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Repairs are underway on the front of Housing Unit 1 at the Missouri State Penitentiary along Layfette Street.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Maintaining the community interest and stakeholder partnerships developed during the Transformation process will be a priority as the Missouri State Penitentiary Redevelopment (MSP) Commission moves forward.
At the commission’s quarterly meeting Wednesday, commissioners discussed future strategy with Randy Allen, president and chief executive officer of the Jefferson City Area Chamber of Commerce.
The top initiatives from the chamber’s failed Transformation ballot issue involved both development and restoration at the former prison site at a price tag of $7.5 million.
On a positive note, $4 million has been allocated for projects related to the MSP from city and county half-cent capital improvement sales tax approved in August.
Allen suggested the commission should recommend its greatest MSP priority to the city and county planners.
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Comments
JCLifer 1 year, 1 month ago
How about clean up the mess? Tear down the junky old buildings, crumbling walls, mow the weeds and brush, haul out the trash.
Place is a huge eyesore for many years- clean it up!
no1knows 1 year, 1 month ago
They are cleaning up the mess, and they also have a day or weekend when they go in and do just that. Kind of hard to clean something up when all they want to do is keep tearing it down.
no1knows 1 year, 1 month ago
well at least the people who give the tours do. And the chapel just got torn down. And the place isnt an eye sore. Its a major peice of history, but yes, some parts need to be cleaned up some...its spring weeds are sprouting, and its time for spring cleaning. Simple as that.
viktorkowski 1 year, 1 month ago
eastern state pen (easternstate.org) is killing it on tours. people eat that stuff up. they should team up with amtrak and advertise big in st louis and k.c. with affordable weekend train/bike/prison tour trips.
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