Get ready to grab some popcorn. The second of Columbia’s annual film festivals will be underway near the end of October, bringing with it independent films often unavailable for viewing anywhere else in the Midwest. Affectionately nicknamed “CJ,” the Citizen Jane Film Festival is internationally recognized — but still an unknown, or at least misunderstood — […]
Flat Branch Park, located at 101 South Fourth Street, has become a splash of nature in the midst of downtown Columbia and the MU campus. Intertwined with the MKT trail, the park is a favorite stop for biking enthusiasts, families, and students. But many don’t recall its formerly ruined state. In 1820, the site where
Scott Swafford started in journalism 27 years ago, when he was a video rental clerk at The Video Castle, in Kirksville. Nobody in town had a VCR yet, so they rented those out too. His boss at The Video Castle was also a reporter at the Kirksville Daily Express, and the runaway success of the
After six months in their new facility at 2145 County Dr., Boone County Joint Communications is adjusting to more space and better training facilities. Now, with the technology and space in place to move forward, the department turns its eye toward recruiting and retaining the right individuals to serve as 911 emergency telecommunicators. Chad Martin,
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The primrose is a Missouri native wildflower. It’s also the first rose of summer. Winter, obviously, isn’t kind to the primrose, but it gets through the bleak season to bloom in the spring. Like the primrose in the winter, people who experience drug and alcohol addiction go through times that seem bleak and hopeless. However,
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“The only thing an agency has to sell is time and ideas. So an agency is only as good as their people,” president and CEO Terry Woodruff says, sitting in the Columbia office of his namesake company. “And I would put our group of 80 employees up against just about any other agency.” Those aren’t
Job description: I have the privilege of working with an amazing group of creative professionals and overseeing Cumulus’ group of eight radio stations that serve the Columbia and Jefferson City regions. We also have a digital advertising division, and our team creates a variety of events and publications each year. Years lived in Columbia/Mid-Missouri: Coming
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One of the things that kills workplace culture efforts is ineffective meetings. It’s a myth that employees hate meetings. They just hate useless, purposeless, boring meetings. The reality is that most meetings are dull and ineffective. People like to feel productive, and most meetings kill productivity faster than sunshine melts a snowball. Considering the high
If only we could supersize the streets and alleys that make up Columbia’s central business district. Once again, we’re discussing delivery vehicles and how to integrate them into the fabric of the revitalized downtown area. Downtown Columbia’s inalterable, somewhat sub-standard block sizes and street widths are overwhelmed by the latest generation of supersized delivery vehicles
