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Tolton Regional Catholic High School

Where: East end of Gans Road at Phillips Lake and US Highway 63 Size: 80,000…

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Jared W. Reynolds Partner and Co-Founder, Wilkerson & Reynolds Wealth Management Nikki Reynolds Owner and Director, End of the Rainbow Child Development Center AGE: We’re both 31. YEARS LIVED IN COLUMBIA: Jared: 13; Nikki: 11 ORIGINAL HOMETOWN: Jared: Warsaw, Mo.…

Corrected Update: Socket's Callaway broadband project

Socket Telecom’s executives and Gov. Jay Nixon last week outlined the impact of the broadband…

Stepping down, branching out: MU business dean focusing on economic development efforts

After spending decades laying the foundation for the business leaders of tomorrow, MU’s outgoing business school dean plans to devote more of his time leveraging university resources to lure their companies to Missouri.
During Bruce Walker’s 20-year tenure as dean, the Trulaske College of Business expanded enrollment, gained a national reputation, nurtured relationships with the city and alumni and moved into a new $30 million building, Cornell Hall.
More than 85 percent of the college’s current faculty and staff members were hired during Walker’s watch.

Construction Update: High School bid winners

The Columbia Public Schools Board approved bids on Aug. 2 for the $75 million construction of a new high school on St. Charles Road in northeast Columbia.  The board followed the recommendations of JE Dunn Construction, the project manager, to bring the project within its budget by planting grass seed rather than sod and eliminating proposed tennis courts, a softball field, culinary arts equipment, theatrical rigging and visitor-side bleachers. The winning bids* were:  Site Concrete………………………….. George J. Shaw, Kansas City ……………………………………. $5,550,000 Precast…………………………………… Coreslab Structures, Marshall …………………………………… $1,282,044 Masonry…………………………………. Heitkamp Masonry, Ellisville …………………………………….. $7,987,680 Steel………………………………………. Doing Steel, Springfield …………………………………………… $4,727,000 Carpentry……………………………….. Enterprise Interiors, Blue Springs ……………………………..…

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Jerry Dowell Policy Director, Office of Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder Kari Dowell Marketing and Human Resources Manager, Williams-Keepers LLC AGE: We’re both 33. YEARS LIVED IN MID-MISSOURI; ORIGINAL HOMETOWN: Jerry: Most of my life; Columbia Kari:…

Pen Point stationery shop ends 64-year run dowtown

Similar to many mothers of brides going back three generations, Pam Massey turned to Pen…

TRYPS and PACE: Behind the scenes with children’s theater companies

Could Columbia become a pipeline through which local child actors make their way to Hollywood or Broadway?

Construction Updates: IBM Construction reaches mid-point

Construction of the IBM service delivery building began in May and is scheduled to be…

Downtown retailers respond to survey

Downtown retailers “were very responsive” to a shoppers’ survey conducted in November by the Special…

Econ Matters: City can defuse time bomb with defined benefit plan

I googled the phrase “pension bomb ticks louder.” To my amazement, 330,000 search results were…

Salsa Gardens and Home Decor: 'A Southwestern Pier 1'

At the southern edge of Columbia, a home decor store sells wares found deep in…