[Press Release] : FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Additional Phase 4 public meeting -- Tuesday, June 19, 6 p.m.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Community Development
(573) 874-7239

Additional Phase 4 public meeting -- Tuesday, June 19, 6 p.m.

COLUMBIA, MO (June 15, 2012) - Development of Columbia's new comprehensive plan, Columbia Imagined, the Plan for How We Live & Grow, is wrapping up its fourth phase, titled "Where are we headed?" This phase has developed goals and objectives based on what residents value and how we want Columbia to grow and develop in the future. A meeting was held June 6 to discuss goals and objectives in this regard, and an additional meeting was deemed necessary to best gauge citizen feedback on growth scenarios that have been collected and analyzed in Phase 4.

Residents are invited to an additional opportunity to participate by providing feedback on the information that has been collected on Tuesday, June 19, at 6 p.m. at City Hall (701 E. Broadway, room 1A/1B) to discuss and vote on the potential growth scenarios.

About 300 citizens have participated during this phase by attending a meeting or filling out a survey to voice their thoughts on how the city should grow to move Columbia forward.

The growth scenarios are the first step in answering three questions about Columbia's existing and future land use patterns:

*Where have we been? (20-year growth trends in housing, use mix and density)

*Where are we headed? (Trend Growth Scenario--what Columbia might look like 20 years from now if we grow as we have over the past 20 years)

*Where do we want to be? (Goal-based Growth Scenario--Based on citizen input, how do we want to grow in the future)

To review the growth scenarios prior to Tuesday's meeting, please visit: www.gocolumbiamo.com/community_development/comprehensive_plan/whereareweheaded.php or call the Community Development Department at (573) 874-7239. Comments on the proposed growth scenarios may be submitted via email at planning at gocolumbiamo.com or by calling (573) 874-7239.

If you cannot attend the meeting or for more ways to get involved in the plan, stay in the loop through email, the plan webpage, Twitter or Facebook:

*www.gocolumbiamo.com/Web_Mail/

*www.columbiaimagined.com

*http://twitter.com/comoimagined

*www.facebook.com/ColumbiaImagined



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