<div style="margin-top: 20px;"><img src="https://www.como.gov/CMS/pressreleases/citylogo-parks.png" alt="City of Columbia Missouri" width="175" height="102" style="margin-right: 5px;">
<img src="https://www.como.gov/CMS/pressreleases/Parks-and-Rec-logo---color.png" alt="Parks and Recreation" width="175" height="111" style="float: right; margin-right: 0px; margin-left:20px;">
<div style="padding-top:40px;
text-align:center;">
<p style="font-weight:bold; display: inline; line-height:150%; font-size: 115%;">1 S Seventh Street
<br />
Columbia, MO 65201</p></div>
</div>
<div style="clear:both; text-align:center; padding-top: 20px;">
<p style="font-size: 150%; font-weight: bold;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</p>
<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">November 3, 2022</p>
<p style="float:right; font-weight:bold; margin-bottom: 25px; font-size: 100%; text-align:right;">CONTACT: Tammy Miller
<br />Marketing Specialist
<br />Parks and Recreation
<br />City of Columbia
<br />573.874.7465
<br />Tammy.Miller@CoMo.gov</p>
</div>
<div style="font-size: 110%; line-height:150%;"><h1 style="clear:both; margin-top: 75px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;">Public input meeting scheduled for Nov. 10 for the development of the Cosmo Bike Park</h1>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - <p style="margin: 12.0pt 0in 12.0pt 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">Columbia Parks and Recreation has scheduled a public input meeting regarding the development of a new multi-purpose bike facility at Cosmo Park. The drop-in meeting will be held Thursday, Nov. 10, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Activity & Recreation Center (ARC), 1701 W. Ash.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 12.0pt 0in 12.0pt 0in;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">The Cosmo Bike Park could include the following amenities: </span></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: 222222; background: white;">an asphalt pump track, mountain bike skills course, bike playground, trailhead for Rhett's Run mountain bike course, cyclocross event space, parking lot, and shelter. </span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 12.0pt 0in 12.0pt 0in;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: 1c1e21; background: white;">Park staff will be available to discuss plans and take public comments. </span></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">An online form is available for those who are unable to attend the meeting; the form is located at</span></span><a href="https://beheard.como.gov/"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: 1155cc;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"> BeHeard.CoMo.gov. </span></span></a></p>
<p style="margin: 12.0pt 0in 12.0pt 0in;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">The development of the Cosmo Bike Park will be funded by the 2021 voter-approved Park Sales Tax as well as a $300,000 donation from the Frank W. Morris Memorial Trust and a $250,000 donation from the Columbia Missouri Trail Association and Veterans United Foundation.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 12.0pt 0in 12.0pt 0in;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;">For more information, contact the Parks and Recreation Department at 573.874.7460. </span></span></p></div>
<br />
<div class="content"></div>
<br />
<div class="attachments"></div>
</div>
<div id="footerline">
<div style="margin-top: 15px; margin-bottom: 20px; text-align:center;"><p>City of Columbia Vision<br>
<em>Columbia is the best place for everyone to live, work, learn and play.</em></p>
<p>City of Columbia Mission<br>
<em>To serve the public equitably through democratic, transparent and efficient government.</em></p>
</div>
<p style="text-align:center;">-30-</p>
</div>
<style>
#pressrelease{ margin:20px; margin-top: 0px;}
.attachments{margin-top: -10px;}
@media print {
body {font-size: 90%; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;}
#pressrelease{ margin: 0px; }
}
</style><p><a href="https://www.como.gov/CMS/pressreleases/view.php?id=8241">View this release on CoMO.gov or access a sharable link.</a></p><p>______________________________________________________</p>
<p>You have received this message because you subscribe to the City of Columbia's Web Mail service. To view linked material click on provided links or copy and paste them into your browser's address menu.</p>
<p>______________________________________________________</p>
<p>Archived releases can be viewed online at:
https://www.como.gov/CMS/pressreleases/directory.php</p>
<p>______________________________________________________</p>
<p>If you would like to stop receiving messages, modify list options, or subscribe to other lists visit the Web Mail section of our Web site and follow the instructions provided at https://www.como.gov/Web_Mail/ </p><style>div{margin: 10px;}</style>