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 […]
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
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
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
Purpose: Mixed-use professional and retail space. Size: Five stories with retail space in basement and rooftop deck. Dates: Construction completed within 12-13 months. When Matt Beckett watched a crew in January drilling structural borings around the Bleu Restaurant’s patio, he felt elated. It might be hard to imagine someone feeling anything close to joy while
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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 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
Almost three score and ten years ago (no kidding), Columbia voters discarded the political party system and adopted a council-manager form of government. In 1949, we were categorized as a city of the third class — meaning 3,000 to 30,000 citizens, much smaller than today — but experiencing post-World War II growing pains, as the
