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Taking Care of Business

In 1905, the Columbia Commercial Club launched to support businesses around COMO. Today, 117 years…

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Satisfying Standards

During the worst years of the Great Depression, food was in short supply and work…

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Step Into the Stockyards

If you’re looking for a neighborhood in COMO where you can complete a few errands,…

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A Will to Thrive 

In 1993, then-14-year-old LaDonna Crusby was at home alone while her mom and aunt ran…

close up employees of a small business called "Coyote Hill" who won business of the year pose at the front of the shop

Honoring COMO’s Small Businesses

For more than 30 years, the Columbia Chamber of Commerce has aimed to acknowledge and…

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hotDOG!

Although Just Jeff’s started as a one-man show — hence the name — Jeff Spencer…

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New Kids on the City Block

Barbara Buffaloe graduated from MU and began her career at a St. Louis-based architecture firm.…

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City of Columbia’s Boards & Commissions

Boards and commissions help advise the city council and make recommendations for the betterment of…

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On the Record

The April 5 election for Columbia City Council’s Third Ward seat ended with challenger Roy…

Headshot of two candidates side by side, two men named Roy Lovelady and Karl Skala

Plenty of Drama, Consequence in Ward 3 Tie-Breaker Election

If city councilman Karl Skala hasn’t changed much in more than two decades of public…

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What’s the Scoop?

It was during the cicada swarm in 2011 when business really started to boom for…

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See You on the Patio

Relax and unwind, you’re on patio time. 1839 Taphouse    212 E Green Meadows Rd, Suite…