Features

Kampai Sushi Bar and Restaurant

*Restaurant Review*Kampai Sushi Bar & Restaurant offers standout cuisine, attentive service and a pleasant atmosphere.

Career Center adapts to workforce needs, opportunities

*Workforce Training*Columbia Area Career Center meets the needs of Boone County employers by providing training for high-demand ields.

Power Lunch: Duncan leads hightech culture change

*Power Lunch: Tech Transfer*MU Life Sciences Business Incubator, moving ideas from the lab to the marketplace

People You Should Know: Tad A. Johnsen

*Person You Should *Tad A. Johnsen, director of Columbia Water & Light, on work, the community and MU sports

Buffalo Wild Wings Renovation [New Business Update]

*Construction Update*Buffalo Wild Wings hopes to gain more attention in its newly renovated space at the Rock Bridge Shopping Center.

Goodwill Industries [Construction Update]

*Construction Update*MERS-Goodwill store moves to a stand-alone facility, offers 15,000 square feet of retail space

Local movie rental shop outlasting big boys

*Movie Rental Market*While the box stores izzle out, local shop Ninth Street Video continues to thrive.

From Ground Up: Landscaper expands vertically

*Business Proile*Rost Landscaping expands vertically, adds new garden center location to its integrated landscape contracting business

CBT Q&A: Bob Wagner

*CBT Q&A*Bob Wagner, chairman and CEO of Columbia Insurance Group, appointed to Boone Hospital Center’s board of trustees

New Business Update: Noumenon

*New Business Update*Noumenon Print Studio and Gallery displays artists’ work and ills Columbia’s need for high-quality printing

Couples You Should Know: Brent Beshore & Erica Beshore

*Couples You Should Know*Brent Beshore, Pure CEO; and Erica Beshore, Immunophotonics director of scientific communications

Steady Hand, Artistic Vision: Jewelry maker Andrea Jira

*Artist Profile*Jewelry maker Andrea Jira creates bold pieces from materials ranging from silver to bronze, glass and fabric.