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<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">May 3, 2013</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"></span></b></p>
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<p align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">CONTACT:</span></b> <b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">Pat Zenner</span></b></p>
<p align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"><a href="tel:%28573%29%20874-7239" value="+15738747239" target="_blank">(573) 874-7239</a></span></b></p>
<p align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"><a href="mailto:przenner@gocolumbiamo.com" target="_blank">przenner@gocolumbiamo.com</a></span></b></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial">Upcoming Public Input/Prioritization Sessions for </span></b><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial">Columbia</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial"> Imagined Draft
Announced</span></b></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:Arial">(</span><span style="font-family:Arial">Columbia</span><span style="font-family:Arial">, </span><span style="font-family:Arial">Mo.</span><span style="font-family:Arial">) – Development of </span><span style="font-family:Arial">Columbia</span><span style="font-family:Arial">’s new comprehensive plan, </span><i><span style="font-family:Arial">Columbia</span></i><i><span style="font-family:Arial"> Imagined,
the Plan for How We Live & Grow</span></i><span style="font-family:Arial">,
is</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> nearly complete. This plan will guide
decisions on the City’s growth and development over the next twenty years based
upon the values, goals, and priorities expressed by the public. A draft is now
available for public review and feedback prior to formal review (and public
hearing) by the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council in early
summer. To review the plan draft and take the public input survey visit:
<a href="http://www.columbiaimagined.com" target="_blank">www.columbiaimagined.com</a> or call <a href="tel:%28573%29%20874-7239" value="+15738747239" target="_blank">(573) 874-7239</a>. Copies of the plan and survey
are also available at the Daniel Boone Regional Library (100 West Broadway) and
City Hall (701 East Broadway). </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt">The public is asked to review
the plan draft and take the public input survey by </span><span style="font-size:11pt">May 24, 2013</span><span style="font-size:11pt">. The input survey provides an opportunity to set
implementation priorities. The draft plan and survey are available online at: <a href="http://www.columbiaimagined.com/" target="_blank">www.columbiaimagined.com</a>, at the
Daniel Boone Regional Library (100 West Broadway), and at City Hall (701 East
Broadway). </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt">Please attend one or more of
the following meetings to provide input and prioritize the plan’s
recommendations: </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:3.4pt"><b><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:3.4pt"><b><span style="font-size:11pt">May
7 & May 8- ARC </span></b><span style="font-size:11pt">(Activity and </span><span style="font-size:11pt">Recreation</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt">Center</span><span style="font-size:11pt">, 1701 W. Ash) </span><b><span style="font-size:11pt">5:30-7:00 PM</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></b><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:11pt">May 14 & </span></b><b><span style="font-size:11pt">May</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size:11pt">15-</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size:11pt">City Hall</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></b><span style="font-size:11pt">(Rooms
1A/1B, 701 E. Broadway) </span><b><span style="font-size:11pt">5:30-7:00 PM</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></b><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">If you cannot attend the meeting, or
for more ways to get involved in the plan, stay in the loop through e-mail, the
plan webpage, Twitter or Facebook:</span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.columbiaimagined.com/" target="_blank">www.columbiaimagined.com</a></span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"><a href="http://twitter.com/comoimagined" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/comoimagined</a></span></p>
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</span></span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/ColumbiaImagined" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial">www.facebook.com/ColumbiaImagined</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
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