April Melvin spends most of her day on hold. Eight hours straight is her personal record. As an insurance broker at The Insurance Shop, she works on other accounts while she waits to speak with a customer service agent at the health insurance marketplace, established from the 2010 Affordable Care Act. Melvin’s job is […]
On June 5, 1917, Gov. Frederick Gardner declared a holiday. Two months and one day earlier, America entered World War I. June 5 was Registration Day. Around 5,000 men registered in Boone County, 1,129 of them in Columbia — the Daily Missourian declared there were “no slackers here.” The mayor held a patriotic celebration at
It’s rare to stay with one organization throughout the course of a career. Carol Heim, Jim Stock and Phyllis Grant have each worked for their organizations for 31 to 45 years. During that time, they’ve seen changes in landscape, technology and company size. They have grown and advanced alongside their companies. But what hasn’t changed
Throughout Columbia, there are people whose passion for adventure infuses their work with energy and vision. They’re at their best when jumping out of a plane from 13,000 feet or swimming with great white sharks — but they also thrive in the workplace. When you peel back the layers, you’ll find what makes them tick:
The day is progressing like any other: meetings with staff, lunch with a client, emails to return and paperwork to complete. You’re busy with activities for the fall, tying up year-end projects and planning for new initiatives. Then the phone rings. You answer casually, only to feel your heart race and your blood pressure rise.
Every morning, long before the sun rises, I wearily make my way downstairs. And before I can prepare lunch for the boys and before I make my wife her coffee, I must first weave my way through a labyrinth of Legos and game pieces. We all have morning rituals, and this one is mine. Just
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No person should have to start a business trip at 3 a.m. Nevertheless, that’s what I did. I grabbed my cup of coffee, checked to make sure I had all of my things and left my house in the dark while my family slept. Fifteen minutes later, I joined several other people as we prepared
In 1971, the White House held its first Conference on Aging in Washington, where inspiration struck volunteers from Boone, Audrain and Callaway counties. The group obtained a $35,000 grant from MU to study the lack of transportation for seniors in rural areas. Instead, the volunteers bought a bus, hired a driver and founded Cooperative Transportation
When a business is employee-owned, there might not be a higher compliment than to be recognized as the top employee-owned company in the region. This year, Emery Sapp & Sons Inc. received the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) Heart of America Chapter Company of the Year award, a testament to their success as an employee-owned
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Today, Wabash Station operates as the main office for COMO Connect, formerly known as Columbia Transit, the city-owned public bus system. Wabash Station is a one-story, H-plan Jacobean building, according to the National Register of Historic Places. Located at 126 N. Tenth Street, it sits on a stone and concrete foundation, with a partial basement
