A Generational Decision: Boone Hospital’s Future
Boone Hospital Center has been at a similar juncture before. In the 1980s, looking for a way to improve the hospital’s offerings and also secure a little more cover for their strategic planning processes, the trustees explored an agreement to lease their medical center to a larger health care system. On September 1, 1988, Boone […]
Remote Control: Making Offsite Work Possible
Ben Seidel, president and founder of Igniting Business, wanted to open the company’s second office in Lee’s Summit in 2014 to better serve their clients in that area. So he became his company’s first remote worker. During this time, he says, communication between himself and the Columbia office was the priority. Making sure he had […]
Trends with Benefits: What’s Cool in Office Design
Oh the times, they are indeed a-changin’, and the cubicle walls in today’s workplace are coming down (with the option of popping right back up, if needed). Employers and employees alike are enjoying the trends. “In the past, all you needed to do to lure top talent to a company was to offer a good […]
At Home with Purpose
Brian and Angela Anderson move forward after tragedy. Photos by Keith Borgmeyer As you turn down the long gravel path toward the Andersons’ home off Route DD in Ashland, a sprawling estate emerges on the horizon. Drive closer and the grandeur of the double turrets and gleaming windows of the fern-green Victorian comes into focus. […]
The Gift of Giving
Help nonprofits and charities create a sense of home for those in need. Imagine never being able to watch your child unwrap a present during the holidays. Imagine growing up and not knowing what it feels like to receive a gift. Imagine letting the holidays pass without a turkey or ham dinner, without gathering your […]
Family Addition
ISL providers create ordinary lives for extraordinary people. Photos by Anthony Jinson “Tay, can I show him my room?” Kevin directs his question to Vashante Vinyard, the house manager who lives in the home’s basement apartment with her two children. Vashante says yes, and Kevin and I start our tour of his bedroom. Kevin tells […]
The Word on the Streets: Columbia’s Top Infrastructure Issues
From roll carts to sewer lines, infrastructure issues can incite fervent political passions as much as any social cause. Putting politics aside, we’ve asked city council members and top engineers to weigh in on where things stand regarding some major priorities for Columbia’s infrastructure. Each topic is complex enough to warrant a full book, but […]
Road Wage: MoDOT’s Bleak Funding
I’ve paid about $26 into Missouri’s transportation system in the last month. That’s a rough estimate I made using the calculator hosted on the Missouri Department of Transportation’s website — I figure I’ve driven about 16,000 miles in the last year (which is about 3,000 above average), and I’ve filled up only at gas stations […]
Views from the Top: Drones in Mid-MO
David Anderson’s mental storyboard has grown exponentially in the past year. Anderson, the owner and creative director at Columbia-based Chimaeric Motion Pictures, recently partnered with Aerial Playground owner Marcus Batton to purchase a Freefly Alta 8 drone. It has eight rotors, can carry up to 20 pounds of camera and equipment, and retails for around […]
Cruisin’: The Loop Looks Forward
Business Loop 70 stands apart in Columbia. It has its own vibe; you start to notice patterns as you drive up and down the mile-and-a-half corridor. You see patterns in the mix of businesses (auto, home, services, education, décor). You see row after row of locally owned and mom-and-pop stores. You also see poorly marked […]
Carfax: No Jerks Allowed
Every morning, when team members start filing in for work at Carfax’s technology headquarters on Maguire Boulevard, one regular visitor stops by the human resources office to give a nod. And a tail wag. Katie Lottes says “Bear” is one of her favorite dogs among the dozen or so canines that typically accompany employees to […]
Rethinking PTSD
Alternative healing methods provide hope for victims of trauma. When we think of post-traumatic stress disorder, we often think of male combat veterans who have returned from war with immense physical and emotional trauma. Statistically, however, PTSD is more common in civilian women. According to the National Center for PTSD, more than half of all […]