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<p style="font-size: 150%; font-weight: bold;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</p>
<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">September 4, 2026</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%;">Grindstone Plaza Drive road closure, Sept. 8-Oct. 8</h1>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - Starting at 7 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8, Emery Sapp & Sons Inc. will close Grindstone Plaza Drive between Grindstone Parkway and Gray Oak Drive. Road work will widen the roadway to accommodate future business construction on the east side of Grindstone Plaza Drive.<br /><br />During the closure, drivers will be unable to turn north from Grindstone Parkway onto Grindstone Plaza Drive. Drivers accessing businesses on the east side of the shopping area should use the north entrance on Gray Oak Drive. The main entrance on Grindstone Parkway will remain accessible.<br /><br />Pedestrians will be unable to use the sidewalk on the north side of Grindstone Parkway to cross Grindstone Plaza Drive during the closure. "Sidewalk closed ahead" signs will be posted at Green Meadows Road and Rock Quarry Road, directing pedestrians to the south sidewalk of Grindstone Parkway.<br /><br />Work is expected to be completed an
d the roadway reopened by 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8.</div>
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