Show-Me Where We’re Headed
Three recent developments say a great deal about Missouri’s economic future and the direction this state is headed. First, Toyota is moving its corporate headquarters from Torrance, California, to Plano, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. The reasons cited include lower taxes, more favorable labor conditions, Texas as a “loser pay” state in tort law cases, […]
Columbia: Then and Now
Boy, how things have changed! Take a look at Columbia, then and now.
PYSK: Dave Griggs
Update: See Dave Griggs get roasted at the Alzheimer’s Association annual roast May 29 at the Holiday Inn Executive Center. Name: David R. (Dave) Griggs Title and company/organization: Owner/president, Dave Griggs’ Flooring America Age: 68 Years lived in Columbia/mid-Missouri: Columbia native Original hometown: Columbia Education: Graduate of Hickman High School, attended the University of Missouri […]
By the Numbers: May 1985
Oh, how times have changed! Remember when you could get a candy bar for just a nickel? Well, we aren’t going that far back, but how about 40 cents? Here’s a look at 1985 and now, by the numbers.
Briefly in the News: May 1985
Airport to build second taxiway Columbia received a $702,000 federal grant to build a second taxiway, a windfall that Robert Selig, airport superintendent, says will cut down on crowded runways and make Columbia Regional Airport a more attractive spot for the aviation industry. The grant from the Federal Aviation Administration will fund 90 percent of […]
410 S. Sixth St.
Although it hasn’t housed the University of Missouri’s Student Health Center in more than a decade, the building at 410 S. Sixth St. on the west side of MU’s campus is still known simply as “Old Student Health Center” on university maps. The building’s façade bears no signage, but today it houses parts of […]
Loftin joins tiger territory
The early reports about Dr. Richard Bowen Loftin, the incoming 22nd chancellor of the University of Missouri, have been good. Sixty-four-year-old Loftin comes to us from Texas A&M University. With 50,000 students and branch campuses, A&M has an overwhelming presence in Brazos County and the twin cities of Bryan-College Station, with a metro area population […]
The Rock that Built Us
A primer on mid-Missouri quarries: the past, present and future of the industry.
1canoe2, a Letterpress Success
From a modest startup to a growing business, the women behind the letterpress company 1canoe2 show that creativity and passion pay off.
Briefly in the News: March
Lucky break A Jan. 15 bacon-cutting ceremony celebrated the arrival of Columbia’s newest natural grocery, Lucky’s Market. The store features a variety of organic, specialty and gluten-free items, local produce and fresh meats, including deli offerings and in-house cured and smoked bacon. The Columbia store, located at 111 S. Providence Road, is the first Missouri […]
Building Up? Or Holding Back?
Now just another university dorm, 50 years ago the eight-story Manor House apartment building at 306 Hitt St. was strictly off limits for most students. This was the first significant addition to the city’s profile since the Walnut Street water tower was built in 1945. A project of St. Louis developer R.T. Crow, who also […]
Married to the Job
Some say it’s best to keep your home and work life separate, but three Columbia couples are keeping it together — both on the clock and off.