Access to fresh food, the local cost of food and the efficiency of food transportation are issues that the city of Columbia is examining to determine its ability to feed residents in need. A host of organizations and the city of Columbia are battling to give urban and rural poor citizens more access to healthy […]
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The public often views the apparel industry as lacking transparency, sustainability and ethical practices. Scandals such as child labor, sweat shops and environmentally damaging manufacturing methods have alienated many consumers from the industry. University of Missouri researchers, however, recently discovered that consumers are willing to support apparel companies that employ sustainable and ethical practices; but
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Get ready to grab a cup of coffee, find a comfortable seat and tune your TV to KMIZ. Season two of Columbia’s own Building for Better Living starts at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 2. Last year, show host and local building contractor Cole McCollum took his audience along as he and business partner Jason Richardson completed
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Everything today is moving faster than ever. As Baptist minister Henry Emerson Fosdick said in the early 20th century, “The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can’t be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.” Maintaining balance in the world-on-my-hip technological environment we live in today can
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A new medical office building is planned for the last of five commercial lots in Broadway Bluffs, west of Culver’s on East Broadway. The 17,000-square-foot, three-story building will be owned and occupied by Magnolia Critical Care and Internal Medicine. It will be approximately three months to start construction. Dr. Ramen Puri is head of the
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Green is more than just a color choice when it comes to electrostatic painting. Old office furniture can be repainted to look like new with this factory-finish painting technique, and it can be done at a fraction of the cost of traditional methods. Pat McMurry, interior finish contractor with Missouri Painting, transformed outdated, faded and
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Jim Oakley of O2Geothermal does a lot of traveling throughout Missouri, and he said that, in terms of sustainability, he believes Columbia is far ahead of other cities in the state. “With the number of green initiatives here, we have a lot to be proud of,” Oakley said during the Columbia Business Times Power Lunch on
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Linda D. Quinley Chief financial officer and board treasurer for Columbia Public Schools AGE: 50 JOB DESCRIPTION: I am responsible for the financial management of CPS including the departments of accounting and budgeting, payroll, employee benefits, purchasing, investment and debts of the district. I also serve as risk manager for the district. YEARS LIVED IN COLUMBIA:
This year marks the 100th anniversary of distance education at the University of Missouri. It also marks the strategic merger of the two offices that coordinate distance education — both fully online and hybrid programs — for MU’s schools and colleges. MU Direct: Continuing and Distance Education and the Center for Distance and Independent Study
