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Making sure the charrette isn’t a charade
Posted by admin on Tuesday, October 26th, 2010 Categories:
At their first meeting since the downtown charrette was released a little over two weeks ago, the Downtown Leadership Council sat down to figure out the hardest part of any plan: implementing it. The charrette is a planning document for downtown, born of an intense planning exercise overseen by professional consultants and downtown stakeholders. What [Click Here]
Hubbell’s good results don’t extend to Centralia
Posted by admin on Thursday, October 21st, 2010 Categories:
Hubbell Incorporated released good news to investors today. Its plant in Centralia is the largest industrial employer in Boone County and one of the last union shops in the area, employing roughly 585 people. But, looking at the company’s earnings more closely, the news is not as peachy for the region. Hubbell Incorporated reported third-quarter [Click Here]
Columbia housing permits stabilize
Posted by admin on Wednesday, October 20th, 2010 Categories:
National housing data released yesterday contained some good news: single-family home starts in September rose 4.4 percent from August, to an annual rate of 452,000. For the Midwest though, the picture wasn’t great. The region saw overall housing starts (which includes multiple-family homes) fall 8.2 percent from August. Single-family housing permits in Columbia, an indicator [Click Here]
Council approves A.W. Smith office proposal
Posted by admin on Tuesday, October 19th, 2010 Categories:
Should City council members be paid. Well, would you spend two hours getting lectured by perturbed residents? Because that’s what happened Monday night as the council considered another development proposal on the fringe of an established neighborhood. As development proposals continue to emerge as the economic freeze thaws, council members will have plenty more to [Click Here]
Infill infighting: Great Hangups and Leawood Plaza
Posted by admin on Monday, October 4th, 2010 Categories:
The Great Hangups saga came to an end Monday night, with the City council voting down the contentious rezoning proposal. But the long battle over land use at the intersection of West Boulevard and Broadway, which has been trying to make its way through the city’s zoning process for nearly a year, may be the [Click Here]
A Mental Image is Worth Several Thousand Dollars
Posted by Joe Schmitter on Thursday, August 12th, 2010 Categories:
Once again I find myself grateful for the influence of someone on my career, and I’d like to continue the recent trend of sharing the blessing on my life they’ve contributed. Yesterday in the Sandler Sales Training class I attend, our instructor, Cathy Atkins, had us fill out a 3 x 5 index card with [Click Here]
Local spending and the election
Posted by admin on Thursday, April 1st, 2010 Categories:
As I anticipated, my last post about spending locally (a little snarky, I admit) promptly got a response from one of the campaigns. Edge Wade, Mayoral candidate Jerry Wade’s wife, sent CBT an e-mail pointing out that her husband did make an attempt to buy everything locally for his campaign. Mrs. Wade noted that she [Click Here]
Cheeseburger and Fries, Hold the Discount!
Posted by Joe Schmitter on Monday, March 29th, 2010 Categories:
Recently the concept of discounting has found renewed life, mostly due to the perception of a troubled economy and the ease with which it can be measured. Some social media applications have even been tweaked to provide a platform for businesses to discount their products/services to their followers/fans/connections, etc. The topic of today’s post is [Click Here]
City drafting first-ever growth report
Posted by admin on Friday, March 19th, 2010 Categories:
Development junkies out there will be thrilled to hear that the Planning and Development Department plans to produce an annual report of Columbia’s growth and building patterns. The department is working on a draft of the first such report, which analyzes the plethora of city and county data out there. The conclusions of the two [Click Here]
City gets ‘ducks in row,’ crosses fingers for federal money
Posted by admin on Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 Categories:
A public hearing for an extension of Discovery Parkway from U.S. 63 to the intersection of New Haven Road and Rolling Hills Road got support from the council and representatives of MU’s South Farm complex Monday. The problem is there’s no money to pay for it. As City Manager Bill Watkins explained, the public hearing [Click Here]
Top 5 reasons Columbia & Google are good for each other
Posted by Scott Wendling on Monday, March 1st, 2010 Categories:
There is a buzz going around Columbia about Google’s competition. They are choosing a small number of communities to install fiber optic communication lines throughout the community. It came to my attention that most people read that as “so…they’re going to give me faster internet?” The short answer is yes, but that is a side effect [Click Here]
Conley Road extension on shaky ground
Posted by admin on Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 Categories:
Have you ever found yourself at the eastern end of Business Loop 70, wishing you could just zip down past the Walmart to Broadway? Well, the city’s had that idea in mind for years, identifying an extension of Conley Road to Business Loop in its Major Thoroughfare Plan. The Missouri Department of Transportation has, too, [Click Here]
Large new commercial development in the works
Posted by admin on Monday, January 25th, 2010 Categories:
If a rezoning proposal manages to wind its way through the city government, Grindstone Parkway could become an even more prominent commercial hub. Red Oak Investment Company is applying to rezone 25 acres from agricultural to planned commercial on the south side of the street across from the Walmart. It would be one of the [Click Here]
How bad does the city want to save green?
Posted by Scott Wendling on Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 Categories:
Columbia is considered a tree hugging town by many people. We have many parks, increasing restrictions on development and preservation, and trees lining downtown. Heck, the city even wanted to put grass on the roof. We also know the financial woes the city is under. Tax revenues are down and the city is looking to [Click Here]
Sparky’s is Still Open
Posted by admin on Friday, October 30th, 2009 Categories:
In this weeks edition of CBT Tracy and I wrote about Sparky’s homemade ice cream. While speaking to an unidentified Sparky’s source this evening, I wanted to confirm Sparky’s will not close November 1st specifically, but rather at some point this fall as the weather dictates. Sparky’s will then reopen when the temp warms back [Click Here]
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