FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Paula Hertwig Hopkins, Assistant City Manager - (573) 874-7214

City Council extends public comment on vision implementation report to March 27

COLUMBIA, MO (February 18, 2009) - During its Feb. 16 meeting, City Council approved a request by the Columbia Vision Commission (CVC) to extend the public comment period on the draft Vision Implementation Report from Feb. 27 to March 27. In a memo dated Feb. 16, 2009, Columbia Vision Commission chair, Jeffrey Williams, Ph.D. requested the extension to allow time for “a more thorough engagement of boards, commissions, citizen-centered groups and individuals.”

Compiled by local visioning consultant The Communications Center Inc., the draft implementation report includes an inventory of existing efforts, an inventory of new resources needed to accomplish identified goals and identification of organizations and entities that could be involved in implementation. The Columbia Vision Commission will use the implementation report as a tool for tracking vision progress and making implementation recommendations to the City Council in two-year increments.

How to view the report

• See the link on the city’s home page at www.GoColumbiaMo.com. Click on the “Draft Vision Implementation Report” link under “announcements,” or;

• See the link on the Missourian Watchword Web site at www.thewatchword.wordpress.com, or;

• Request your own printed copy ($21) or a CD ($1). Contact Renee Graham, public communications officer, at 874-7316 or at RYG@GoColumbiaMo.com, or;

• Inspect printed copies at the following locations:
o Reception desk, main floor, City Hall, 701 E. Broadway
o Columbia Public Library, 100 W. Broadway

Making comments

• E-mail The Communications Center Inc. at bdinfo@buildingdialogue.com, or;

• Make anonymous comments online using one or more of the brief surveys linked to the “Draft Vision Implementation Report” under “announcements” on the city’s home page at www.GoColumbiaMo.com, or;

• Mail comments to The Communications Center Inc., 1905 Cherry Hill Drive, Columbia, MO, 65203.

• Comments are due by 5 p.m., Friday, March 27, 2009.

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