Passion for Pizza - Columbia Business Times
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photos courtesy of MAcc<br />
business EvENTS<br />
ABC opens renovated campus<br />
Analytical Bio-Chemistry Laboratories completed a one-year, $4.5 million renovation and expansion<br />
of its original location in August and hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony this month.<br />
ABC’s agriculture division, located at 7200 E. ABC Lane, is a research organization that specializes<br />
in evaluating the environmental and health impacts of pesticides and other chemicals. The lab<br />
also per<strong>for</strong>ms environmental assessments — required by the FDA and other bodies — of pharmaceutical<br />
and animal health products.<br />
As part of the renovation, ABC removed several small buildings and added 10,000 square feet of<br />
space. The project, completed by ARCO design firm, also modernized 27,000 square feet of laboratory<br />
and office space and improved fire suppression, communication and building management<br />
systems. To increase energy efficiency, the renovations also included updated lighting, electrical,<br />
heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems.<br />
This is the second job ARCO has contracted <strong>for</strong> ABC. In 2008, ARCO built a 90,000-square-foot<br />
facility at MU’s Discovery Ridge Research Park <strong>for</strong> ABC’s pharmaceutical division. v<br />
Byron Hill, president of ABC labs spoke during the ceremony and helped cut the<br />
ceremonial ribbon.<br />
Higher Ed Center opens<br />
Students, community members,<br />
faculty and staff commemorated<br />
the opening of the new <strong>Columbia</strong><br />
Higher Education Center of Moberly<br />
Area Community College in the<br />
Parkade Center with a ceremony on<br />
Sept. 2.<br />
Enrollment has grown significantly<br />
since MACC opened a<br />
branch campus in <strong>Columbia</strong> in 1999.<br />
Students, faculty and staff had been<br />
taking shuttles to various buildings<br />
used by MACC on Walnut<br />
Street, MU and Stephens College.<br />
At Parkade, all students will attend<br />
classes and use labs in the same building.<br />
The 37,000-square-foot center has<br />
11 classrooms, three science labs, five<br />
computer labs, a student commons, a<br />
bookstore, three conference rooms and<br />
administrative offices. v<br />
TOP: Amy Frey, director of the <strong>Columbia</strong><br />
campus, and Ben Gakinya, manager of the<br />
Parkade Center.<br />
lEFT: mACC President Evelyn Jorgenson and<br />
mACC alumni Gordon Burnam, whose family<br />
owns the Parkade Center.<br />
31 September 18, 2010 <strong>Columbia</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Times</strong> | <strong>Columbia</strong><strong>Business</strong><strong>Times</strong>.com