[Press Release] : Imagine Columbia's Future: Fall Vision Festivals offer facts, food and fun

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
Contact: Paula Hertwig Hopkins, Assistant City Manager (573) 874-7218

Imagine Columbia's Future: 
Fall Vision Festivals offer facts, food and fun

COLUMBIA, MO (October 4, 2006) -- Individuals and families who want to
learn more about community visioning in Columbia can attend Fall Vision
Festivals over the next two weekends. Based at five local schools, the
events will provide opportunities to talk about visioning, sign up for
Citizen Topic Groups and have some fun. Festivals will take place at the
locations listed below.

Saturday, Oct. 7 at:
* Douglass High School, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
* Smithton Middle School, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
* Gentry Middle School, 3 - 6 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 14 at:
* Jefferson Junior High, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
* Lange Middle School, 3 - 6 p.m.

Assistant City Manager Paula Hertwig Hopkins said the festivals are
designed primarily to recruit persons for Citizen Topic Groups that will
start meeting in January 2007. “There’s a place at the table for
everyone,” Hertwig Hopkins said. “We want to know their interests
and would be thrilled if 300 - 500 people wanted to join up.”

Hertwig Hopkins said that the festivals also will include a big dose of
fun. “We’ll have free hotdogs, chips and beverages. We’ll have
music and creative kids’ activities. We’re expecting great weather
and a great fall family experience.”

Hertwig Hopkins said that citizens can attend the festival most
convenient for them. “There is no need to attend all seven events.
Citizens are welcome to stay five minutes or take more time. With the
gracious support of the Columbia Public Schools, we’ll be in various
parts of the community at times that we hope will fit families’
schedules.”

For more information about the festivals or other vision-related
activities, please visit the city of Columbia Web site at
www.GoColumbiaMo.com and select Imagine Columbia’s Future, call
874-7214 or send email to imaginecolumbia at GoColumbiaMo.com.

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