Missouri Energy Summit
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 Posted in Events, News & Events
Missouri Energy Summit
April 22-23, 2009
University of Missouri-Columbia Campus
While energy continues to be the basis of industrialized civilization, its abundance can no longer be taken for granted. Increasing populations and expanding economies threaten its future supply, and its current form raises health and environmental concerns. The challenge is clear: America—and the world—need to find new sources [Click Here]
Missouri Environmental Conference
Monday, April 20th, 2009 Posted in Events, News & Events
Missouri Environmental Conference
July 30-31, 2009
Tan-Tar-A Resort, Osage Beach
This annual summit of leading experts from the region within the environmental field is sponsored by the Missouri Chamber of Commerce.
Click here to visit the Missouri Chamber website, or click here to download a registration form PDF.
Stimulus spurs big planning
Friday, April 17th, 2009 Posted in News, News & Events
By: Terry Ganey, the Columbia Daily Tribune
Federal economic recovery funds could finance a major building boom in Mid-Missouri under a spending plan discussed this morning by the House Budget Committee.
A new state office building in Jefferson City, a medical facility in Columbia, a plant science center in Mexico, Mo., and a National Guard center in [Click Here]
College in city plans to grow
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009 Posted in News, News & Events
By: Sara Semelka, the Columbia Daily Tribune
An updated master plan including a state-of-the-art science facility and new residential and parking facilities reflects the expansion of Columbia College despite its landlocked footprint.
The private liberal arts and sciences college has for the past two years maxed out its student housing capacity of about 400 beds, said [Click Here]
Scholastic expands distribution and customer service at its Moberly, Missouri facility
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009 Posted in News & Events
New York, NY (April 8, 2009) – Scholastic, the global children’s publishing, education and media company, today announced that its distribution and customer service facility in Moberly, Missouri, is expanding its operation to include Back To Basics Toys. A subsidiary of Scholastic since 2003, Back To Basics Toys® is a popular catalog business that features [Click Here]
Missouri tops manufacturing, logistics list
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009 Posted in News, News & Events
By: Justin Willett, The Columbia Daily Tribune
Missouri is one of the five best states for manufacturing and logistics, according to Ball State University’s 2009 Manufacturing Logistics Report Card.
This is the second year for the report card, which is created by Ball State’s Center for Business and Economic Research. Missouri also topped the list last year.
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