Over its 92 years in business, any number of preconceptions and stereotypes have built up about Columbia Country Club: It’s just “the old club.” The golf course is too short. The club is too stuffy. But now, eight years before its centennial, the club has renewed itself across the board starting at its core: the golf […]
Como Dough Pizza Looking to capitalize on the food truck craze, Como Dough Pizza is serving up wood-fired pies in a mobile trailer. Officially located at 701 Business Loop 70, Como Dough has the ability to bring the pizza to you, whether it’s to a private party, festival, catered event or on the streets of
When The Club at Old Hawthorne opened in May of 2007, it felt like the right time for a new country club in mid-Missouri. Columbia Country Club had no space to expand its facilities. Country Club of Missouri on the city’s southwest side had just passed the 35-year mark. For the first 15 months, that
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1. You purchased your dealership in 2001. How has the market in Columbia changed since then? When we were completing the purchase for the dealership, we were in Milwaukee signing the papers when the first jet hit the Twin Tower in New York City. We opened our doors one week later on Sept. 18. For
Built in 1915, the ornamental gates on the University of Missouri campus at Eighth and Elm streets were designed as an entrance and historic marker. The right gate depicts a bronze portrait relief of James Sidney Rollins, a man considered the father of the university, and the left gate shows John Hiram Lathrop, the first
Before Great Circle set up an operation in Columbia, people in the community trying to help local abused and neglected children were near the end of their ropes. Mariel Liggett, the chair of the board of directors in Columbia, remembers how The Front Door, a home for troubled kids in the area, was running short
Name: Philip Baillos Title and company/organization: Tennis director, Country Club of Missouri Age: 42 Job description: I oversee all tennis activities at the Country Club of Missouri. Years lived in Columbia/Mid-Missouri: Six Original hometown: Mason City, Iowa Education: B.A. in accounting from the University of Northern Iowa Community involvement: I also organize local tennis tournaments
