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The new Maryville Public Safety building under construction at First and Vine streets is shown in late December and on Monday at left. Since the earlier photo was taken, the fire truck bay doors have been installed and work has continued. PHOTOS BY SKYE POURNAZARI THE FORUM
What’s Inside MPS facility................... A1 Agriland Fast Stop......... A2 Mosaic ........................ A2 Northwest Ag Center..... A3 Consolidated 911.......... A5 McDonalds................... A6 Leadership Maryville....... A8 South Main project...... A10 Maryville School District... B1 Ten Squared................. B2 Maryville Public Library.... B6
New Maryville Public Safety building nears completion New facility is ahead of schedule and under budget By GEOFFREY WOEHLK The Forum
MARYVILLE, Mo. — In the six years between the first designs and the afternoon when shovels finally met dirt, there might have been a few days when it looked to Maryville Public Safety Director Keith Wood like it might never happen. “Yeah,” Wood admitted last summer, standing in the spot where he planned to put his new desk. “Almost every day there for a while.” A year later — give or take a few months — and Wood will no
longer need to imagine the desk, or spend any more days worrying that a new, state-of-the-art combined facility for police and fire operations might not make it to reality. City officials, community members and state legislators celebrated the groundbreaking on the new facility in June, turning dirt on a much-needed project that will finally move police officers and firefighters into a building made from the ground up for them to use just up the road at the corner of Vine and First streets. See MPS, A4
City Manager Greg McDanel leads a tour of the new Maryville Public Safety Building in December. Council members and city employees saw the building while at about 50 percent construction. The construction phase is much further along now, estimated at an August completion.
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Self-service station provides another fueling option
Thursday, January 30, 2020
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Mosaic Medical Center - Maryville is shown in 2019 after the signs were changed from SSM Health St. Francis Hospital.
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The Agriland Fast Stop self-service fuel station, an addition to the Fountain Park development initiated by Bill and Bonnie Ingels of Double B Development, is shown when under construction last summer. The site is located at the corner of South Main Street and Carefree Drive.
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Completed in fall of 2019, the AgrilandFast Stop Express shown Monday, offers a quick, self-service fueling station on the south end of town. Located on the corner of South Main Street and Carefree Drive, next to Wells Bank, the facility offers several fuel options.
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ARYVILLE, Mo. — Since Mosaic assumed operations of SSM St. Francis Hospital on April 1, 2019, I have been in awe of how the community has welcomed us at every turn. We know we have big shoes to fill. For 125 years, the Franciscan Sisters of Mary and the SSM St. Francis organization provided health care services to the community and left a lasting legacy. We are excited to have the opportunity to build on that solid foundation. As we move into 2020 — a new year, a new decade — it’s time to set priorities, capitalize on strengths and realize the potential that awaits all of us as we come together to achieve a common purpose and that is to strengthen Maryville and the surrounding communities.
