Features

Lucky’s Market Leap into the New Year Challenge

Lucky’s Market stormed into the grocery industry earlier this year in Columbia with the grand…

The Rock that Built Us

A primer on mid-Missouri quarries: the past, present and future of the industry.

How Columbia Compares

How the city measures performance and efficiency — and why it even matters.

Hope for Missouri-Made SMRs

There’s economic promise coming out of Callaway County if key Missouri players have their way in creating and manufacturing SMRs here.

1canoe2, a Letterpress Success

From a modest startup to a growing business, the women behind the letterpress company 1canoe2 show that creativity and passion pay off.

Power House: Columbia’s Water & Light Advisory Board

Operating as the go-between for the Columbia Water and Light Department and the Columbia City Council, the appointed members of the Water and Light Advisory Board have more on their plates than reading reports and making suggestions.

Annexed Underground

The city prepares for expansion along its northeast and western boundaries.

2014 Chamber Showcase

Afterburner describes flawless execution as a strategy of business leadership that focuses on improvement through a cycle of planning, briefing, executing and debriefing among all levels of management.

A Tale of Two Cities

Is a conference/convention center in the cards for Columbia?

Keeping SCORE

The Service Corps of Retired Executives boosts business in Columbia, one entrepreneur at a time.

One Bloody Business

There are goals, contracts, volume discounts and patient bills involved, but the business of blood isn’t measured in earnings. It’s measured in lives saved.

International Game

Penelope Shihab managed to bring a Middle Eastern product to the Midwest — and never took no for an answer.