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Gary "Cat" Johnson has owned his auto lot at Broadway and St. Louis Avenue for decades. In all that time, it was his only business venture. In the next couple of weeks, though, Joplin's newest ...

Shortly after finishing her degree at the University of Colorado, Cat Johnson ventured into the working world. It wasn’t quite what she — or her parents — imagined, though. “I was a bike messenger,” ...