BUSINESS LINE: TIME LINE REFLECTS GROWING, CHANGING BUSINESS SCENE

1990-1992

1990 LaBamba Mexican Restaurant opened on Main Street.

1990 Wolohan Lumber Co. purchased Riverside Building Supply and Home Centers.

1990 Finney's Drug Store on Broadway closed.

1990 Suedekum Hardware became Meyer Supply.

1990 KYRX-FM, Y-105, started operation in West Park Mall.

1990 State granted charter to AmeriFirst Bank.

1990 First Federal Savings and Loan Association became Cape County Bank; later that year changed its name to Capital Bank.

1990 Mercantile Bancorporation secured Colonial Federal Savings and Loan.

1990 Dana Corp. plant opened.

1990 Mildenberger & Willing plant went into production.

1991 Shop 'n' Save opened.

1991 Chrisman Art Gallery returned to Downtown Cape Girardeau.

1991 AmeriFirst Bank moved into its new building, 3060 William.

1991 Kagmo Industrial Supply Co. founded at 2355 Rust Avenue.

1991 Tony Stephens became new manager of West Park Mall.

1991 First National Bank of Sikeston purchased Colonial Federal Savings & Loan Association, 2027 Broadway.

1991 Cape Central Airways was sold to Mark Spatz by Reggie Hopwell.

1991 Farm & Home Savings Association relocated from 440 Broadway to 211 Silver Springs Road.

1991 El Chico's restaurant opened at 202 S. Mt. Auburn Road.

1991 Second Taco Bell opened here, 3039 William.

1991 CyberTel Cellular Telephone Co. moved into its new building at Kingshighway and Broadway.

1991 M.J.'s on Main opened at 108 N. Main.

1991 First National Bank opened in former Colonial Savings & Loan Association building.

1991 Everything's $1 opened in West Park Mall.

1991 Applebee's Restaurant opened at 202 S. Broadview.

1992 Paul Schnare purchased Sunny Hill Garden Center Inc. from Bill and Ramona Brinkopf.

1992 Wal-Mart Supercenter opened at 3439 William.

1992 Big Al's Nightclub opened at 619 S. Kingshighway.

1992 Storey's Food Giant, 201 S. Broadview, closed.

1992 Broadway Theater reopened.

1992 J. Riggins, men's wear store, opened in West Park Mall.

1992 Toys R Us opened on Silver Springs Road.

1992 Heilig-Meyers Furniture Store opened on Silver Springs Road.

1992 My Daddy's Cheesecake opened at 111 N. Main.

1992 Rust & Martin, home furnishings and design center, opened its new building at Mid City Business Center.

1992 Lowell's Jewelers & Distributors, Kingshighway and Bloomfield Road, closed.

1992 Commerce Bank of Poplar bluff purchased First Exchange Bank.

1992 Catfish Castle opened at 2145 Independence.

1992 Gallery St. Avit opened at Independence and South Spanish.

1992 Sunny Hill Garden Center moved to 206 N. Kingshighway.

1992 Wal-Mart Stores Inc. purchased 18.67-acre tract just south of Wal-Mart Supercenter. Plan to build Sam's Wholesale Club.

1992 Mike Mathes and Richard Kirkpatrick established Cape Girardeau Motors Inc., 1754 Independence.

1992 Subway Sandwich Shop opened at 252 Silver Springs Road.

1992 Sprigg Street Medical Center established at 24 N. Sprigg.

1992 Cape Large Animal Services established by Dr. David Burgermeister at 853 S. Kingshighway.

1992 Unlimited Sports and Athletics opened by Gary J. Schmidt at 1844 N. Kingshighway.

1992 United Electric Supply Co.-Cape started at 470 S. Kingshighway.

1992 ShowBiz Pizza became Chuck E. Cheese restaurant, 250 S. Silver Springs Road.

1992 Gary G. Stanley bought Dean Taylor Cadillac-Oldsmobile and changed name of firm to Crown Cadillac-Oldsmobile.