The city plans to apply for a grant Friday that would use federal stimulus funds…
At their winter retreat, City Council members expressed support for City Manager Bill Watkins’ plan…
Dr. Timothy Fete was working as associate chairman at Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center in St. Louis when MU offered him the job of directing its Children’s Hospital.
Fete said the “hook” that helped lure him to Columbia was MU’s decision last fall to expand and consolidate all of its pediatric operations — now housed on two floors of University Hospital and in about a dozen other facilities — and move them to Columbia Regional Hospital. It will be one of 50 free-standing children’s hospitals in the country and the only one in mid-Missouri.
*Power Lunch: Crime*Chief Burton outlines new policing policies, gets earful on curfew, camera issues
Columbia-based Media Convergence Group’s video news iPhone application for Newsy.com is currently ranked as the…
Commerce, Regions and Shelter Financial banks had big gains in the Columbia market this year…
*Parkade Campus*Moberly Area Community College moving to Columbia’s original mall
*Power Lunch: Sports and Business*Sports industry administrators advocate teamwork to build indoor facilities.
The recession and related cutback in consumer spending is compelling Columbia retailers to come up with innovative ideas for increasing sales, particularly downtown, where the downturn has had the deepest impact and the amount of vacant space has spiked.
While some businesses in the typically volatile retail sector have closed recently, including Kayotea Tea Room & Bistro, Arsenic Leopard and Manhattan Closet, many are opening, such as MacKenzies restaurant, Artlandish Gallery and Plato’s Closet.
*Power Lunch*Arts community challenged to change amid recession.
Mayor Darwin Hindman joined a group of independent business owners at Uprise Bakery on…
Gov. Jay Nixon’s decision to delay but not veto a $31 million allocation for…
