Study: Jefferson City saw big growth in ethnic diversity

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Everyone has their own assumptions about what the community they live in looks like.

Jefferson City officials had the opportunity to see if the facts matched up with the assumptions Friday afternoon.

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Officials with the Jefferson City School District, city government and county government met at the Jefferson City Police Department classroom to review the findings from demographer Preston Smith with Business Information Services, based out of Kansas City.

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JCsleeper 2 years, 2 months ago

Article states that recent college graduates are moving back in with their parents. Not sure this is the retention of young professionals that civic leaders had in miind. Cheaper than loft apartments uptown.

JCLifer 2 years, 2 months ago

No news here. The study just supports what everyone else knows is happening to this once-great city.

It is also not news that the county commissioner would think he knows more than a Harvard researcher.

Time to build more apartments over on Goat Hill to accomodate all this wonderful diversity...

Gotigers 2 years, 2 months ago

JC Lifer--- you are correct. This use to be a great city. You could leave your doors unlocked and feel safe walking downtown. Now with with the influx we have seen, crime is on the rise and it is no longer a safe community.

3blindmice 2 years, 2 months ago

its more common than they want us to know.

w w w.mgia.org/pdf/Street_Gangs_in_Missouri.pdf

look under jefferson city

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