We’ve all heard the lament of people who say, “I just keep taking two steps forward and one step back.” And they speak of it as though it were a bad thing. Just when they’re making progress, something goes wrong, and they lose momentum. But what if taking a step back was done on purpose, […]
The chamber looks to improve with a strategic restructuring and push for further economic and leadership development.
A good website is a lot like a good microwave. You don’t have to think to use it. Consider the number of times you’ve gone to your in-laws’ house and had to use their microwave, only to be bested by the beast. You end up accidentally resetting the clock and having to go ask for
I think the last thing anyone thought Columbia would need is another hospital, and yet another facility is apparently on the way. Nueterra, the Leawood, Kansas, firm that bought Fulton’s 57-bed Callaway Community Hospital last December, by its own admission is “…disrupting the current model and unveiling new opportunities to raise quality standards, provide direct
1. How would you quantify and qualify Mustard Seed’s international impact? Mustard Seed works with more than two dozen businesses and organizations that have direct relationships with the individuals making our product. These organizations are located in impoverished areas all over the world, from Nepal to Bolivia, Uganda to Denver. Because we are committed
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When construction began on Hickman High School in 1925, Columbia was at a tipping point. The population of the city had grown by more than 5,000 people between 1920 and 1929. The only high school in town, Columbia High School, which was built to hold 500 students, was struggling to accommodate 800. In April of
Privately owned Nueterra and the University of Missouri Health System aim to build a new $38 million, 10-bed surgical center in Columbia.
Columbia’s Historic Preservation Commissions aims to teach citizens what city structures are worth fighting for — and how to fight for them.
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MU Health Care began construction on a $40 million, four-story expansion to its Missouri Orthopaedic Institute, which will be completed in 2017. The expansion will take the Institute from 114,000 to almost 200,000 square feet. Three floors will make more room for surgical, impatient, outpatient and physical therapy services, while the fourth floor will be
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According to BONSAI president Loriana Sekarski, it’s a problem the science industry has struggled with for years: graduate students lacking what she calls “soft skills,” a term related to the emotional intelligence, personality traits, social graces, interpersonal skills and leadership ability that characterize their workplace relations. In collaboration with Monsanto Company and the MU College of
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