The lobby of the Columbia Housing Authority has floor-to-ceiling windows on the front and back. The front gives a view of the waterslides and basketball courts at Douglass Park on the other side of Providence Road; the back windows show a concrete walkway with a well-kept lawn that leads from the main office to Providence […]
One begins to believe it’s envy or jealousy that brings out all the opposition to construction on whatever project happens to come along for which approval by various municipal bodies is required. So Park7’s second request for permission to build apartments on the city’s east side is defeated, picked apart by six city counselors who
1. What are the most significant factors that have changed the homebuilding industry in the past five years? Ten years? Twenty years? Cale: In the past several years, we’ve seen an explosion of “smart” products; in the most recent past, we are seeing these products “talk” across brands, so we have true integration. Nest thermostats
Columbia’s Aging zoning ordinances, are no doubt in need of some updating, but how far should the city go in reshaping development downtown?
Even as University of Missouri enrollment growth is expected to slow, student housing developments keep popping up. But will the bubble burst?
On May 1, the City of Columbia launched SpeakUpComo.com as a way to expand citizens’ engagement with city government. The site is run through SpeakUp, a national platform through Grancius, Inc., based in San Francisco. Users can create an account through Facebook or an email account and start idea threads based on changes they would
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Mayor Bob McDavid has announced the creation of the Mayor’s Task Force on Pedestrian Safety, designed to address Columbia’s recent increase in pedestrian-related automobile crashes. The task force was approved at a city council meeting May 19. “I want to find out whether this is an unusual trend, how pedestrian safety in Columbia compares with
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Ram Jack of Mid Missouri is celebrating their 15-year anniversary this year. The company has grown from a small family business to one of the largest foundation repair and basement waterproofing contractors in central and eastern Missouri. Randy and Kathie Gibbs originally established the company as Gibbs Company in 1993. In 2000, Ram Jack was
At the end of April, the Museum of Art and Archaeology at MU celebrated their grand reopening. On Sept. 30th, 2013 the museum closed its location on MU’s main campus in Pickard Hall and began the 18-month long process of moving to Mizzou North, formerly the Ellis Fischel Cancer Center. The move was made due
