*Commercial Construction:*Columbia’s commercial real estate market remains slow with tight financing and low demand.
*Customer Service:*At trade show booths, it’s about making contacts and marketing your business — before, during and after.
*Smart Thinking:*Business success comes from goldmedal training, discipline and drive.
AGE: 42 YEARS LIVED IN COLUMBIA: 34 JOB DESCRIPTION: I’m currently responsible for overseeing facility…
Columbia’s electric utility is having no problem meeting a voter mandate to increase its renewable energy supply to 5 percent by 2012. The city expects to provide that much electricity to residents — by harnessing wind power and burning wood and landfill gas — by the end of this year.
The next two targets — 10 percent by 2017 and 15 percent by 2022 — are “going to get a little harder,” said Mike Schmitz, interim Water & Light director, during a CBT forum Feb. 23, a day after issuing his renewable energy report to City Council.
Financially troubled Premier Bank announced today that it is selling its three banking centers in…
John Ott said he was happy to hear that the Berry Building was named to this year’s historical Notable Properties list, but that wasn’t his goal when he set out to bring the old building back to life.
The debate over rezoning a leafy 23-acre oasis near Interstate 70, the Business Loop and…
Let’s salute the Union Pacific Transportation Company for pulling off a really sweet deal with…
It’s becoming an annual migration. During the first week of February, a Who’s Who of…
*Business Profile*Columbia-based Snyder Brace, the only mid-Missouri brace business catering to children
*People You Should Know*Casey Corbin, executive director of Sustainable Farms and Communities Inc.