As a hometown boy, I am honored to have the opportunity to serve as president of Mosaic Medical Center — Maryville, and I know having Mosaic in town comes with significant benefits for our community and this region. The medical center in Maryville is now connected to a larger system that is only 45 minutes away with an integrated electronic medical record system. I hesitate to use the expression, but it’s “a game-changer.” This ensures we are able to provide seamless, cohesive care to our patients and keep them close to home. We have excellent physicians and midlevel providers in Maryville prepared to meet your needs. But when the need for specialty care not provided in Maryville arises, St. Joseph is close, and patients will continue to receive the best and safest care from knowledgeable doctors in the area. Mosaic has already invested in both technology and capital improvements and will continue to do so as we move forward. Through this technology, patients receive the most up-to-date, expert care. It also ensures continuity of care; no matter the setting — hospital or clinic — patients transition from primary care to specialized care quickly and easily. Further, the commitment to making critical capital investments will help ensure
that we are able to meet the heath care needs of this community for years to come. Mosaic is very interested in being an active member of the community and is focused on Nate Blackford partnerships with President local businesses, Mosaic Medical organizations and Center – Maryville schools. As a matter of fact, we recently finalized plans with Northwest Missouri State University to become their official sports medicine partner. We are actively working to develop critical relationships and partnerships targeted to produce mutually beneficial outcomes that have a positive impact. There’s something special about seeing community members around town or at an event and being able to exchange ideas for how we can work together to foster healthy, thriving communities. Our community needs our best and our best is working with you, our partners, in the region. Our commitment to excellence includes a partnership with one of the most respected names in health care. As part of the Mayo Clinic Care Network (MCCN), doctors and their patients have access to resources and consultations with experts in their fields at the No. 1 ranked hospital in the nation, Mayo Clinic. In St. Joseph, Maryville and Albany, our membership in the MCCN ensures we are providing the highest level of care, close to home. During the coming year, residents in Maryville and the surrounding areas will see growth in our Women’s Health program, advanced behavioral health efforts and increased promotion of the excellent orthopedics, sports medicine and cancer care services we offer. We want our patients to have a great experience, close to home (and close to their support network). Since I was a child, I’ve known Maryville was a special place to live. Now, I see, it also has unlimited potential – but we have to work together to achieve it. I’m thankful to work side-by-side with our caregivers and community members to grow and flourish and make this an even better place to live, work, play … and receive health care.
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New center to enhance options at Northwest MARYVILLE, Mo. — With its continued focus on student success and profession-based learning, Northwest Missouri State University’s vision to enhance learning opportunities for its agriculture students and highlight the importance of agriculture in the region will soon become a reality. The university anticipates breaking ground this spring on its Agricultural Learning Center, a 28,000-square foot facility planned for the R.T. Wright Farm, which is located on U.S. Highway 71, north of the Northwest campus. The planned facility is part of Northwest’s strategic plan, campus master plan and Forever Green capital campaign. The Northwest Foundation has raised more than $7.4 million of the $8.5 million needed for construction through private and corporate donations, foundation support and government appropriations. With a groundbreaking anticipated this spring, the facility could open in 2021. The multipurpose facility will support traditional agricultural programs related to crops, soils and livestock as well as new programs related to the processing of
agricultural products. Additionally, the ALC will support the School of Agricultural Science’s growing enrollment and space needs as the university’s 650 students majoring in agriculture-related programs account for about 12 percent of all majors on the campus. Further, Northwest boasts the largest agricultural business program in the state. Planning and fundraising for the facility began in 2014. Last summer, a new entry and road from Highway 71 to the Wright Farm were completed. Northwest, in partnership with the Northwest Technical School, also completed a new farm manager’s house last September, and a digital sign is in place at the entrance of the Wright Farm. The Wright Farm — a 448-acre living, hands-on laboratory for agriculture students — is just one example of the profession-based learning experiences available to Northwest students in a variety of fields. Additionally, the Horace Mann Laboratory School and the Phyllis and Richard Leet Center for Children and Families, which is located in the center of the campus and serves children in preschool through sixth grade, provides
hands-on practical classroom experience for students in education and related fields. National Public Radio affiliate KXCV provides students with experience in journalism, broadcasting and advertising, while Knacktive, a student-driven integrated digital marketing communications agency, partners students representing a variety of majors with realworld clients to solve real issues. At the same time, Northwest maintains its place as a leader in providing high quality education at an affordable cost. In the fall, the university recorded the third-highest enrollment in its 114-year history with 7,104, an increase of 3.6 percent from one year earlier. The university also maintains a high retention rate with 76 percent of the previous year’s freshman class choosing to return to Northwest. Illustrating its quality, Northwest’s placement rates indicate that 97 percent of bachelor’s degree earners and 99 percent of
master’s degree earners secure employment or continue their education within six months of graduation, according to the most recent data. Zippia, a career website, names Northwest the best college in Missouri for getting a job. Northwest’s internationally benchmarked student employment program offers 1,200 opportunities for students to gain professional development and specialized training in administrative, communications and operational roles among other areas throughout the university. Northwest’s attention to student success also is evident in its work with the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, a Washington, D.C., based higher education association with which Northwest is partnering to validate student success strategies. Last fall, AASCU — for the fourth time in five years — recognized Northwest with an Excellence and Innovation Award, honoring the institution for
its student success initiatives. The first public university in the nation to implement a fully networked campus, in 1987, Northwest provides fully-loaded notebook computers to all students. The university also offers an innovative textbook rental program that dates back to the early days of the institution. Combined, the laptop and textbook rental programs save students nearly $7,400 during their four-year academic career. As a state-assisted, four-year regional university, Northwest offers 127 bachelor’s and 40 master’s programs as well as specialist degrees, two-year certificate programs and a collaborative doctorate program with the University of Missouri-Columbia. Coursework is offered on Northwest’s Maryville campus and at Northwest-Kansas City at the Northland Innovation Center in Gladstone. For more information about Northwest, call 660-562-1212 or visit www.nwmissouri.edu.
