PYSK: Steven Sapp, Community Relations Director, City of Columbia
Age: 57. Job description: Chief storyteller of all things City of Columbia. Years lived in Columbia/mid-Missouri: All of them. Original hometown: Fourth generation Boone Countian; born and raised right here in Columbia. Education: Columbia Public Schools, MU (before I was asked to leave), and then on to Columbia College. Professional background: Municipal government. I’ve worked in […]
October: Movers and Shakers
Scott Fuenfhausen Scott Fuenfhausen, Columbia Area Career Center marketing instructor, was recognized as the 2016 Teacher of the Year by the Missouri Marketing and Cooperative Education Association. Fuenfhausen is in his 12th year of teaching at Columbia Public Schools. Family Health Center Family Health Center announced its newest board members and officers. New board members […]
Maly Commercial Realty: Developing the Dream Team
For the past three years, Otto Maly’s focus has been to increase Maly Commercial Realty’s commercial development market share in Columbia. His strategy? Assemble a team of real estate professionals with individual expertise and relationships that span the Columbia and national markets. That cross-section of experience has been the linchpin of the company’s gains in […]
PYSK: Ed Hanson, Director, Talking Horse Productions
Job description: As the founder of the company (formed in 2011), I’m both the business manager and the artistic director. I choose the productions, hire the directors, write the grants, organize the rehearsal schedules, and clean the bathrooms. Years lived in Columbia/mid-Missouri: I’ve been here pretty much since 1977. Original hometown: Geneva, New York, but […]
Briefly in the News: September
Energy Efficient The OHM office building has been awarded an Energy Star rating of 98 from the Environmental Protection Agency, making the building among the top 2 percent of U.S. office buildings in energy efficiency. The building was designed by CM Engineering and Simon Oswald Architecure and houses SOA, CM Engineering and Working Spaces, and […]
September: A Closer Look
The Grind Coffeehouse The Grind Coffeehouse is a dream come true that started with a perfect cup of coffee. “I used to not like coffee,” owner Ahmed El-Tayash says. “Then my older brother convinced me to try this specialty drink, and I found myself going three times a day.” The now signature drink, called “The […]
SEC Beer Festival: Columbia Craft Continues
As its many enthusiasts already know, craft beer creates community. Drinkers swap stories about their favorite brands, always on the hunt for new brews to try. They sample, they review, they connect, they drink together. “I wear a lot of different alcohol hats in this town,” Jacob Halls says. That’s true. Under one hat, he’s […]
September: Movers and Shakers
David Isaacks Isaacks has become the new medical center director for the Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans’ Hospital. He had served as the deputy director of the VA Sunshine Network in St. Petersburg, Florida since September 2015, and he previously served as deputy director of the VA Heartland Network in Kansas City. Isaacks served […]
Ask Anne: Payroll and People Searching
Dear Anne, My office manager is doing our payroll now. We have seven internal employees and about 40 external part-time to full-time people. It takes about two days now, but the problem is that we’re growing. Should I hire a payroll specialist or outsource it? Sincerely, Growing Pains This is a […]
Columbia Culinary Tours: A Taste of Downtown Columbia
A night on the town with Columbia Culinary Tours might look (and taste) like this: small plates at Eleven Eleven; a slice of pizza, thin and delicate, with wine at Umbria Rustic Italian; a sampling and shopping trip to Boone Olive Oil Co., followed by a tasting and information session down the street at Craft […]
Staff PYSK: President Erica Pefferman
Name: Erica Renee Pefferman. Title: President, The Business Times Company; Publisher, Columbia Business Times. Age: 38. Job Description: WTF? What kind of question is this? (You’re not going to print that, are you?) I don’t know. I would be more interested in hearing what other people say my job description is. I am the Chief […]
Tiger Maids: Twenty Years and Cleaning
First Cubs When the Zakrewski family moved to Columbia in 1995, they appeared to be passing through. Tim Zakrewski accepted a position as a plant manager. Robin Zakrewski began cleaning a couple of houses to earn some extra cash. Twenty years later, Tiger Maids is a growing Columbia business and the Zakrewskis aren’t going anywhere. […]