Business notebook: Southeast hosting state preservation conference

The Missouri Preservation Conference is coming to Cape Girardeau on Oct. 21-23 at Southeast Missouri State University, and a trade show featuring architects and consultants, building supply manufacturers and dealers will be part of the lineup.

More than 30 educational sessions, tours and networking events will be available to anyone who attends.

Some of the sessions will address historic preservation tax credits, technological advances in historic preservation, community revitalization and more. A separate, ticketed event is the Legacy Awards, which recognize outstanding achievements in historic preservation.

The majority of the conference will be held on the fourth floor of Southeast's University Center at Henderson and Normal avenues.

To register, visit preservemo.org or call (660) 882-5946. Tickets to the Legacy Awards dinner are $30 for non-conference attendees and are available at Old Town Cape, 418 Broadway or (573) 334-8085, and the Kellerman Foundation, (573) 587-3295.

Jackson chamber seeks nominations

The Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce is accepting nominations for its board of directors until Oct. 14.

Brian Gerau, the chamber's director, said one board seat is vacant, and three others are up for re-election by the general chamber membership.

Board members should be involved in the community and have experience serving on a governing body or working with not-for-profit organizations.

"Being on other boards is always a plus ...," Gerau said. "The more experience, the better."

Chamber board members serve three-year terms with a limit of nine years total. Those who are re-elected are considered to be in good standing internally and in the greater community. Board members vote on municipal issues such as bonds and taxes and also take political stances.

If you would like a nomination form, email director@jacksonmochamber.org.

Career fair to be held at Osage Centre

A Cape Area Career Fair is set from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 22 at the Osage Centre in Cape Girardeau.

Employers interested in setting up a booth must pay a $100 registration fee for one 8-foot table and chairs. Lunch will be provided. To learn more, email Mike Berry at mberry@mersgoodwill.org.

State general revenue mostly positive

Year-to-date net general revenue collections in Missouri have risen almost 4 percent, from $2.03 billion last year to $2.10 billion this year, according to an announcement from the Missouri Office of Administration.

Here are some other newly released figures from the state's 2015 General Revenue Report:

• Individual income-tax collections increased by 6.2 percent for the year, to $1.5 billion.
• Sales and use-tax collections rose 2.2 percent in the same period, to $523.9 million.
• Corporate income and franchise tax collections decreased 3.6 percent for the year to $126.3 million.
• Refunds increased 17.8 percent to $147.1 million.

Real estate firm part of national honor

Century 21 Ashland Realty Co. in Cape Girardeau recently was included in a group of industrywide awards in the annual J.D. Power 2015 Home Buyer/Seller Satisfaction Study.

Century 21 received the highest ranking among national real-estate firms for first-time home-buyer satisfaction, repeat home-buyer satisfaction, first time home-seller satisfaction and repeat home-seller satisfaction.

The study, now in its eighth year, measures satisfaction by agent/salesperson, real estate office, closing process and variety of services offered.

Holiday Inn garners excellence award

Holiday Inn Cape Girardeau received the InterContinental Hotels Group 2015 Torch Bearer Award for excellence in all aspects of its operation. The property was one of only 73 chosen for the company's highest honor from among 4,900 hotels. The award was presented earlier this month during the 2015 IHG Americas Owners Conference in San Francisco.

Holiday Inn Cape Girardeau is owned by Midamerica Hotels Corp. on Mount Auburn Road.

Ribbon cutting

• Kellerman Foundation and Museum, 102 N. Main St., Cape Girardeau, at 3:30 p.m. Oct. 14.