Ryan Lovill Market executive and portfolio manager, The Commerce Trust Company Age: 31 Years lived in Columbia: My wife and I are in the process of transitioning from Kansas City to Columbia. Original hometown: Denver, Colo Job description: My job involves creating and implementing investment strategies for our clients to help them realize their overall […]
A couple of weeks ago, a warning siren in the neighborhood went off around 10 a.m. — a false alarm, as it turned out. The next day, the countywide network of sirens was successfully tested. Cruising into another severe storm season, which in Missouri peaks in May, brings us around to another discussion of preparedness
There are many reasons to celebrate this month. Spring arrived early, the Tigers had an amazing basketball season, and the students and staff of Columbia Public Schools are winning awards. Columbia Public Schools is the eighth largest school district in the state, with more than 17,700 students and 2,600 staff members. The collective talent of
The data are accumulating and the trend is clear — the state and local economy are recovering. Sometimes it does not feel like it as everyone’s circle of acquaintances continues to have an unusual number of people unemployed or they are taking jobs just to have something. It is a good time to take stock.
As regional administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration, I travel throughout Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska to meet with small-business owners. I find that, unfortunately, not all of them are fully informed about tax cuts they could be claiming this year. Many small-business owners don’t realize that President Barack Obama has already signed into
The U.S. Mint produced a half-cent coin from 1793 to 1857, finally discontinuing the coin when it cost more to make than it was worth and was considered too small to be useful. Leave it to modern politics to come up with a way to make the half-cent work again, not surprisingly in the form
Owner Glynn Laverick is bringing new life to the historic Tiger Hotel. Luxury suites with stunning views now await visitors to downtown Columbia.
What would improving the Columbia Regional Airport terminal do for tourism and economic development? And would funding a new terminal through bed taxes — normally reserved for marketing and promotion of the area — be an appropriate use of that revenue? Those questions are being argued at length this spring as the Columbia Hospitality Association
