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Columbia, MO Listed on Forbes 25 Best Places to Retire in 2013

Columbia, Missouri
Fast fact: Home of University of Missouri.
Pros: Aura of college town, reasonable cost of living, median home price $167,000, high doctors per capita.
Con: Weather extremes.

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REDI & the League of Innovators launch downtown incubator

REDI and the League of Innovators launched a downtown incubator on September 6, 2012. The space, next door to REDI’s headquarters, will serve as an affordable, 24-hour office space for entrepreneurship in Columbia, providing resources and space for local entrepreneurs.

Leading Locations for 2012: Ranking MSA's for Economic & Job Growth

Area Development ranked 365 MSAs across 23 economic and workforce growth indicators. In the results we see that even amid the recessionary gloom, there were blooms of prosperity, and there are some places that have gotten back on their feet faster than others.

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Shafer, Kline & Warren, Inc.

By design, SKW is equal parts service and expertise. This balance comes from over 60 years of experience and a staff of over 250 employees throughout nine offices in the Midwest. The service we offer our clients helps form the foundation of the many partnerships we enjoy today. Together with our many years of industry experience, it enables us to deliver lasting results. The truest measure of this commitment can be seen by observing the impact our work has had on the communities we help develop. Our capabilities include civil engineering services for public works and land development, energy services, pipeline integrity, pipeline survey, instrumentation and controls, structural engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, land planning, land surveying, landscape architecture, construction observation and geographic information systems (GIS). Each of these complimentary disciplines is provided by a qualified project team, which has helped establish SKW’s long-standing tradition of excellence.

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Discovery Ridge Research Park

In 2005, the University of Missouri Board of Curators approved the development of a section of Columbia’s South Farm for a new research park. The belief was, and continues to be, that the research occurring in the living fields and laboratories at South Farm, and at the University of Missouri, will attract tenants who desire close proximity to innovative intellectual resources. It is the mission of the University of Missouri System Office of Research and Economic Development to link research and commercialization from the system’s four campuses with emerging and existing firms across the state—Discovery Ridge does just that.

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From the Blog

Best-Performing Cities 2012 “Where Jobs are Created and Sustained” The Best-Performing Cities index was designed to measure which U.S. metropolitan areas are promoting economic vitality based on job creation and retention, the quality of new jobs, and other criteria. The index pinpoints where employment is stable and expanding, wages and salaries are increasing, and economies and businesses are thriving. [...]

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