Goats are great for many things: milk, cheese, even trimming your lawn. However, for Jessica Baker, owner of Goat Yoga of MO, these sassy little ungulates are also the perfect yoga partner. That’s right — goat yoga. Typically taking place outdoors, goat yoga classes are much like any other yoga class, except that some of […]
Secure Data Technologies After observing the successes and blunders of other tech companies, Dana Steffey decided to open his own. He founded Secure Data Technologies to provide tailor-made managed services and IT solutions to local, long-term customers. The St. Louis-based business will open their Columbia office next month and have already started hiring skilled IT
Fringe Western Wear Riley Arends and Morgan Pingel, along with their mother, Charlotte Smarr, opened Fringe Boutique four years ago after noticing a sort of absence in Columbia. “We saw a huge missing market for women’s clothing, boots, and accessories with a western edge in Columbia,” Morgan says. “We often found ourselves driving to different
What is your professional background? We both have full time jobs but, pertaining to trapping, we design and build specialty traps and deploy them for the safe recovery of large-breed or difficult-to-catch stray dogs, lost owned dogs, and lost rescue dogs. Why are you passionate about your company? Big Paw Rescue Trapping isn’t really a
Fringe Western Wear Riley Arends and Morgan Pingel, along with their mother, Charlotte Smarr, opened Fringe Boutique four years ago after noticing a sort of absence in Columbia. “We saw a huge missing market for women’s clothing, boots, and accessories with a western edge in Columbia,” Morgan says. “We often found ourselves driving to different
Fringe Western Wear Riley Arends and Morgan Pingel, along with their mother, Charlotte Smarr, opened Fringe Boutique four years ago after noticing a sort of absence in Columbia. “We saw a huge missing market for women’s clothing, boots, and accessories with a western edge in Columbia,” Morgan says. “We often found ourselves driving to different
As life screeched to a halt around the country in March 2020, the phones at area pet rescues started ringing off the hook. Applications for foster families and adoptive pet families filled email inboxes, and volunteers and staff were busier than ever, working quickly to place much-wanted dogs and cats in new forever homes. “Things
Small Business Local Restaurants Support Community During COVID-19 Striving to support our community during the pandemic, The Broadway Diner has been offering free meals to kids in need for over three months. Pizza Tree (owner John Gilbreth pictured above) also helped provide food to students through their partnership with EquipmentShare to host a deep-dish fundraiser
Giving Back Columbia Public Schools Foundation Donates 100,000 Masks A $14,000 donation by the Columbia Public Schools Foundation allowed Columbia Public Schools to purchase 100,000 child-size masks for students. The donation allowed CPS to distribute the masks to students throughout the entire district. Superintendent Peter Stiepleman said the Columbia Public Schools Foundation had been amazing
Giving Back Columbia Public Schools Foundation Donates 100,000 Masks A $14,000 donation by the Columbia Public Schools Foundation allowed Columbia Public Schools to purchase 100,000 child-size masks for students. The donation allowed CPS to distribute the masks to students throughout the entire district. Superintendent Peter Stiepleman said the Columbia Public Schools Foundation had been amazing
