Today's Question: Should Columbia officials focus more on promoting economic development?

Thursday, June 4, 2009 | 11:49 a.m. CDT

City Manager Bill Watkins gave his fourth State of the City Address on Wednesday, in the middle of a recession. After expressing his belief that “we are at the bottom” of the downturn and on the way out, Watkins dove into a broad discussion of what he called “sustainability issues.”

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