Guest Column: Overcoming vulnerabilities in the local economy

It used to be harder to argue that there are vulnerabilities in the Columbia economy.…

From the Round Table: MU better off with business executive as president

Landing a business executive to preside over the state’s only Land Grant university may be…

Downtown Digs

When planning the renovation of the historic Central Dairy building on Broadway, the owners of…

Succession planning: Communication is essential for successful transition

The following is the fifth in a series of articles about the importance and benefits…

Entrepreneurs creating social, economic values

One of the most interesting trends in entrepreneurship in recent years – and one that…

Garbage collection generates controversy, system cleaner, greener

By Ray Beck as told to Jim Muench  If you ever want to see how…

Outstanding offices

RAM Telecom President Blake Moore and his 10 or so employees moved into the company’s…

Community leaders assess economic outlook for 2008

Columbia Business Times: Do you believe Columbia’s economy in 2008 will grow at a faster,…

Local hospitals expanding, demand increasing

As the population gets older and larger, in number and in girth, Boone Hospital Center…

Speaking Out: A Christmas gift in black and gold wrapping

“Christmas came early around these parts this year.”  At least that’s how an older gentleman…

City Journalist: The Top Ten things city hall does best

Crime, Lemone extension, the smoking ban.  Not a day goes by without more feather-ruffling news…

From the Roundtable: Coal fuels Columbia—past, present and future

The first time I flew into Columbia in 1963, one landmark that stuck out in…