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After more than two decades in the commercial door business, Bob Drainer and his two partners recognized the sound of opportunity knocking when they heard it. Exactly 25...

The Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED) is continuing its efforts to enhance services to the employers and entrepreneurs who call Missouri home. Under the leadership of Gov....

In a recent editorial, local environmental pundit Ken Midkiff, conservation chairman of the Ozark chapter of the Sierra Club, posed the following question: “Does the city council represent...

Sometimes it takes a few outside observations to provide a reality check. A well-regarded economic development expert from Florida and site selection consultants from California and Georgia recently...

A site selection consultant brought in by Columbia Regional Economic Development Inc. says Columbia is poised to take advantage of the international boom in biotechnology, but the city...

I recently spent about a week in Savannah, Ga., at a great conference on economic development. Our hotel was right on the Savannah River and, thus, on the...

I have never met a business owner who wasn’t interested in growing his or her business. Even those who are stretched because they are growing too fast recognize...

Just downhill from the football stadium on Providence Road, under a big white tent, a group of high-level University of Missouri boosters stood around talking about the Big...

If you are a baseball fan—even a St. Louis Cardinals fan—the fact that a team with 83 wins, the lowest total in the history of the sport, captured...

Who would have thought a year ago that President George W. Bush’s State of the Union address would admit to our nation’s “addiction to oil” and mention agriculture...