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
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
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
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
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
In a roundabout way, TerriAnn Tucker-Warhover’s background in veterinary medicine led her to create Puppies with Purpose nine years ago. TerriAnn, a veterinarian for more than 30 years who’s licensed in Missouri, North Carolina, and Virginia, provided veterinary care for numerous service dogs and grew interested in raising service dogs herself. She also drew inspiration
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
