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<h2 style="font-size: 200%;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</h2>
<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">June 27, 2019</p>
<p style="float:right; font-weight:bold; margin-bottom: 75px; font-size: 120%; text-align:right;">CONTACT: Sara Humm
<br />Community Relations Specialist
<br />Community Relations Department
<br />City of Columbia
<br />573.874.7438
<br />Sara.Humm@CoMo.gov</p>
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<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - Residential curbside recycling and trash will not be collected on the observed holiday and will be delayed by one day the remainder of the week. Residents can download the COMO Recycle and Trash app for collection day reminders and service notifications. Questions concerning the collection schedule should be directed to the Contact Center at 573.874.CITY (2489). The landfill will also be closed Thursday. In order to prioritize residential collection following the holiday, the regular Household Hazardous Waste facility hours Saturday, July 6 will be canceled.<br /><br />Go COMO, Columbia's public transit system, will not operate and parking meter regulations will not be enforced on the observed holiday. <br /><br />The City's Activity & Recreation Center (ARC) will be open at reduced hours, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Recreational swim will be open from 12 to 2:30 p.m.<br /><br />The City’s
outdoor aquatic facilities will have special hours on July 4. Albert-Oakland Family Aquatic Center, Douglass Family Aquatic Center, Lake of the Woods Pool and Little Mates Cove will be open from 12 to 5 p.m. The pools are offering free admission that day to those who show their military identification. <br /><br />Although administrative offices for both the Police and Fire departments will be closed, all other emergency services will be available. <br /><br />Please visit <a href="http://www.CoMo.gov/Utilities" target="_blank">CoMo.gov/Utilities</a> for phone numbers to contact staff regarding emergencies related to Water & Light, Sewer and Stormwater.<br /><br />For information about the Fourth of July Fire in the Sky event, visit <a href="http://www.CoMo.gov/ParksandRec/Special-Events-2/4th-July-Fire-Sky" target="_blank">CoMo.gov/ParksandRec/Special-Events-2/4th-July-Fire-Sky</a>.</div>
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