A new digital sign and the R.T. Wright Farm manager’s house are shown Monday on U.S. Highway 71 just north of Maryville. The home, sign, new entry and road from the highway were completed in 2019. The improvement is part of the new Agricultural Learning Center, scheduled to break ground this spring.
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PATH TO A NEW PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING
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The building was one of several priorities set out in the guiding 2012 comprehensive plan by the city. “The Maryville Public Safety facility has been a need for quite a while,� City Manager Greg McDanel said. “We’re in a 1960s-70s era grocery store remodeled for public safety. And while it has been a good facility, it’s never met the needs for today’s law enforcement and fire services.� Initially, the city planned to combine the MPS headquarters with a new city hall, but both financial and space constraints nixed that plan early on. Instead, city officials focused on the MPS building, and voters endorsed the idea in 2017 through a capital improvement sales tax. And once they made a deal with the Maryville R-II School District for the land, all that was left was to find some shovels.
â–˛ 2017: Capital Improvement Sales Tax extended
“It has done its duty,� Wood told The Forum of the current building housing police and fire operations. “It’s getting a little tired in places.� Since it was retrofitted in the 1970s and transformed from grocery store to law enforcement and fire headquarters, the narrow hallways and many shared spaces have been a way of life at the current MPS building. “Our building is just functionally at its capacity,� McDanel said. “To the point where it starts making normal law enforcement work difficult.� In making the case for the new facility, just outlining the realities of the current one is usually enough to sway anyone on the fence. As is, officers make do with an evidence room secured by chicken wire from the top. There is only one interview room, a straight shot from a waiting area that can make for some awkward situations if a victim and suspect are both in the building. Firefighters have limited space that will fit their equip-
2019: Groundbreaking â–ź
2020: On track for August completion
‘From every stand‑ point imaginable, the building has been inefficient for quite a while.’ Â‑ Greg McDanel
ment. And it’s not unheard of for a conference room to be home to evidence from a drug bust at 10 a.m. and an officer’s lunch at noon. “Evidence processing is a big one from a standpoint of what’s required now,â€? McDanel said. “The case length has tripled from what it used to be, for what it takes for a case to get through the process. So we have to keep that evidence three times as long, and our storage is limited. ‌ From every standpoint imaginable, the building has been inefficient for quite a while.â€? All that will change at the new, 21,500-square foot facility — nearly three times as large as the current 8,600-square-foot building — with dedicated, larger spaces designed from the ground up with specific uses in mind. Some weren’t there before, like a sallyport that will allow officers to pull patrol cars with suspects in custody into a secure part of the building, and a secure holding cell. Others are just improvements, like a much larger, secure evidence room
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that tracks comings and goings. Also included is space designed for 911 dispatch operations, with an eye towards the future and wired for possible expansion should its needs grow. “It will actually be a hardened facility, almost a building within a building,â€? Wood said last year. “It’ll be designed to withhold a lot more weather and things of that nature than the rest of the building. ‌ We don’t want to lose communications in a disaster, so that’s why we’ve hardened it.â€? On the 7,000-square-foot fire side — nearly as large as the current building just on its own —
five pull-through bays will house nearly every fire fighting implement the city owns. Firetrucks will drive through the bays from north to south and exit onto First Street, likely with some sort of traffic signal installed on First Street. And for the first time, firefighters will have access to storage specifically designed to hold their gear, and even extra storage space as room to grow, along with dedicated washers and dryers. Right now, the $4 million project is not only on schedule and under budget, but city officials and some who will work in the new building have expressed optimism — and eagerness — that the building could be ready for some use before the August target date. “I think it kind of speaks to our officers and our fire service for doing the best with what they have, and not looking for an extravagant solution when there were other priorities at the time,� McDanel said. “And what you see is a project that will serve for the next 50 years.�
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Consolidated 911 overcomes 30-year obstacle Center will go into service at new MPS facility By GEOFFREY WOEHLK The Forum
