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Hare Hare are Presents Plan For Expanded Columbia 85 k a q ihs nod uT t tp p NaF s o- o x 7 5 IT WAS A HOT NIGHT made hotter last night by bythe bythe bythe the burning of a quarter-million quarter dollars of paid off school bonds Board secretary James E. E Saunders left and treasurer Robert E. E Draffen feed the flames Missourian Photo Includes Traffic Proposal Proposals for or an expanded jun jun- for high system two new lakes and a solution to Columbia's traffic traffic traffic fic flow were presented this morning by Hare Hare Kansas Kan Kansas sas City to the traffic subcommittee subcommittee of the planning and zoning I commission today at the City Council chambers The proposals presented by by- Bob Madison ladison and Dick Kellen Kellen- her ber were based on a possible population of in 1985 for Columbia The plan calls for a system of six junior high schools with five fhe new junior high schools plus the existent West Junior High School 0 a CI 0 o oThe The Hare Hate Hare plan called for abandonment of Jefferson Junior High with possible sale of it to Christian College or another interested buyer Also proposed was a new sen sena senior for high school somewhere on South Providence Road north of Route AC The new school would enroll with Hickman enroll enrolling ing another in senior high grades 10 1012 A third senior high would be built after 1985 Nine new elementary schools were proposed based on the neighborhood concept The plan should locate 15 elementary schools as near as possible to the center of a residential neighbor neighbor- neighborhood neighborhood hood and not on a main thorough thorough- thoroughfare fare such as Grant School now located on Broadway The of Columbia's central business district also was stressed A proposal to change the downtown area into one designed contemporary-designed shop shopping ping center was made 0 III 0 0 I Two new lakes Rocky Fork Lake in the northwest section of town and Rock Bridge Lake in inthe inthe inthe the Rock Bridge Park area would be formed Columbia is the only city in inthe inthe inthe the state of Missouri without a major water recreation area Raymond Beck director of pub lie works told the group today Hare Hare also proposed changes in major thoroughfares in Columbia A thoroughfare was defined as a highway with four lanes Proposals to extend Highway 63 northwest to connect with West Boulevard and development of a Continued OB CD Page 4 Hare Hare Reports Continued From Page II n l new Hinkson Parkway to follow Hinkson Creek Creels from the Southern city limits past the Outer Loop northwest st of Columbia were re re- reviewed re- re viewed I Top priority on the list was the I extension of Highway 63 II Also proposed was widening of I 1 Broadway to a four lane four lane highway past Edgewood Avenue 4 to the I Broadway Shopping Center I Expansion of a planned acre subdivision 13 miles m south south- southwest southwest west of Columbia Columbia's s city limits on route XE also was proposed Developers plan to begin con con- construction construction of new homes in the area within five months Roads and utilities currently c are being put in the area known as Wesley Meadows subdivision which lies next to the old Sin Sinclair clair farm The Hare Hare Bare land use land use plan presented this afternoon to the theland land use land use subcommittee nixes downtown Columbia as the only regional shopping center for forthe forthe forthe the urban area and assumes it will w ll be maintained through re- re revitalization vitalization of the commercial business district The plan is a general one and does not indicate specific loca loca- locations locations or properties Kellenberg described the land use land use plan as being most important and funda funda- fundamental fundamental mental of all community plan plan- planning ning The plan covers an area of square miles with downtown Co Columbia lumbia as roughly the center of the area The pian plan is based on a neigh neigh- neighborhood community community concept with the elementary school as the cen cen- center center ter of each neighborhood area Our survey of Columbia shows the elementary schools to be too close dose together and located in the theold theold theold old portions of the city with sometimes two schools in a sin single sin gle neighborhood Maiden Mai n said
Object Description
| Title | Columbia Missourian Newspaper 1966-07-12 |
| Description | 58th Year, No. 252 |
| Subject |
Columbia (Mo.) -- Newspapers Boone County (Mo.) -- Newspapers |
| Coverage | United States -- Missouri -- Boone County -- Columbia |
| Language | English |
| Date | 1966-07-12 |
| Type | Newspapers |
| Format | |
| Collection Name |
Columbia Missourian Newspaper Collection |
| Publisher.Digital | University of Missouri Library Systems |
| Rights | These pages may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for distribution or publication. |
