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Council Rural
retreat homes
focuses wait in
on vision
Zoning changes are
among the topics on
limbo
Plans for Stadium
today’s agenda.
By SARAH KOCI and
Boulevard leave
KOURTNEY GEERS residents uncertain.
news@ColumbiaMissourian.com
By KRISTINA SHERRY
LAKE OF THE OZARKS news@ColumbiaMissourian.com
— Many new ideas were pro-
Rustic Road is a winding
posed for Columbia’s visioning
gravelly mile-long pass that
process Thursday during the
feels far-removed from city life.
first night of the City Council’s
Well-marked mailboxes are the
annual retreat at the Lake of
strongest indication that resi-
the Ozarks.
dences, typically set back from
Some members of the com-
the roadway, inhabit the area.
munity have expressed concern BEVERLY DENNY/Missourian Rustic Road enjoys a rare
that the collaborative visioning
Marq Marshall, 13, left, and Rachel Mooney, 11, don costumes and distribute promotional materials for aura of privacy, despite falling
process seems to have come
Victory Christian Church on Thursday night at the Twilight Festival in Flat Branch Park. mostly within city limits.
to a halt. The council said that
Sue and Dick Underwood
this is not true and that prog-
moved to Columbia 25 years
Twilight dawns
ress is indeed being made.
ago from Ashland because they
“We need to get the word out,”
wanted better access to a hospi-
Third Ward Councilman Karl
tal. Finding their current home
Skala said. He said that the
on the corner of Rustic was “a
community thinks a vacation
godsend,” Sue said, because it
has been taken from visioning.
has allowed them to enjoy “the
“That’s not true,” he said.
best of both worlds”: city ame-
Columbia-based consultant
nities amid country surround-
Sarah Read of the Communi-
cations Center Inc. proposed Twilight Festival brings downtown Columbia to life ings.
But the Underwoods know a
new concepts to help guide the
council through the visioning with music, carriage rides, fire-spinning and magic shows major drawback to straddling
these two worlds is the knowl-
process as it moves forward.
edge that at some point, one
Read suggested that the Citizen
may overtake the other.
Oversight By ASHLEY DILLON “We like Columbia a lot. We like the only been together for about a year The fast-growing city of
Commit- news@ColumbiaMissourian.com town and the people we’re playing for,” and a half, members of The Guilty Columbia has seen increased
tee now be
“Citizens referred to
The sound of live music drifted Bang said. “Festivals help you if you Party say they are no longer afraid of traffic on Route WW, which is
down the streets of downtown Colum- go back to play clubs because people performing. They have several large nearly visible from the Under-
want to be as the CVC, bia on Thursday night, signaling the will have seen you before. You only shows under their belt, including a woods’ home. “In limbo” is
which will
engaged, either be the
kickoff of the 19th annual Twilight
Festival.
find out about bands like us from word
of mouth, and Columbia’s pretty cool
performance at the Twilight Festival how several Rustic residents
Please see TWILIGHT, page 3A say they’ve been living — not
and they Columbia According to festival coordinator like that.” knowing which homes will be
Visioning Erika Kubsch, the festival had some- Local band The Fried Crawdaddies
will help you Commit-
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