Survey says…! Job Point needs your help! It’s newest fundraiser, Job Point’s Company Feud, is coming up on October 10. Modeled after the famed game show Family Feud, participants will guess the answers a surveyed group of people gave to Columbia-related questions. You’re our survey group! Please take five minutes to provide an answer to […]
Mark Swanson has childhood memories of moving paper pieces around a homemade board and rolling croquet balls down a long hallway, trying to land them on numbered construction paper circles. Gaming has always been a part of him. “We were kind of a poor family growing up, but that didn’t stop my dad,”
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I am a very social individual. I love any excuse to host a party to get together with friends and family and share a delicious meal, a laugh, and invariably, an embarrassing story or two. Aside from the joy I get from the wonderful people that surround me, I also love to host because
Columbia collectors illustrate how easy making your own collection can be. Columbia’s downtown streets ooze with opportunities to experience local art, and the city calendar overflows with festivals and events showcasing local artists and their work. Simply slip on your walking shoes the first Friday of any month and trek to the North Village
As the Columbia business community prepares for the new companies and fresh ideas to come during Innovation Week, CBT looked back at five startups who sprouted in our entrepreneurial community. With brilliant skills and a desire to solve problems, these companies helped create our startup ecosystem.
Feeling inspired by mid-Missouri’s incredible art scene? Your own collection is in closer reach than you might think. Check out these tips from CoMo’s art scene and go pick out a masterpiece. Go where the artists are. “The art scene in Columbia is alive and well,” says northeast Missouri collector Kelly Lewis, who regularly drives
ter a busy workday, some people go home and relax. Others perform on stage. Or make a leather briefcase. Or play the saxophone. Meet Kevin Brown, Lawrence Simonson, and Michele Curry — three professionals with a passion for off-the-clock creativity.
Columbia confronts the legacy of Sharp End, the black business district wiped away by urban renewal.
Today, 10 Hitt St. is home to Ragtag Cinema, Uprise Bakery, and Hitt Records. The colonial revival building was built in 1935 for the Columbia Coca-Cola Bottling Company. The building has a residential look, probably because most buildings on Hitt Street were residential at the time. The facility was built with a concrete foundation, brick
As its many enthusiasts already know, craft beer creates community. Drinkers swap stories about their favorite brands, always on the hunt for new brews to try. They sample, they review, they connect, they drink together. “I wear a lot of different alcohol hats in this town,” Jacob Halls says. That’s true. Under one hat, he’s
