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<h2 style="font-size: 180%;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</h2>
<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">January 25, 2019</p>
<p style="float:right; font-weight:bold; margin-bottom: 35px; font-size: 120%; text-align:right;">CONTACT: Tammy Miller
<br />Marketing Specialist
<br />Community Relations/Parks and Recreation
<br />City of Columbia
<br />573.874.7465
<br />Tammy.Miller@CoMo.gov</p>
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<div style="font-size: 110%; line-height:145%;"><h3 style="clear:both; margin-top: 75px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 170%;">Flat Branch Park expansion public input meeting set for Jan. 31</h3>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - <p style="display:inline;">Columbia Parks and Recreation is holding a public input meeting regarding the expansion of Flat Branch Park, 101 S. Fourth St. The drop-in meeting will be held at the Walton Building, 300 S. Providence Road, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 31.</p>
<p>The tract of land slated for the expansion is at 32 S. Providence Road. The Columbia City Council purchased the tract of land in 2016 from Roth Properties, LLP.</p>
<p>The park expansion would be planned to commemorate the City of Columbia’s bicentennial in 2021. Other site enhancements would include public transportation and streetscape improvements.</p>
<p>The park development may include a pedestrian bridge, fountain, walkways and utilities, as well as the construction of the Columbia West Gateway Plaza as part of the Downtown Community Improvement District’s (CID) Gateways project.</p>
<p>Parks and Recreation staff will be available at the public input meeting to share proposed expansion plans, answer questions and take comments.</p>
<p>For more information, contact the Parks and Recreation Department at 573.874.7460.</p></div>
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