South Providence Plaza
Location: Green Meadows Road and Carter Lane, a half-block east of South Providence Road Description: Professional and medical office building: 7,200 square feet on main level, 7,200 square feet on lower level. A dentist has leased 2,400 square feet. Owner/Contractor: Steve Wendling Architect: Connell Architecture Broker: Scott Wendling Timeline: Construction began in September and will […]
Soapbox: At year’s end, time to reflect, question and prioritize
Each fall grants us the opportunity to exhale a long sigh after a harried year, take stock of the past several months and look forward to the next year. From a business point of view, 2009 is a year many will be glad to see take its place in the history books. Commerce, tax revenues […]
Power Lunch: After Hours
After holding a series of lunch forums in 2009, the Columbia Business Times and sponsor The Callaway Bank hosted a social event on Nov. 17 in the Tiger Hotel lobby for nearly 100 Power Lunch presenters and participants. The highlight of the event was the presentation of a $1,000 donation to the Heart of Missouri […]
Neon!
Flashing neon lights, pinball machines and the sound of the Beach Boys on the radio welcome visitors as they enter Jim McCarter’s neon shop. The calendar pinned on the wall reads November 2009, but the atmosphere is retro, circa 1950. McCarter has been bending and repairing neon signs in the Midwest for nearly 40 years and started his own local business, Creative Neon, in 1988.
Perfect Pairings, Like with the Like
Latin Food and Wine Summit brings a taste of the world to Columbia “Fay-jwa-da” — spelled Feijoada. It took me a while to say but no time at all to enjoy. This Brazilian stew is divine, and I had the chance to sample it recently at the University Club’s Latin Food and Wine Summit. This […]
Prepare for health care reform now before it’s too late
Business managers should examine their health care benefits now rather than wait and see how federal legislation pans out, according to a consultant who recently spoke to the Human Resources Association of Central Missouri. By the time Congress acts on proposed changes to the health care system, it might be too late to avoid significant […]
Banking questions every small business should ask
The story is a familiar one. A small-business owner is talking with his banker, who casually mentions the money he could be saving with a particular service. “I liked what I heard,” the owner said later. “I just wondered why he hadn’t brought it up before in the three years we’ve been working together.” We’ve […]
People are talking… Are you part of the conversation?
In previous years, marketers and businesses directed their messages to an audience in the form of a push. An ad was produced, the consumer listened, and if the message connected, the customer would follow the call to action. Things are a little different now. Consumers are the ones who are seeking out brands. Instead of […]
New Business Update: Downtown
Olive Café and Grocery 21 N. Providence Rd. Café Berlin has opened at its new location at 10th and Park streets, and Olive Café and Grocery took its place, opening on Nov. 10. The decision to open the café came after owner Jamal Allza noticed his two similar stores in Kansas City were drawing customers […]
Newsy.com? There’s an app for that
Columbia-based Media Convergence Group’s video news iPhone application for Newsy.com is currently ranked as the sixth most downloaded free news app in Apple’s iTunes App Store. Downloads of the app shot up last wee after Apple featured the Newsy in its “News and Noteworthy” section of the App Store on Tuesday. The application has been […]
Local bank market shifts
Commerce, Regions and Shelter Financial banks had big gains in the Columbia market this year while Bank of America, Premier and Callaway banks had smaller slices of the banking pie, according to the latest FDIC Summary of Deposits. The federal regulatory agency’s annual summary of deposits includes data provided by banking institutions as of June 30. Boone County […]
Grocery Glut
The expansion of supermarkets in Columbia has been exceeding the population growth for years now, and Hy-Vee is about to give local shoppers even more options when deciding where to buy their groceries.
The recession is causing more people to pick up groceries and cook meals at home rather than eating in restaurants, but store operators and industry observers say shares of the supermarket pie are bound to shrink when Hy-Vee opens its second store next month in the south and its third store next spring in the east.