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Springfield Business Journal Executive Editor Christine Temple discusses the state of local nonprofit organizations with Brandy Harris, CEO of Boys & Girls Club of Springfield Inc.; Jason Hynson, executive director of Victory Mission and Ministry; and Jaimie Trussell, CEO and president of Crosslines Community Outreach.  

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Springfield Business Journal Executive Editor Christine Temple discusses the residential real estate market with Adam Johnson, broker and co-owner of Alpha Realty; Art Maxwell, broker and co-owner of AMax Real Estate; and Jeff Parker, managing broker with Murney Associates, Realtors. 

Podcast Highlights: 

• Residential real estate market inventory, prices, interest rates and buyer/seller dynamics 

• Challenges facing homebuilders and the lack of new home construction 

• Shift to more diverse and higher-density housing developments 

• Trends in first-time homebuyers and demographic changes in the market 

• The higher-end home market and custom home building 

• The impact of technology, social media and AI on real estate agents and their marketing 

• Demand and growth in rural and surrounding communities around Springfield 

• Federal rate cut expectations and the anticipated impact on mortgage rates 

Each month, we gather around the table with a different group of Springfield business leaders to discuss industry trends, workforce and company operations. Join us as we get a behind-the-scenes look into our business community from the C-suite.  

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For this CEO Roundtable podcast, executives from local attractions sit down with Springfield Business Journal Executive Editor Christine Temple to talk tourism. This month's guests are Melissa Adler, executive director of the Wilson's Creek National Battlefield Foundation; Cynthia Carson, general manager at Sight & Sound Theatres; and Brad Thomas, president of Silver Dollar City.

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For this CEO Roundtable podcast, executives from local commercial general contractor firms sit down with Springfield Business Journal Executive Editor Christine Temple. This month’s guests are Matt Bailey, chief operations officer and co-owner of BP Builders; Gregg Scholtens, vice president of operations in Springfield for KCI Construction; and Andy Ross, chief operations officer and co-owner of Ross Construction Group.

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For this CEO Roundtable podcast, partners from local architecture firms sit down with Springfield Business Journal Executive Editor Christine Temple. This month’s guests are George Mandrik, BRP Architects; John McNabb, Sapp Design Associates Architects Inc.; and Larry Parke, Hood-Rich Inc.

Each month, we gather around the table with a different group of Springfield business leaders to discuss industry trends, workforce and company operations. Join us as we get a behind-the-scenes look into our business community from the C-suite.

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For this CEO Roundtable podcast, local economists sat down with Springfield Business Journal Executive Editor Christine Temple on March 3 to discuss the impact of tariffs, consumer and business confidence, workforce trends, and inflation predictions for 2025. This month’s guests are Jason Flores, executive vice president and chief investment officer at Central Trust; and David Mitchell, Missouri State University professor of economics and director of the Bureau of Economic Research and Center for Economic Education.

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For this CEO Roundtable podcast, leaders from local health systems sit down with Springfield Business Journal Executive Editor Christine Temple. This month’s guests are Max Buetow, president and CEO of CoxHealth; Michael Calhoun, CEO of Citizens Memorial Hospital; John Myers, president of Mercy Springfield Communities; and Dr. Matt Stinson, Jordan Valley Community Health center president and CEO.

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For this special CEO Roundtable podcast, leaders from the top three companies of the 2024 Dynamic Dozen sit down with Springfield Business Journal Executive Editor Christine Temple to talk about their recent years of fast growth and projections for the year ahead. This month’s guests are Drake Hughes, partner and president of Keep Supply – the fastest-growing company on this year’s Dynamic Dozen list; Phil Melugin, founder and CEO of Phoenix Home Care & Hospice; and Rick Waggoner, senior vice president and chief development officer for Convoy of Hope. 

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Springfield Business Journal Executive Editor Christine Temple sits down with bank leaders Jason England of Arvest Bank, Tony Lewis of The Bank of Missouri and Monte McNew with Guaranty Bank to discuss a wide range of topics impacting banks and their customers. 

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Springfield Business Journal Executive Editor Christine Temple sits down with Trevor Crist, CEO of Nixon & Lindstrom Insurance Inc.; Trevor Croley, president of Croley Insurance and Financial Inc.; and Richard Ollis, CEO of Ollis/Akers/Arney; to discuss a broad range of topics in the insurance industry: the rising cost of employer-sponsored plans, ongoing negotiations between Mercy and Anthem, cost mitigation strategies, potential impacts of a full or partial repeal of the Affordable Care Act and increasing extreme weather events.