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"Man, It Feels Good to be a Banker"

So you think bankers are boring? Check out Landmark Bank’s rap videos on YouTube, and think again. After all, more than 3,000 viewers can’t be wrong. That’s how...

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A Burning Issue: How coal-free can our city afford to be?

Columbia’s electric utility is having no problem meeting a voter mandate to increase its renewable energy supply to 5 percent by 2012. The city expects to provide that...
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Troubled Premier Bank selling local operations

Financially troubled Premier Bank announced today that it is selling its three banking centers in Columbia to First State Community Bank of Farmington, Missouri. After extraordinary loan losses...

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Notable Properties

John Ott said he was happy to hear that the Berry Building was named to this year’s historical Notable Properties list, but that wasn’t his goal when he...
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Between and betwixt: Rezoning vs. historical preservation

The debate over rezoning a leafy 23-acre oasis near Interstate 70, the Business Loop and the city Municipal Power Plant demonstrates how the values of landowners and historical...

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Grading the investment advisor

It’s becoming an annual migration. During the first week of February, a Who’s Who of the Columbia business community flocks to the Reynolds Alumni Center at MU to...

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City mapping Notable Properties online

Wonder if there is a Notable Property in your neighborhood? Interested in finding a building in Columbia eligible for redevelopment? By fall 2011, you’ll be able to find...

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Planting a Legacy

When Kilgore’s Medical Pharmacy decided to create a community garden for the kids at Nora Stewart Early Learning Center, Kilgore’s co-owner Ann Bromstedt thought tomatoes would be a...
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City gets more bang for buck

Although the recession has caused an unprecedented squeeze in city revenues, there is a bright spot: The slowdown in the private sector has created intense competition among construction...
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New Business Update

Casablanca Kabob House 501 Elm St. 442-4883 www.casablanca-grill.com Aziz El-Tayash closed Casablanca in Nifong Square earlier this winter and plans to open another Mediterranean restaurant with the same...