YOUR BUSINESS AUTHORITY
Springfield, MO
Remember your huge cardboard bricks in kindergarten – and later, your Lincoln Logs and Tinkertoys? There was a time you had a vision to create tall towers or walls wide enough to hide behind. Maybe you outgrew the impulse, but the professionals whose work is highlighted in this report didn’t. They just refined their skills over a lifetime, and now they use them to create the schools, athletic facilities, businesses and infrastructure collected here. Take a look at what they’ve envisioned. It’s a look into the future, but maybe it will also take you back. —Karen Craigo, reporter
Shortly after getting married, Amos and Shelby Hale became first-time business owners with the July 10 launch of 9 Lives Tavern in downtown Ozark.