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Government partnerships help community in hard economic times

A person would have to be a recluse not to realize the downturn in the economy during the past few years. As we started to look at Boone...

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No secret, floral shop moving around corner

My Secret Garden is moving from Ninth Street, a half block north of Broadway, to the former location of Vespa at 823 E. Broadway. Ruth Lahue opened My...

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United Way sets higher fundraising goal

The Heart of Missouri United Way kicked off its annual fundraising campaign today and announced a slight increase in its goal, to $3.3 million. The donated money will...

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Green Jobs: Conservation push energizes Columbia economy

Columbia's incentives for saving energy are catching on with consumers, but the effort is doing more than cutting electric bills. It's also created jobs and pumped millions of...
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Dealer sold on solar

Dan Shifley, whose company sells commercial heating, ventilation and air conditioning products, hit upon the idea of starting a green energy business when he was volunteering for a...

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Biomass could fuel data center

A coalition trying to bring a data center to northern Columbia is promoting the concept of burning biomass to generate some of its electricity, thereby providing a renewable...
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Power supply answer blowing in the wind?

At Sterling Dental Care, dentist Colin A. Malaker is doing more than helping patients keep their pearly whites right and bright. He’s also pioneering the use of wind...
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New businesses spawned by energy conservation

Missouri Solar Applications www.mosolarapps.com (573) 635-0211 Midwest Power Solutions LLC 3408 Buttonwood Drive (573) 355-5534 O2Geothermal 501 Cherry St., Ste. 100 (573) 442-7042 www.02geo.com Missouri SUNPOWER Dan Shifley...

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Heating, cooling with Mother Earth

My father always said a well is just a hole in the ground, but the founders of O2Geothermal will tell you that a hole in the ground is...

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Peckham's river power project gains momentum

When Nick Peckham talks about his plan to generate power from the world’s rivers, he sounds more like a philosopher and anthropologist than the owner of an architectural...