Archive for the ‘Local Issues’ Category
An Unexpected Surprise
Posted by Joe Schmitter on Monday, August 17th, 2009 Categories:
The evening of Thursday, August 6th I spent the evening away from home. I had the pleasure of attending the CBT 20 Under Forty and 1st Annual Titan Awards sponsored by UMB Bank. (Yes, they are my client, and I am very appreciative of their business and the CBT is proud to be partnered with [Click Here]
Is That WD-40 in the Cooler?
Posted by Joe Schmitter on Tuesday, August 4th, 2009 Categories:
If you haven’t done so, I would encourage you to visit www.shakespeares.com and sign up to receive their “Pizza E-mail letter of news and coupon receiving.” Kurt and the crew have cooked up another stellar idea known as “The Ultimate Shakespearience.” In short, you and 5 friends get to have a pizza party in their kitchen [Click Here]
Introspection
Posted by Joe Schmitter on Tuesday, July 28th, 2009 Categories:
A former client and friend from a previous position recently had a child with some heart issues. Over the past couple of weeks I have been tracking this baby’s progress through regular Facebook updates from my friend. According to the last update, the baby may not need a heart transplant and just might get to go home [Click Here]
VA Mortgage moving out, Census Bureau moving in
Posted by admin on Monday, July 27th, 2009 Categories:
The Bukoswki brothers, Brock and Brant, have always tried to make their company a fun place to work – every day is casual Friday and employees play games during breaks, such as washers tournaments in the parking lot. So when I heard that VA Mortgage Center.com plans to move into the vacant building on Grindstone [Click Here]
Time for a change?
Posted by Scott Wendling on Monday, July 27th, 2009 Categories:
Columbia was incorporated in 1826 and was originally managed by 5 trustees. This system must have worked well for some time because it was used for 66 years. In 1892 Columbia switched over from trustees to a mayor and council organization. I would assume this was done in response to a growing city that required [Click Here]
What TIF taught me
Posted by Scott Wendling on Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009 Categories:
I am not really for or against the city’s approval of using a TIF structure for the two proposed downtown projects. I like the idea of Columbia becoming more attractive and as a commercial real estate professional I always welcome the opportunity for free government money in a project (actually not free money, it costs [Click Here]
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