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<p style="float:right; font-weight:bold; margin-bottom: 25px; font-size: 100%; text-align:right;">CONTACT: Rebecca Thompson
<br />Housing and Neighborhood Services Director
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<br />573.874.7535
<br />Rebecca.Thompson@CoMo.gov
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<br />Kari Utterback
<br />Human Services Manager
<br />Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services
<br />573.874.6264
<br />Kari.Utterback@CoMo.gov
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<br />Joanne Nelson
<br />573.886.4298
<br />Director, Boone County Community Services Department
<br />JNelson@boonecountymo.org</p>
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<div style="font-size: 110%; line-height:150%;"><h1 style="clear:both; margin-top: 75px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;">City of Columbia, Boone County to host housing summit in October</h1>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - <p style="display:inline;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The City of Columbia and Boone County are partnering to host a housing summit from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 24 at Memorial Baptist Church, 1634 Paris Road. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The summit is intended to bring the community together to learn about local housing-related plans and determine next steps to address affordable housing. The results of an ongoing </span><a style="white-space:nowrap" href="https://beheard.como.gov/boone-county-housing-study"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Boone County Housing Study</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> being completed in partnership between the City and County will also be discussed.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"The support across the board from all sectors in this community to address our County's and City's housing needs is immense. We are lucky to have that," said Rebecca Thompson, director of the City’s Housing and Neighborhood Services department. "The housing summit will provide an opportunity for all of those sectors to come together and begin to develop a comprehensive housing strategy that reflects us all."</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The summit will include representatives from a variety of housing-related sectors, including social services agencies, local government, property owners and managers, bankers, developers and builders, realtors and more.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A tentative schedule for the morning will include a presentation on the Boone County Housing Study, a housing development panel and a social services panel. A session in the afternoon will focus on action planning and prioritizing the next steps in addressing affordable housing. Lunch will be provided between the morning and afternoon sessions. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For those unable to attend the full-day summit, there will be a recap session from 6-7:30 p.m. This will include a presentation on the housing study and a summary of the summit. Attendees will have an opportunity to provide additional feedback at this session, and light refreshments will be provided.</span></p>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">To register for the full day summit, visit </span><a style="white-space:nowrap" href="http://tinyurl.com/4exezhpww"><span style="font-weight: 400;">tinyurl.com/4exezhpww</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. No registration is required for the evening recap session.</span></div>
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