At Speckled Frog Toys & Books, three generations work together to bring families closer through playtime. Mother-daughter duo Shelly Cassiday-Riesenmy and Erin Babb opened the toy store downtown in Alley A this summer. Though she’s only 19 months old, Erin’s daughter, Lorelei, plays an important role at the store as the Speckled Frog’s unofficial […]
The shared space at Southport Marketplace transitions into a single business. Resilient is an excellent way to describe Nicole Morris, owner of The Tin Roof Monogram & Gift. While her demeanor resonates a sweet Southern charm; don’t let this fool you. Nicole IS sweet, but strong willed and savvy, too! In October 2017, The Tin
Congratulations to Randy Cole, 39, for being chosen as part of our 2019 class of 20 Under 40! Get to know a bit about Randy before the issue: Occupation Housing Programs Manager for the City of Columbia Years lived in Columbia 18 What was the last professional goal you accomplished? Completing the Columbia Chamber of
It might be MU Health’s best kept secret. It’s the Tiger Institute for Health Innovation, a public–private partnership between the UM System and Cerner Corporation, formed in 2009. It’s goal? Make health improvements throughout the UM System and across the state to create a national model for patient care. It’s method? The implementation of new technologies
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If you could invent anything you wanted, what would it be? You thought of something pretty quickly, right? Many of us have thought about this before. It’s doubtful, though, that we have then thought about the patent process or getting our invention to market — a process that is often long, arduous, and costly. But
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While Columbia boasts a healthy startup economy for local coffee roasters, breweries, and the like, it lacks a concentrated sector devoted to the small-scale artisan manufacturing that generates middle-skills jobs — those that require training but not a college degree. Carrie Gartner, executive director of The Loop, says that’s a problem because, as with most
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It was destined to fail — Proposition D, the motor fuel tax increase proposal. And it did! Missouri continues to carry the ignominious honor of having the nation’s second lowest tax on motor fuels. Our state legislature, influenced and driven by a cabal of narrow-minded, special-interest lobbyists, has consistently spurned the annual opportunity to hike
When I first visited MU, one of the things that struck me about the campus was its beauty. The entire campus is a diverse botanical garden, with beautiful buildings intertwined with gorgeous trees and flowers. Having been here for a few months now, I have come to see that this balance of environments is no
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