. More than six months later, the task force presented its recommendations to the City Council at its Feb. 7 work session. The city gets revenue for the sewer utility from two charges: a flat
Thursday is University of Missouri Legislative Day at the Capitol. Dianne Drainer, the Mizzou Alumni Association advocacy director, is rounding up supporters to help MU lobbyists and administrators save the university from the state budget ax. It’s a trip worth taking and an effort worth making because deep state funding cuts would undermine MU’s future
Maintaining MU’s state funding is fair, sound investment Read More »
In the depths of the global recession, emerging markets in Asia, the Middle East and Eastern Europe snagged the dollars of investors attracted by their swift growth and worried that Western economies would be stuck in the doldrums for years to come. But recently, many of those same investors became concerned that the high growth
