David Reed

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Columbia gets rosy employment forecast

Columbia’s unemployment rate dropped from 6.1 percent in March to 4.8 percent in April, according…

Local automotive market in turmoil

Car and truck sales at Columbia’s dealerships plummeted in the first quarter of this year.…

Key leaders support downtown initiatives

Also by Mina Mineva Mayor Darwin Hindman and First Ward City Council Representative Paul Sturtz…

County to consider sales tax for economic development

*Sales Tax Hike?*Boone County Commission to consider sales tax for economic development needs.

Entrepreneurial Excellence Week begins Monday

A big part of this year’s Columbia Business Times Entrepreneurial Excellence Week is a series…

Columbia Chamber urges passage of Missouri capital-improvement bonds

The Columbia Chamber of Commerce has issued a call for business people to advocate for…

County considering economic development sales tax

The Boone County Commission is considering the merits of a possible sales tax dedicated to…

Key players in development process find common ground

When Bob Pugh was elected Columbia’s mayor in 1975, one of his first acts was an overture toward his chief adversary, Clyde Wilson, who was representing the Sixth Ward on the City Council at the time and was elected mayor four years later.

Columbia senator drafts Callaway compromise

Kurt Schaefer has been in the state Senate for only three months, but the attorney from Columbia has become the man in the middle in the fight over financing for a second nuclear reactor in Callaway County. Schaefer talked about the high-stakes debate during a CBT Power Lunch

Caring for Missourians program may get stimulus funding

Lawmakers in the Missouri House of Representatives on Wednesday came up with an alternative plan…

Remembering Bob & Raul

Three of Columbia’s biggest builders died during the past year, Bob LeMone, Raul Walters and John Peters, and in the coming weeks local residents will pay tribute to two of them.

Centennial Investors gets grant for operations

    The Missouri Technology Corporation has awarded grants to Columbia’s Centennial Investors and four other…