YOUR BUSINESS AUTHORITY
Springfield, MO
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Springfield, MO
Designers and engineers play a vital role in economic expansion. They use logic, hard skills and imagination to bring vision to life through building design.
For this special issue, local architecture and engineering firms submitted projects showcasing their expertise. Projects range from updates to schools across the city and state to engineering offices for local firms and new apartments and student housing. The community’s architectural and engineering professionals present these 25 projects as an insight into their portfolios.
—Christine Temple, Features Editor
Colleen and Ryan Sundlie launched a new Commercial Street venture next door to their Date Lady Inc. business; Citizens Memorial Hospital finalized the purchase of Stephens Pharmacy Inc.; and a retail gift and apparel shop primarily aimed at men, dubbed H.I.M., opened.
Cody Ritter, owner of Base Construction & Management LLC, says commercial design trends are mirroring popular concepts in home construction. “There’s a lot of open space offices, open air …
“I think it puts managers in a very complicated position,” says Ashley Fletcher, licensed clinical social worker. “It’s difficult to say you’re not allowed to share your views on those …
Annie Pope, CEO and Owner of The Chili Bowl By Cafe 21, closed her successful bakery to spend more time with her family. “It got to the point where it just kind of consumed everything. It was …
SueAnn Hollowell, CEO of Optikal says when a business reaches the break even point, it can sustain itself without additional investment. “I think one of the biggest reasons businesses fail - it’s …
“With 5G, that technology’s going to be revolutionary,” says Jenn Darden. Darden says faster download speeds, opportunities for medical advancements and virtual reality will change the …
Chris Bryant, Development and Productivity Coach with Murney Associates says the biggest challenge he faces in his role is himself. “Getting beyond myself is always a challenge to figure out how am …
Christina Ford, President and Founder of The Rebound Foundation, says she’s faced many difficulties in starting The Rebound Foundation. Securing donations and meeting clients’ individual needs …
Janice Goocher, co-owner of Bellacino’s Pizza & Grinders, says it’s important to show your employees that they are valued team members. By evaluating their performance and letting them know about …
Justin Cardoza, CEO of Modbox, says they started building interest in their product before it hit the market. “We’ll send some of those prototypes to some of the professionals that I’ve been …
Thomas Douglas, president of JMark Business Solutions, says finding people with the right skillset who fit into their business culture is a challenge. “That’s what we focus on is finding those …
