Features

*Grand Night for Grand Cru*Local restaurant celebrates 10 years of business on New Year’s Eve.

*City View*Tim Teddy outlines process for developing comprehensive plan, a “daunting” task.

*Baldrige Award Winner*Midway USA takes prestigious prize, one of five U.S. companies.

*People You Should Know*John DeSpain of DeSpain Cayce Dermatology Center

*Business Profile*Get Lost Bookshop owner Meghan Gilliss keeps Columbia reading.

*Customer Service*In business, image is everything — and so is marketing.

*Business Profile*Longitudinal Health teaches healthy living to patients and employees.

*Country Fairgrounds*People, pets and livestock, with monster trucks for good measure

*People You Should Know*Gary Kramer, Executive Director of the State Historical Society of Missouri

*Smart Thinking*When business practices aren’t working, it’s time for a new strategy.

*City View*Office of Neighborhood Services will strengthen Columbia neighborhoods.

*Hiring Trends*City unemployment rate passes 7 percent as employers tighten belts and cut costs.