2017's Top of the Town: Top National Presence

Winner:

• True/False Film Festival

  • The annual documentary fest draws thousands and thousands of filmgoers from around the country to downtown Columbia, and it has put Mid-Missouri on the map for film buffs. The 2017 festival had an estimated economic impact of more than $2 million. The movies are pretty good too.

Runner-up:

• Veterans United Home Loans

  • The company that started in COMO as VA Mortgage Center is now a truly national brand, with thousands of employees all over the country helping the company grab headlines in magazines quite a bit bigger than this one. But we know that VU will always have Columbia in its heart. We feel the same.