B Magazine E-Edition
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Constructing Cape Girardeau: New buildings, new plans (5/4/24)By Christopher Borro ~ B MagazineDevelopment is a measure of a city’s health and progress in many ways, and Cape Girardeau has no shortage of current and ongoing construction projects. These projects are bringing vital services to...
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Sponsored: Downtown Cape: The heart of the community and a driving economic force (5/4/24)B MagazineGrowth and prosperity in a downtown area does not happen without commitment, vision and perseverance. This includes the commitment of business owners to choose downtown, the vision from leaders and...
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Sponsored: The Bank of Missouri helps protect your business against fraud (5/2/24)The Bank of MissouriYou work hard for your money, but fraudsters are also working hard to take it. In fact, the 2023 Association of Financial Professionals (AFP®) Payments Fraud and Control Survey reports 65% of...
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Sponsored: Progress in building connections: Saint Francis Healthcare System focusing on strategic relationships (5/1/24)Saint Francis HealthcareFostering strategic relationships with business and community partners is a linchpin to progress in the southeast Missouri region. Saint Francis Healthcare System is working to deepen and expand...
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SE MO REDI to host industrial strength assessment (4/30/24)By Christopher Borro ~ B MagazineAs a management consultant to SE MO REDI, Shad Burner is helping with a search to bring the next big industry to Southeast Missouri. The major question is which industry to target. Southeast Missouri...
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Outside the Office: Josh Stephens goes ‘all-in’ for pickleball (4/28/24)By Amanda Flinn ~ B MagazineJosh Stephens is an early adopter of new ideas, innovations and products. If there’s a gap in the market, Stephens strategizes a way to fill it. And while his background is in sales, it is Stephens’s...
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Local banker Adrian Breen talks state of banking, role with Missouri Bankers Association (4/27/24)Lucas PressonAdrian Breen is the executive chairman, CEO and president of The Bank of Missouri, a community bank with its corporate headquarters in Perryville, Missouri and locations across the state. Breen, who...
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Sponsored: The Pickleball Factory and Parc Motor Club to open this summer (4/27/24)B MagazineThe warehouse and former Thorngate factory located at 1507 Independence St. in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, has been mostly vacant for over a decade. Now, the 63,000 square foot facility is being given...
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Business Briefs (4/27/24)Bmagazinenatives addresses obstacles faced by women in workforce and at home Kelsey Seaman and Kayla Jones, both natives of Sikeston, Missouri, and now residents of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, started a new...
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What is Quality of Life? Local chamber leaders discuss quality of life in their cities (3/21/24)By Jasmine Jones ~ B MagazineQuality of life. It’s a term heard in chamber meetings, in business discussions, in city governments and city council meetings. Everyone seems to be talking about it. But what exactly does quality of...
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The future of Cape Girardeau’s hotel industry (3/16/24)By Jay Wolz ~ Special to B MagazineCape Girardeau will be one of the best places on Earth to experience the total solar eclipse on April 8, but any out-of-towners who haven’t booked a hotel room for the event by now are finding...
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Stop and Hear the Music: A look at live music venues in Cape Girardeau (3/16/24)By Jasmine Jones ~ B MagazineThird place. It is a term in sociology to represent those environments outside of the home and workplace. Third places can be coffee shops, libraries, parks, churches, bookstores, bars, music venues...
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Outside the Office: Baking with Dr. Toni Alexander (3/13/24)By Jasmine Jones ~ B MagazineAs a professor and chairperson of the History and Anthropology Department at Southeast Missouri State University, Dr. Toni Alexander says much of her day-to-day work does not end with something...
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Parks and Recreation Department drives economy, contributes to talent retention (3/12/24)By Mia Pohlman ~ B MagazineWhen Jennifer Wilson graduated from Southeast Missouri State University in the early 2000s, she decided she wanted to stay in Cape Girardeau and make her life here. Wanting to connect with others in...
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Eclipse expected to draw thousands to Southeast Missouri (3/9/24)By Christopher Borro ~ B Magazine
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Quality of life, a focus for our region (3/9/24)Lucas PressonThere’s a new buzzword these days among economic developers: quality of life. What amenities does a community have that contribute to a good quality of life: education, public safety, restaurants,...
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Businesses plan eclipse parties (3/9/24)BmagazineThe solar eclipse is cause enough for celebration, but experiencing one twice in seven years is something special. Different businesses are rolling out the red carpet to prepare for the event and to...
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Business Briefs (3/9/24)BmagazineOn Friday, Dec. 29, Cal-Maine Foods of Ridgeland, Mississippi, announced the acquisition of a shuttered Tyson Foods chicken processing plant in Dexter. Cal-Maine, the country's largest egg producer,...
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Sponsored: New Ranken facility creates opportunities for Perryville workforce (3/8/24)B MagazineAs the foremost technical college in the Midwest, Ranken Technical College has a long history of equipping students across Missouri to take on industry-critical jobs in the trades. In response to the...