[Press Release] : Public invited to phase 2 of downtown charrette planning process

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
 
Contact: Randy Gray, Chairman, Downtown Leadership Council - (573)
443-7092 orTony St. Romaine, Assistant City Manager - (573) 874-7721

Public invited to phase 2 of downtown charrette planning process
 
COLUMBIA, MO (June 15, 2010) - What Starting Monday, June 21, more
meetings on best options to keep Downtown great and growing – will see
plan design options, leading to consensus on a preferred plan by Friday,
June 25 
 
When, Where See detailed schedule, below
 
Background 
Hosted by Columbia’s Downtown Leadership Council (DLC) and St.
Louis-based H3 Studio Inc., the charrette process is designed to
transform marginal areas of downtown while maintaining its existing
strengths. 
 
Work will focus on two general areas: 1) the Broadway – Providence Road
intersection, including currently vacant and under-used sites; and 2)
the North Village arts district, already experiencing redevelopment and
revival.
 
More information www.GoColumbiaMo.com, and you can follow the Downtown
Charrette Planning Process on Facebook.
 

Downtown Charrette Planning Process Schedule – June 21 – 25, 2010
 
Monday, June 21 – Starts five-day charrette – open house at Berry
Building all week – 1025 E. Walnut
 
8 a.m. – 5 p.m. All-day open house, Berry Building
 
6 – 8 p.m. Public meeting on plan design options, Dulany Hall, Columbia
College
 

Tuesday, June 22 – No public meetings scheduled – all-day open house,
Berry Building
 

Wednesday, June 23
 
8 a.m. – 5 p.m. All-day open house, Berry Building
 
5 – 7 p.m. Public open house session – preliminary preferred plan
 

Thursday, June 24 – No public meetings scheduled – all-day open house,
Berry Building
 

Friday, June 25
 
8 a.m. – 5 p.m. All-day open house, Berry Building
 
4 -6 p.m. Public meeting on draft preferred plan, Dulany Hall, Columbia
College
 
H3 consultant team returns to St. Louis
 
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