MARYVILLE, Mo. — Just before 2019’s final buzzer sounded, city and county officials finally tipped in a shot that had been circling the rim for three decades, closing the deal on a consolidated 911 dispatch center. The historic agreement the two sides signed in December will combine the city and county dispatch services, separated since their inception, as well as fold in services from Northwest Missouri State University. At various points over the past 30 years, city and county officials waxed and waned on the prospect of a consolidated dispatch operation, but the difference this time proved to be a confluence of aging equipment, a new law that allowed for a mobile device fee and a new facility that could house a consolidated operation. Prior to the agreement, each dispatch center was funded partially by fees from landline telephones, but as the use of landlines has sharply declined with the rise of cell phone usage, revenue from that tax has likewise plummeted. The problem was not unique to Nodaway County, with many counties across the state in the same predicament. “The existing landline revenue from both the city and county, we knew, would not fully support a new facility,” said City Manager Greg McDanel. “Doesn’t mean we shouldn’t do it, just that there’s shortfall challenges. So, that was one of the issues that was always present, that landlines continued to decrease, cellphones continue
Keith Wood, director of Maryville Public Safety, surveys the 911 center in the new Maryville Public Safety building in November under construction at First and Vine streets. to increase, and we needed a new mechanism through state statutes.” After concerted lobbying efforts for years by the cities and counties all over Missouri, the state legislature passed a law that went into effect last year allowing counties to charge up to $1 per month for any device capable of dialing 911. That’s when talks about a new dispatch center picked up speed once again. The agencies in charge of actually running the operations and receiving calls from dispatchers have seemingly always been in favor of consolidating the 911 centers. Splitting the dispatch burden often means an artificial line of demarcation on calls that could make response times to emergencies longer, leading Sheriff Randy Strong to call it a “convoluted mess” in 2017. The sheriff’s office runs the dispatch center for the county out of the county jail, which makes dispatchers de facto jailers as well — a double duty that can make the logistics difficult for something as simple as hearing a call over a rowdy inmate. In addition to the new fee opportunity, a mutual need to replace dangerously outdated equipment also spurred action where in previous decades, the momentum may have wound down. “There’s an element of it that’s very real, that our inadequate
equipment is costing time,” said Maryville Council member Matt Johnson in December. Johnson is also a volunteer firefighter. “And time means lives. It doesn’t sound like a lot of time, but it is, in what emergency services does. And I want to make sure that we have as much time as possible.” By mid-2019, the city and county had agreed in principle on a deal that would combine dispatch services in the new Maryville Public Safety building when it’s completed in 2020. But the negotiations over the specifics threatened to put that timeline in jeopardy. Specifically, a debate over whether to implement a sales tax or the mobile device fee to fund the new operation in the long run. While the county favored a sales tax and the city a mobile device fee, the two sides eventually shook hands on a deal in December that would continue funding the center through the same landline fees and general revenue funds as before for two years. During that time, an advisory board made up of city and county elected officials and a representative from the Nodaway County Ambulance District will study the question and make a recommendation ahead of the first opt-out date in the agreement — four years from now. “Our common objective was to do the best thing for all the citizens of Nodaway County,” said North
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Maryville City Manager Greg McDanel shows city employees, along with City Council members Jason McDowell and Ben Lipiec, the inside of the new 911 center during a tour of the site of the new Maryville Public Safety facility in December. District County Commissioner Chris Burns at the time. With an agreement in place, planning continues on how the two operations will merge when the new MPS headquarters goes into service later this year. All employees at both dispatch centers will keep their jobs if they want them, and at least two staff members will be on duty at all times. At the facility itself, a space designed from the ground up as an emergency communications hub will provide more space and capabilities than ever before, and newly purchased equipment will allow for more precise techniques of logging information and tracking callers, saving precious seconds in an emergency. And there won’t be a safer place in the new headquarters. “It will actually be a hardened facility, almost a building within a building,” said Maryville Public Safety Director Keith Wood last year. “It’ll be designed to withhold a lot more weather and things of that nature than the rest of the building. … We don’t want to lose communications in a disaster, so that’s why we’ve hardened it.” And having the opportunity to
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Jim Wagy, owner of the Maryville McDonald’s stands in the new PlayPlace that opened in December.
