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COLUMBIA - After more than a decade of planning, work is set to begin on the long-awaited extension of Discovery Parkway that will create a new major thoroughfare in southeast Columbia. Construction is set to begin this spring and will connect Gans Road to the intersection of New Haven and Rolling Hills roads. The parkway now stretches less than a mile from Highway 63 to Gans Road. The extension will go north of the highway and past MU’s South Farm Research Center. The connector “basically completes a link that’s missing between two major freeway interchanges,’’ Commu...

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Gans Creek rezoning COLUMBIA - The proposal to build a residential development area near Rock Bridge State Park was at the forefront of Monday night’s Columbia City Council meeting. The proposed zoning was for a section of property located on the south side of Gans Road and the east side of Bearfield Road. 
The plan calls for using the area as an affordable housing complex. Last month, the Columbia Planning and Zoning Commission rejected the rezoning proposal for the area. There was strong support for both sides of the rezoning debate, as a number of citizens voiced their opinions d...

COLUMBIA - The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is trying something new to limit the presence Callery pear trees in local environments. Callery pear trees, also known as Bradford pears, are the top invasive plant species in Missouri. They are easily identifiable right now because of the white petals of their blossoms. MDC community forester Ann Koenig said the trees take up space in many places. Dozens of invasive pear trees invade this acreage on the southeast corner of West Nifong and Sinclair in south Columbia. "You will see parks here in Columbia and in open fields that are just ...