Archive for the ‘Mid-Missouri News’ Category

Paulsell sells fabric covers that are designed to provide wheelchairs with style, color and pizzazz. “It’s a way for self-expression,” she said, noting that she has made covers that celebrate sports teams and allow folks to show their affection for a grandparent. more »

ServiceMaster owner Adam Kinser has used Cheryl Edington’s accounting firm since 2002, and he quickly saw the upside of changes made at Baer & Edington LLC since last year’s merger. more »

When Michele Cropp moved to Columbia in 1991 to run The Villager on Broadway, she and her baby daughter lived for a time in the apartment above the downtown bridal and formalwear store. more »

We’ve probably all been there, ladies.  You have a birthday or holiday in your past when the gift you received was not the romantic jewelry or flowers you’d been dreaming about for months. more »

By Paul Weber Customers inside Ninth Street Video linger in front of the movie racks, talk with one another and ask the cashier for recommendations. Some come from the adjoining Ragtag Cinema and Uprise Bakery with movies on the mind. more »

By Justin Willett Nature of services offered: My Green Cities is a sustainable lifestyle development company that is creating a database of socially aware businesses. Owner Arianna Parsons said she has designed customizable mobile phone applications that can help consumers find sustainable and socially aware businesses. “Need a great dry cleaner who doesn’t use PERC? [...] more »

By Justin Willett Nature of services offered: Styles on the Move is a mobile retail service. Myers offers women’s clothing and accessories and delivers them to customers’ homes. Clients can shop online at her website or make an appointment to have her bring the products to their homes. Myers offers rhinestone spirit T-shirts, dresses and [...] more »

by Keija K. Parssinen June 11,2010 For Andrea Jira, former membership director at the Columbia Chamber of Commerce, becoming an artist was more of inevitability than a choice. As a child growing up in Kansas City, Jira’s first gifts were a pottery wheel and a calligraphy set, which she received before knowing how to write [...] more »