McDonald’s upgrades create family gathering space By SKYE POURNAZARI The Forum
MARYVILLE, Mo. — With the addition of a PlayPlace at the Maryville McDonald’s, area families have a new choice for fun family gatherings. Owner Jim Wagy told The Forum in December, that he wanted
to create an environment where children and families could experience positive entertainment together. “This is going to really serve a lot of people and a lot of surrounding communities outside of Maryville and make Maryville a little hub for a lot of different smaller towns around,” he said. “I
think it’s something that the community really needs.” The first McDonald’s PlayPlace in Maryville opened in early December, but a grand opening was held, full of specials, and prizes during the first week of 2020. Celebrating 40 years in Maryville, Wagy focused on this
restaurant and the population it serves by renovating it from the basement to the roof in 2018. “It had been several years and it really needed it — structural issues, plumbing issues, parking lot issues,” he explained in September 2018. Not only did the renovation offer a chance for repairs, but also
to bring new technology into the business with four kiosk-type order points. “The kiosks are really about flexibility for the customer, putting them in charge,” Wagy said. “They can order what they want to order with no communication breakdown … You’re in charge. You’re the boss.”
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take the traditional core academic classes, as well as exploratories. They also have the opportunity to begin competitive sports and performance arts. 660-562-3244 MARYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL provides instruction for grades 9-12 through traditional courses of study, but also with dual credit and Advanced Placement courses. Students have the opportunity to participate in many organizations and programs such as National Honor Society, band, choir, journalism, drama, debate, forensics, academic bowl, and Hound Howlin’ City. There are many athletic options, as well: football, cross country, volleyball, golf, tennis, basketball, wrestling, track, baseball, soccer, softball, dance and cheer. Many unique programs are also available to recognize student achievements. 660-562-3511 NORTHWEST TECHNICAL SCHOOL helps students make wise career decisions by allowing them to explore new and emerging occupations. Hands-on training provides a background of practical knowledge and skills. Specialized classes and training are available in the following areas: health services, family & consumer sciences, technology,
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Thursday, January 30, 2020 Wagy, who first became an owner in 1991, knows that there’s more to success than just having a fancy new building and good food … It’s about having the right people working for you. “I love Maryville, I just love the town, I love the people here, I love my employees here,” Wagy said. “This is one of my best crews out of all my eight stores. They do it right and they’re just good people.” Despite the extensive nature of the remodel, the store was forced to close for only a short time during the construction phase. “We were closed for nine days, so I took care of them,” Wagy said. “Nobody had to go without pay.” Wagy, who started with McDonald’s as a “crew member” in 1979, has been excited to offer local diners new technology and a new space in which to have fun with food. During the 2018 renovation, he wasn’t sure if a PlayPlace was warranted in this location. “I heard so much disappointment that we didn’t put in a PlayPlace that I decided to put one in,” Wagy said previously. “We put in the biggest toy possible. I think Maryville deserves that.” The Soft Play, LLC structure provides interactive entertainment for children of all ages, while the seating area will offer 40-50 seats for parents to monitor their children. Closed off by an electric sliding door, the area allows families a place to be themselves and have fun together, while not worrying about being too loud for other diners. “That’s really my goal, to bring families together and have some fun around food,” Wagy said in December. “There’s a lot of playability out there. I’m just happy to be here in Maryville, I think it’s a great community.”