| Contributing Institution |
State Historical Society of Missouri University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Journalism |
| Copy Request |
Contact the State Historical Society of Missouri at: (800) 747-6366 or (573) 882-7083 or email contact@shsmo.org. Some fees apply: http://shsmo.org/research/researchfees |
| County |
Boone County (Mo.) |
Description
| Title | Columbia Missourian 1966-07-12 Hare & Hare Presents Plan for Expanded Columbia '85 |
| Date | 1966-07-12 |
| Type | article |
| Collection Name | Columbia Missourian Newspaper Collection |
| Item.Transcript | Hare Hare are Presents Plan For Expanded Columbia 85 k a q ihs nod uT t tp p NaF s o- o x 7 5 IT WAS A HOT NIGHT made hotter last night by bythe bythe bythe the burning of a quarter-million quarter dollars of paid off school bonds Board secretary James E. E Saunders left and treasurer Robert E. E Draffen feed the flames Missourian Photo Includes Traffic Proposal Proposals for or an expanded jun jun- for high system two new lakes and a solution to Columbia's traffic traffic traffic fic flow were presented this morning by Hare Hare Kansas Kan Kansas sas City to the traffic subcommittee subcommittee of the planning and zoning I commission today at the City Council chambers The proposals presented by by- Bob Madison ladison and Dick Kellen Kellen- her ber were based on a possible population of in 1985 for Columbia The plan calls for a system of six junior high schools with five fhe new junior high schools plus the existent West Junior High School 0 a CI 0 o oThe The Hare Hate Hare plan called for abandonment of Jefferson Junior High with possible sale of it to Christian College or another interested buyer Also proposed was a new sen sena senior for high school somewhere on South Providence Road north of Route AC The new school would enroll with Hickman enroll enrolling ing another in senior high grades 10 1012 A third senior high would be built after 1985 Nine new elementary schools were proposed based on the neighborhood concept The plan should locate 15 elementary schools as near as possible to the center of a residential neighbor neighbor- neighborhood neighborhood hood and not on a main thorough thorough- thoroughfare fare such as Grant School now located on Broadway The of Columbia's central business district also was stressed A proposal to change the downtown area into one designed contemporary-designed shop shopping ping center was made 0 III 0 0 I Two new lakes Rocky Fork Lake in the northwest section of town and Rock Bridge Lake in inthe inthe inthe the Rock Bridge Park area would be formed Columbia is the only city in inthe inthe inthe the state of Missouri without a major water recreation area Raymond Beck director of pub lie works told the group today Hare Hare also proposed changes in major thoroughfares in Columbia A thoroughfare was defined as a highway with four lanes Proposals to extend Highway 63 northwest to connect with West Boulevard and development of a Continued OB CD Page 4 Hare Hare Reports Continued From Page II n l new Hinkson Parkway to follow Hinkson Creek Creels from the Southern city limits past the Outer Loop northwest st of Columbia were re re- reviewed re- re viewed I Top priority on the list was the I extension of Highway 63 II Also proposed was widening of I 1 Broadway to a four lane four lane highway past Edgewood Avenue 4 to the I Broadway Shopping Center I Expansion of a planned acre subdivision 13 miles m south south- southwest southwest west of Columbia Columbia's s city limits on route XE also was proposed Developers plan to begin con con- construction construction of new homes in the area within five months Roads and utilities currently c are being put in the area known as Wesley Meadows subdivision which lies next to the old Sin Sinclair clair farm The Hare Hare Bare land use land use plan presented this afternoon to the theland land use land use subcommittee nixes downtown Columbia as the only regional shopping center for forthe forthe forthe the urban area and assumes it will w ll be maintained through re- re revitalization vitalization of the commercial business district The plan is a general one and does not indicate specific loca loca- locations locations or properties Kellenberg described the land use land use plan as being most important and funda funda- fundamental fundamental mental of all community plan plan- planning ning The plan covers an area of square miles with downtown Co Columbia lumbia as roughly the center of the area The pian plan is based on a neigh neigh- neighborhood community community concept with the elementary school as the cen cen- center center ter of each neighborhood area Our survey of Columbia shows the elementary schools to be too close dose together and located in the theold theold theold old portions of the city with sometimes two schools in a sin single sin gle neighborhood Maiden Mai n said |
