Subscribe
Facebook-f Tiktok Linkedin-in

Columbia Business Times Archive

COMO_authors

Grant would fund downtown energy audits

The city plans to apply for a grant Friday that would use federal stimulus funds to subsidize energy audits and retrofits of downtown buildings. The federal government would...

COMO_authors

Old Mall, New Hopes

When Dean Sherrill first moved Midwest Rare Coins into the Parkade Center 13 years ago, the complex had long ceased to be the hotspot it once was as...
COMO_authors

Customer Service: New Year's resolutions easier to accomplish when they involve business, not pleasure

It’s a new year now, and that means it is time for New Year’s resolutions. My personal resolutions always include things such as reorganizing my closet (and keeping...

COMO_authors

Letter to the Editor: Veteran planners of North Central neighborhood deserved recognition

As a property owner and long-time former resident of north central Columbia, I read with interest Mike Martin’s column, “Reviving north central Columbia: The decade’s sleeper story” (12/23/09)....

COMO_authors

Community Commerce

Bill Coats grew up in west central Columbia and remembers, in the early 1960s, an old corner store at the junction of Sexton Road and McBaine Avenue. He...
COMO_authors

The neighborhood grocery: Looking to the past for a greener future

Fifty years ago, every neighborhood was dotted with small mom-and-pop grocery stores that provided friendly, personalized service. Expanding expressways, plentiful gasoline, the ever-burgeoning presence of automobiles, suburban flight...

COMO_authors

Do You Know These People Now?

INSTRUCTIONS: Test your People-You-Should-Know IQ. Match the quotes with the photos. A. My favorite artist is Bob Dylan. I am also the first person in my family to...

COMO_authors

City targets third shovel-ready site

At their winter retreat, City Council members expressed support for City Manager Bill Watkins’ plan to buy a 214-acre tract along the Route B industrial corridor to develop...

COMO_authors

What’s On Your Mind, Richard Mendenhall?

Many think of Richard Mendenhall as the owner of Columbia’s largest real estate firm and, perhaps, as a developer. Mendenhall sees himself differently: “What I’d like on my...
COMO_authors

Sharing food, bringing hope: Buddy packs hit the spot

Ten-year-old Amiyha, a fourth-grader at Field Elementary, shines. She’s tall and athletic — a shoe-in for the basketball team — and she loves math. She’s also willing to...