Business thanking city with Friday fireworks display

A fireworks display Friday evening will be the capping moment of a grand opening celebration for National Asset Recovery Services Inc., or NARS, the call center that has hired 400 people since opening.

The company first settled into temporary quarters at the Drury Southwest building while the former Sears building on William Street was renovated for the company's use. NARS employees take calls from customers of Charter Communications for telephone service as well as other clients.

The fireworks display is a gift to the people of Cape Girardeau for making the company feel welcome, said Chris Buehrle, a Cape Girardeau native who founded the St. Louis-based company. "The people of Cape are the ones we are going to thank coming up on Sept. 7."

The display will rival the annual Independence Day fireworks and will be fired from a barge tied close to the Illinois side of the Mississippi River.

The company is holding a tour and other events for invited guests before the fireworks.

-- Southeast Missourian