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<h2 style="font-size: 150%;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</h2>
<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">October 14, 2019</p>
<p style="float:right; font-weight:bold; margin-bottom: 25px; font-size: 100%; text-align:right;">CONTACT: Barry Dalton
<br />Community Relations Specialist
<br />Public Works Department
<br />City of Columbia
<br />573.874.7217
<br />Barry.Dalton@CoMo.gov
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<br />Vineet Kapila
<br />Right of Way Technician
<br />Community Development
<br />City of Columbia
<br />573.874.7474
<br />Vineet.Kapila@CoMo.gov</p>
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<div style="font-size: 110%; line-height:150%;"><h3 style="clear:both; margin-top: 75px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;">Sidewalk closures scheduled in various locations within the Downtown Community Improvement District, Oct. 21-25</h3>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - <p style="display:inline;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Beginning </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Monday, Oct. 21, at 8 a.m.,</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Winterland Inc., a contractor for the Downtown Community Improvement District, plans to install decorative holiday elements. This will result in periodic sidewalk </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">closures in various locations within the Downtown Community Improvement District, including East Broadway between Eighth and Ninth streets, Eighth Street between East Broadway and Cherry Street, Ninth Street between East Broadway and Cherry Street, Fifth Street, East Walnut Street, and 10th Street.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The work associated with the closures is scheduled to be completed by Friday, Oct. 25, at 5 p.m., weather permitting. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Motorists and nonmotorized transportation users are urged to exercise extreme caution when in the work zone. Pedestrians should use the sidewalk on the other side of the street as directed by signage.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">CONTACT</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Barry Dalton </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Community Relations Specialist </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Public Works Department </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">City of Columbia </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">573.874.7217</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Barry.Dalton@CoMo.gov </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Vineet Kapila </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Right of Way Technician </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Community Development </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">City of Columbia </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">573.874.7474</span></p>
<p><a href="mailto:Vineet.Kapila@CoMo.gov"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Vineet.Kapila@CoMo.gov</span></a></p></div>
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