Advocating Today for a Stronger Tomorrow
The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on everyone’s lives in one way or another. One of the groups that has shouldered many hardships has been our business community. With capacity restrictions and other health guidelines in place to keep our community safe, doing business has become more complicated. Fortunately, the recent vaccine rollouts have brought […]
Sara Parker Pauley
Meet Sara Parker Pauley, Director, Missouri Department of Conservation
The Journey Toward Clean Energy
Renew Missouri lobbies to bring renewable energy to a state lacking in solar and wind power.
Carrie Hargrove & Billy Polansky
Carrie Hargrove and Billy Polansky talk about how they met, their love of gardening, and more.
PYSK: Jordanne Panton
School University of Missouri. Educational background I graduated with my degree in health science in December of 2020. I will begin the Doctor of Physical Therapy program at Washington University in St. Louis in the fall of 2021. Hometown Hartland, Wisconsin. Years lived in Columbia Three. Quote you live by “Don’t wait for the world […]
Sharing Food and Hope
Imagine your own monthly budget. You probably have expenses for fixed costs like mortgage payments or rent, child care, and utilities. These costs don’t change, meaning that you have to cut back on another area of your budget when you meet a financial challenge. For many people, food spending is the first thing to go […]
Amber and Charlie Goodwin
How did you meet? Amber: We met in Las Vegas at the age of 21. I was there with girlfriends celebrating a birthday, and he was there with a group of friends that knew my friends. We hung out pretty much all weekend together. We didn’t start dating until five or six years after that. […]
Sharing Granny’s Love
There’s nothing like a grandmother’s love — or homemade cookies baked by your grandmother. It’s that type of experience and emotional connection that Pam “Granny” Ingram and the staff and volunteers at Granny’s House have provided to kids in Columbia for nearly 20 years. Since 2001, when Pam first started out in two public housing […]
Curt and Krista Kippenberger
How did you meet? Curt: Krista moved to our hometown, Rolla, the summer before our freshman year. She met another girl that was in the group I hung out with before the school year began. Long story short: I met Krista on the first day of freshman year at the lunch table. What was your […]
A Community of Eclectic Talents
Think “North Village Arts District” and visions of galleries, artists, and musicians come to mind. But this community, bounded by Rogers Street, the Walnut Street alley, College Avenue, and Eighth Street, is so much more. “It’s such an interesting and eclectic place,” says Tootie Burns, artist and president of the North Village Arts District Board […]
CYSK: Joe Chevalier and Kelsey Hammond
How did you meet? Joe: We met at Kepler’s Books & Magazines in Menlo Park, California. I had worked there previously but left for my first two years of graduate school and stopped in to see about returning to work. I happened to see Kelsey shelving books on the display tables and thought she was […]
Growing, Loving, and Giving Back
Group of students listen at Young Life