Missouri’s largest privately-owned outpatient physical therapy company continues to grow. Columbia-based Peak Sport and Spine now has more than 45 offices across the state, as well as facilities in numerous other states. Company founder Phillip Smith says Peak Sport and Spine gets bigger, better and stronger each year. They now have more than 700 employees. That includes employees in Missouri and in eight other states. Mr. Smith grew up in west-central Missouri’s Marshall. He and co-founder Mark Dempsey joined host Fred Parry in-studio for the hour Saturday morning on 939 the Eagle’s “CEO Roundtable.” They were also joined by Brian Smith, who serves as chief executive officer of their Kansas City-based sister company PT Partners. One of the biggest things they discussed is access:
(AUDIO): Columbia-based Peak Sport and Spine now operating in nine states
A Columbia-based company is now Missouri’s largest privately-owned outpatient physical therapy company.
Peak Sport and Spine has 45 offices across the Show-Me State. Company founder Phillip Smith grew up in west-central Missouri’s Marshall, which is in Saline County.
“We’re sitting at around 700 employees at this point. Eight different states, soon to be nine,” Smith says.
Mr. Smith says Peak Sport and Spine gets bigger, better and stronger every year.
“What we’re really trying to do for the state of Missouri more than any other is create access. And access has been a big word for us and it’s a big word you’ll hear coming up in medicine really for the next 20 years,” says Smith.
Peak’s website says it’s committed to “outstanding, patient-centered physical therapy where clinicians are allowed to base their professional decisions on what is best for the patient.” Smith and another Peak Sport and Spine founder, Mark Dempsey, will join 939 the Eagle’s Fred Parry in-studio tomorrow (Saturday) morning at 7 for the “CEO Roundtable” program. Mr. Dempsey grew up in Montgomery City, which is east of Columbia.
(AUDIO): Columbia’s city manager says utility rate increase is needed
Your electric utility bill in Columbia will increase by about 6.9 percent later this month. Columbia’s city council voted 5-2 in June to approve the rate increase.
City manager De’Carlon Seewood says Columbia hasn’t raised rates for several years.
“What a lot of utilities do they look at their costs and they know annually you have to do small adjustments. And so if we were doing one or half-percent or those two percent increases on a regular basis, we wouldn’t find ourselves at this point doing a large increase,” Seewood says.
The rate increase was recommended by Columbia Water and Light, which says the increase is necessary to address an increase in operation and maintenance expenses as well as to maintain cash reserve levels.
Mr. Seewood says an $8.3-milion electric utility rate increase will go partially towards operations. It will take effect later this month.
“We have employees so. You know the cost for employees goes up, the cost for equipment has gone up. And so it’s operations, it’s capital projects, it’s all of those,” says Seewood.
Columbia homeowners, renters and business owners will see the increase. Columbia’s mayor has told 939 the Eagle News that her recent vote to approve an electric utility rate increase was a tough one.
“Anytime you are voting to increase the cost of a family’s living right, it’s hard. I also had to take into consideration that we need a financially-stable and high-rated by debt, by our credit ratings, utility. And at the end of the day, that will help us save money in the long-term as well as have resilient and reliable electricity for our community,” Mayor Buffaloe told 939 the Eagle News in late June.
You can listen to host Fred Parry’s full interview with Mr. Seewood here.
(AUDIO): Seewood praises CPD and Chief Jones; says Columbia remains safe
While Columbia has seen several recent high-profile murders, city manager De’Carlon Seewood says our community is a safe one. He tells 939 the Eagle’s “CEO Roundtable” that Columbia has a great police department.
“When you look at our ability to deal with, when we do have those unfortunate incidents where we have a homicide, our clearance rate is phenomenal,” Seewood says.
Seewood tells listeners that CPD officers “work their tails off” to provide top-notch service to Columbia.
City manager Seewood has high praise for outgoing Police chief Geoff Jones, who will retire this summer, after more than 24 years with CPD. Seewood says Chief Jones will be difficult to replace.
“We have a chief who really believed in the community, who took ownership of what was being done. And you know he worked hard. And he carried his heart for the community on his sleeve,” says Seewood.
Chief Jones will retire on August 1.
“It’s going to be hard to find someone who does that who actually wants to be part of the community, wants to make sure that as operations are occurring that it has that community mindset,” Seewood says.
You can listen to Fred Parry’s full interview with city manager Seewood here.
(AUDIO): Columbia city manager Seewood appears on 939 the Eagle’s “CEO Roundtable”
Columbia city manager De’Carlon Seewood has been on the job for 18 months, as city manager. Mr. Seewood grew up in the Kansas City area, graduating from Grandview high school. He earned his undergraduate degree at Rockhurst and his master’s degree from Mizzou. He’s also worked in Osage Beach, Fulton, Ferguson and Berkeley. Mr. Seewood joined host Fred Parry in-studio for the hour Saturday morning on 939 the Eagle’s “CEO Roundtable.” He praises Columbia’s engaged citizenry, but says that presents challenges too. Mr. Seewood answers questions from Fred on numerous topics ranging from infrastructure to Thornbrook water to a 6.9 percent electric utility rate increase to crime to roll carts. He tells listeners that while a water tower is needed in the Thornbrook area, it will NOT solve the issue:
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