March 24, 2016

The Village of Bedford Walk: Rethinking Retirement

The Village of Bedford Walk provides high-end retirement living and a vibrant community. Since the mid-1990s, baby boomers have been flocking to college towns, where low cost of living and vibrant culture are attractive features for retirement. With trendy restaurants, art and music festivals; endless parks and trails; educational opportunities; and highly rated health care […]

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Building With Diligence

  The Columbia Housing Authority rebuilds public housing.   Since 2013, the Columbia Housing Authority has had a master plan in place to rehabilitate its 719 affordable housing units and add a property for homeless veterans. Thanks to federal funding and local financing from Providence Bank and Central Bank of Boone County, 242 units are

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Redefining Retirement

  When looking for the right solution for you or someone you love, how can you tell the difference between the options available? Here are a few definitions to help.   Independent Living – These facilities are designed for those who are able to live without help, but who also want freedom from maintaining their

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Meant to Be

Over the past two years, a group of Columbia institutions have collaborated to create a new housing complex — Patriot Place — to help veterans overcome homelessness.   After he left prison, Danny Yates lived in the Community Release Center, in downtown St. Louis, and tried to stave off addiction. But drugs were pretty much

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Work In Progress

  Checking in on five development projects around town.    Curious about the development scene in Columbia? Follow the link to learn more about a project.  Shakespeare’s Mixed-Use Building American Campus Communities U Centre Bengal’s/Casablanca Apartment Complex Bleu Patio Professional Building Northwest Medical Isotopes Production Facility at Discovery Ridge

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Work in Progress: American Campus Communities U Centre

Purpose: Student housing apartments. Size: Five-story apartments with five-story garage. 3.8 acres, over 700 residents. Dates: August 2017 completion.   Nestled snugly into a 3.8-acre pocket of land surrounded by MU campus and Providence Road, two new student housing buildings are being constructed from the underground up by Texas housing company American Campus Communities. Set

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Broadway, Downtown Columbia

Broadway has always been an integral part of the Downtown Columbia Historic District, one of the areas on the National Register of Historic Places. This western view shows that, at one time, vehicles parked in the middle of Broadway. A historic building of note is part of the original Stephens Publishing complex at 1020 to

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