One woman shares her story of overcoming illness and the power of the human spirit. In September of 2015, Elisabeth Trumbower felt a lump in her breast. “It seemed like it came out of nowhere,” she says. And it was big. She had no family history of cancer, but she made an appointment for some […]
by Beth Bramstedt photos by Angelique Hunter Jeff and Dana Sharland share their 16-year journey with daughter Katie’s spinal cord condition. Dana Sharland sips a cup of coffee, curled up in a chair while her oldest daughter, Amy, feeds her daughter, Aster, nearby. Søren, the oldest grandchild, builds Legos at the table while Dana’s husband,
Kyle and Andrea Lisenby embrace the uniqueness of daughter Logann’s genetic condition. photos by Laura Rowe When you have a child with special needs, there’s more of everything,” says Andrea Lisenby, who took a break from her responsibilities as community involvement manager and co-owner of Plaza Dental Group and mother of three small children to
by Beth Bramstedt photos by Angelique Hunter Tara Arnett claims she’s known for telling it like it is, and she honestly admits that raising her 4-year-old daughter, Reagan, is more stressful these days than parenting Logan, her 7-year-old son with autism. Tara, an appraisal analyst for Central Bank of Boone County, describes Reagan as a
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This article appeared in print as part of “The Smaller Bidder.” MBE/WBE Certification Minority- and woman-owned businesses can get a boost from state and federal programs intended to help them compete for and win government projects if they’re registered as a minority business enterprise, a woman business enterprise, or a disadvantaged business enterprise. Projects using
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Ten minutes before 9 a.m. on a hot and humid summer morning, dozens of patrons wait patiently outside the Daniel Boone Regional Library to start off their day. When it’s time, the doors open, and the crowd heads in and then off to the various areas of the building to work on various things —
Mills Menser grew up in the diamond business. His father, Michael Menser, purchased Buchroeders Jewelers from the Buchroeder family in 1971. Mills purchased the company in 2007. One hundred and twenty years after its creation in 1896, almost everything about Buchroeders has evolved, a trend Mills plans to continue. “Average is a failing formula now,”
When Veterans United’s manager of diversity and inclusion programs, Loreli Wilson, first took her position, she searched for larger diversity programs to connect with across Columbia. She was surprised to find none. What would eventually become Columbia’s Diversity Awareness Partnership originally started as an initiative by professionals, like Wilson, from VU, Shelter Insurance, and MU.
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For the past three years, Otto Maly’s focus has been to increase Maly Commercial Realty’s commercial development market share in Columbia. His strategy? Assemble a team of real estate professionals with individual expertise and relationships that span the Columbia and national markets. That cross-section of experience has been the linchpin of the company’s gains in
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Nickie Davis makes a distinct impression. She’s comfortable in her own skin; her turquoise corkscrew curls accent her sense of individuality and her desire to empower others to express who they are. A hometown girl, Davis immersed herself in Columbia’s fashion scene early on, working for Gap, Natural Groove, Blackberry Exchange, and Swank before launching
