Plans for new shovel-ready site introduced during Columbia's State of the City address

Wednesday, June 2, 2010 | 5:38 p.m. CDT; updated 7:34 p.m. CDT, Wednesday, June 2, 2010

COLUMBIA— City Manager Bill Watkins emphasized job creation as part of the "quest for excellence" outlined in his State of the City address on Wednesday. Columbia is trying to add a second Missouri-certified shovel-ready site to encourage economic development.

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