When companies are considering a relocation to Columbia, Chamber of Commerce President Matt McCormick wants the city to be sending them a very clear message. “We’re open for business,” McCormick says. “We want your company here. We want you to be able to thrive and grow here and be successful here.” There’s a potential problem […]
The first college for women west of the Mississippi was founded here, as was the first state university west of the river. The first journalism school in the world calls Columbia home. This time, according to Kevin McDonald, MU’s vice chancellor for inclusion, diversity, and equity and the UM System’s chief diversity officer, it’s the
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In an August board meeting this year, it was decided that the nonprofit formerly known as Youth Empowerment Zone would be renamed COMO Youth Works in an effort to re-energize the brand and reinforce the organization’s mission. “We are proud to be a grassroots nonprofit, born out of a need first identified by Almeta Crayton
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Next year, there will be a new business off the Loop behind media and interactive agency True Media. The new company, RADaR, has been housed inside True Media’s office for almost two years. What was created as a service for True Media’s clients has grown into its own business, and it now needs its own
1. What’s your background? I attended the University of Central Missouri from 1975 to 1978. After graduation, I managed my family’s lumber yard in Mexico, Missouri. Through the next few years, I held progressively larger leadership roles: salesman for MidCity Lumber and manager for a True Value hardware store. In 1983, I opened two stores,
Years lived in Columbia/Mid-Missouri: I moved from Boston to Columbia when my partner accepted a job at the University of Missouri. We thought we’d be here for a year, but we fell in love with this community, and here we are nearly 20 years later. Original hometown: I grew up in Holmdel, New Jersey, 30
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Caring for your family is a difficult task. As a family physician, caring for hundreds of families is a big responsibility. One local nonprofit is seeking to educate and support family physicians nationwide and beyond. Family Physicians Inquiries Network seeks to educate physicians in order to improve patient care and to provide a forum for
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Local business owner Thom Baker seeks to leave Columbia a gift when he retires. Tucked away in his equipment-lain home office, Thom Baker of Baker Digital Media has been working on a project that he hopes will show Columbia’s legacy. Years ago, Gene Baumann, a city activist and friend of Baker’s, gave Baker an old
Bio: I was born in 1961 at Boone County Hospital to Laura Pace Crane, a librarian, and Thomas E. Crane, a rural letter carrier. I graduated from Rockbridge High School and then attended MU and MU Law School, graduating in 1987. I’m married to Lesley, and together we have four children and two stepchildren. Professional
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