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<h2 style="font-size: 150%;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</h2>
<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">November 22, 2019</p>
<p style="float:right; font-weight:bold; margin-bottom: 25px; font-size: 100%; text-align:right;">CONTACT: Brian Adkisson
<br />Communications and Marketing Manager
<br />Community Relations
<br />City of Columbia
<br />573.874.7330
<br />Brian.Adkisson@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%;">City office hours, services over Thanksgiving holiday Nov. 28-29</h3>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - <p style="display:inline;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">City of Columbia offices will be closed Thursday, Nov. 28, and Friday, Nov. 29, in observance of Thanksgiving Day and the day after Thanksgiving. Offices will reopen Monday, Dec. 2.<br /></span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Residential curbside recycling and trash will not be collected on Thanksgiving Day and will be delayed by one day the remainder of the week. Even though City offices are closed the Friday after Thanksgiving, solid waste collection will resume. Trash and recycling for Thursday customers will be collected on Friday and Friday customers collected on Saturday. The landfill will also be closed on Thanksgiving Day. Residents can download the COMO Recycle and Trash app for collection day reminders and service notifications. Questions concerning the collection schedule should be dir
ected to the Contact Center at 573.874.CITY (2489). <br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Go COMO, Columbia’s public transit system, will not operate its daily routes and parking meter regulations will not be enforced on the observed City holidays. Transit service and parking meter enforcement will resume on Saturday, Nov. 30.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Parks and Recreation’s Activity & Recreation Center (ARC) will close at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 27 and will remain closed on Thanksgiving Day. The facility will reopen the day after Thanksgiving for normal operating hours of 5:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Although administrative offices for both the Police and Fire departments will be closed, all other emergency services will be available.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Please visit</span><a href="http://www.como.gov/Utilities"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Co
Mo.gov/Utilities</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> for phone numbers for after hours emergencies related to Water & Light, Sewer and Stormwater.</span></p></div>
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