The KFRU Sunday Business Spotlight
The KFRU Sunday Business Spotlight
Playlist by The KFRU Sunday Business SpotlightJoin Mark Mills each Sunday as we visit with business leaders across Missouri. We'll take a deep dive into the news and issues that are impacting Mid-Missouri's business community. Listen live on KFR…115 clip(s) in playlist
Sutu Forte and Brian Johnstone. Gans Creek "push-back". Barbara Buffaloe, Columbia Mayor. 2024 in Review.
KFRU Business Spotlight - January 4th & 5th, 2025. This week I share a couple of interviews I did in 2024 when filling in for colleagues on NewsTalk 98.9 FM/1400 AM KFRU. Frist, Suto Forte and Brian Johnstone joined me on the Columbia Morning with David Gaines show on Friday, December 27th, 2024 t…
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Kip Kendrick, Boone County Presiding Commissioner. Calendar Year = Fiscal Year. New budget. A look back over 2024.
KFRU Business Spotlight -- December 28th-29th, 2024. Kip Kendrick, Boone County Presiding Commissioner, joins us to talk about the upcoming fiscal year (it matches the calendar year) as the budget was recently finalized and approved by the commission. We look ahead at priorities within that budge…
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Brian Toohey. CEO Columbia Board of Realtors. November Boone County Real Estate Report. Affordable Housing. Interest Rates.
KFRU Business Spotlight -- December 21st-December 2nd, 2024. Tis week Brian Toohey, the CEO of the Columbia Board of Realtors joins us. Brian joins us to talk November Real Estate statistics, changes from the previous month and some perspectives on coming months into 2025. We also talk about aff…
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Suzette Waters. CPS School Board President. Dr. Yearwood leaves. Dr Chris Belcher hired as Interim. Search starts now for the leader of Columbia Public Schools.
Sunday Business Spotlight -- December 15th, 2024. This week Suzette Waters, CPS Board of Education President, joins us. We talk about Dr. Brian Yearwood leaving the district, followed by the school board hiring Dr. Chris Belcher as the Interim Superintendent of Schools through June 2025. At the …
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Matt McCormick. Columbia Chamber President. Not-for-profit of the Year. Update on I-70 Project. Workforce Development.
Sunday Business Spotlight -- December 8th, 2024. This week Maat McCormick, President of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce joins us to talk all things Chamber. We review the last Quarterly Membership Breakfast that was focused on philanthropy. At the meeting, Heart of Missouri CASA (Court Appointed…
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Christie Davis, Boone County Joint Communications. Carisa Kessler, Crisis Services, Burrell Behavioral Central Region. 911 to 988 Transfers.
Sunday Business Spotlight -- December 1, 2024. This week we talk about a new partnership between Boone County Joint Communications and Burrell Behavioral Central Region that supports a new process for 911 operators and 988 operators to transfer calls to best serve citizens of Boone County who may …
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Lindsay Young Lopez. President and CEO of Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri. 10th Anniversary. The Food Bank Market's 1st Anniversary. Partnership Against Hunger.
Sunday Business Spotlight - November 24th, 2024. This week Lindsay Young Lopez, the President and CEO of the Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri joins us. We get an update on the Food Bank, including Lindsay's 10th anniversary at the helm. Also recently celebrated was the 1st anniversar…
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Brian Schaeffer, Fire Chief. Columbia Fire Department. Warming fires. Unhoused. Fire Station 10. CFD Staffing.
Sunday Business Spotlight - November 17th, 2024. This week Columbia Fire Department Fire Chief Brain Schaeffer joins us to to talk about his impressions of the department after 7 months on the job. We talk about a recent first that was intentionally set, apparently by a unhoused person account to…
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Stacey Button. Columbia Regional Airport. Columbia Economic Development. REDI.
Sunday Business Spotlight - November 11, 2024. Stacey Button, City of Columbia, Mo. Government Office of Economic Development Director and the President of Regional Economic Development Incorporated, joins us. Columbia Regional Airport is under her direction and we talk about the awarding of a gra…
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Election Coverage. Luke Swezy. David Gaines. Ted Farnan. Mark Mills.
Sunday Business Spotlight - November 3rd, 2024. This week we preview the upcoming November General Election with hosts of KFRU programming. KFRU News Director and Program Director Luke Swezy, Columbia Morning host David Gaines and Columbia Today host Ted Farnan join me for a discussion on the upc…
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