Sunday Business Spotlight -- July 21st, 2024. This week Dave Sorrell, the Director of Utilities for the City of Columbia, joins us to talk about, well, utilities. We talk upgrades and maintenance happening now for all segments: electricity, water, sewer, storm water, trash & recycling and the COLT Railroad shipping operation. Sorrell tells us that, yes, there are some projects from the past in electric, water and sewer that were delayed or stopped by previous councils and city staffs that are now underway under his guidance. This is a far-ranging conversation with lots of information!

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Sunday Business Spotlight - July 14, 2024. This week we talk about the City of Columbia Capital Improvement Sales Tax Extension which the city council voted to place on the August 6th Primary Election ballot. Co-Chair of the committee in favor of passage of Proposition 1, David Nichols and Columbia Chamber of Commerce Vice-President of External Affairs Lily White join the show to talk about the street and sidewalk and public safety improvements that have been made and the projects planned for the next ten years (2026 through 2035) if the extension is passed.

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Sunday Business Spotlight - July 7, 2024. This week we talk transportation on the Sunday Business Spotlight. The I-70 improvement project gets started Monday, July 8th. The first phase of the project starts near the 70/63 connector in Columbia and moves to the Kingdom City exit according to Eric Kopinski, the Project Manager, working out of the MoDOT Central Missouri District office. It's a massive project and it has an aggressive timetable. Lots of details here on the project. Next, we get an update on what's going on at Columbia Regional Airport - FlyCOU from Manager Mike Parks. Mike reports that the numbers are great. In fact, taking in consideration just American Airlines, in May they passed the best numbers from months prior to the pandemic. Mike tells us about continuous projects that are ongoing at the airport with the new concession area being finished by the end of August.

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