Features

*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.

*Business Profile*Immunophotonics Inc. brings innovative cancer research to the business incubator.

*Construction Update*Vandiver Drive extension project to improve transportation.

*Job Point*Local business trains employees on how to find work in a difficult market.

*MU Vet School*The College of Veterinary Medicine expands amidst a national shortage of veterinarians.

*People You Should Know*Missouri State Treasurer Clint Zweifel’s plans for economic development and affordable college education.