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FEATURES Starting at the bottom, children can climb to the very top of the structure using 2-foot by 2-foot molded platforms. On the “Wobble Hopper” children can build core balance as well as hand-eye-foot coordination while making their way through an obstacle course. Children may stand on small platforms while holding onto secure poles traversing from platform to platform. The “Log Roll” allows a child to hold on to large hand holds while walking or running on a cylindrical “log.” According to the manufacturer’s website, this can provide a cardiovascular workout as well as teach core body balance awareness. The “Sit-N-Spin” is a durable version of one that may be at home and offers a fun activity for children age 3 and younger. Low to the platform, a child can sit cross-legged around a pole and spin round and round. The “Kid Conveyor” places a series of horizontal foam-filled buoys that roll that will create a conveyor-type crawl over, under or between maze for children of all ages. “Sky Wheels” offer a challenging hand-over-hand experience similar to a “Monkey Bar,” with a slight twist, because those wheels spin throughout the course. Other attractions include light tables and an enhanced toddler area for smaller children.
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: David Blackford and his grandsons Maddox and Ryker gather in December for a meal in the new PlayPlace just opened at the Maryville McDonald’s. BEAUTIFICATION: Mayor Rachael Martin stands with Jim Wagy, owner of the Maryville McDonald’s after he received the city of Maryville’s Beautification Award for the 2018 update of his restaurant. TODDLER AREA: The toddler area of the new McDonald’s PlayPlace is shown the day it opened in December. SLIDE: Christian Meyer, son of Doug and Svetlana Meyer plays in the two-story slide of the new McDonald’s PlayPlace in December. FORUM FILE PHOTOS
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Leadership Maryville raises its sights Chamber director brings program to the forefront By GEOFFREY WOEHLK The Forum
MARYVILLE, Mo. — In its 34th year, the Greater Maryville Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Maryville is reshaping how it shapes tomorrow’s community leaders. Through the program, hundreds of community leaders have gotten their start and learned valuable management skills alongside invaluable connections. “A lot of our early folks Lily White are people like Executive Director Greater ( M a r y v i l l e Maryville Public Safety Chamber of Director) Keith Commerce Wood … and most of our (county) commissioners now,” said Lily White, the chamber’s executive director. “Most of our long-term elected officials or government officials, at some point, have gone through Leadership Maryville.” That part hasn’t changed since the program’s inception in 1986, but not much else has stayed the same. The original program was started by the chamber and the University of Missouri Extension that year, and at some point after, the program fell to the chamber alone to run. It’s hard to say when because of a lack of reliable records that has made starting from scratch an all-too-common refrain for Leadership Maryville since. “At some point, it became just under the umbrella of the chamber, and
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The 33rd class of Leadership Maryville pictured with Gov. Mike Parson and former State Rep. Mike Thomson during a tour of the capitol in Jefferson City last year. The trip as part of Great Northwest Days has become an annual staple of the program. the director wasn’t super hands-on,” White said. “And that happened for quite a while, probably a decade, where, for example, (a) class would graduate, and they would elect … 4-5 people that would then run the next year’s class. … “But they ran it all. They ran the budget, they made the classes, they recruited the people to be in Leadership, and they could make any decisions that they wanted to make.” In addition to the turnover in facilitators, White said turnover in her position during that time also made continuity in Leadership Maryville difficult to come by. “So the class looked different every year,” she said. “Which, there’s some good things too, but the bad part was, it wasn’t very consistent. … Having the turnover of the
whole team of facilitators every year meant that they could go in and what you did in one class, my class would never even see.” That inconsistency was what White set out to address through a program makeover last year. “The board and our staff felt like if the chamber’s name is going to be on it, we need to have a level of expectation for it,” she said. “It needs to be done at a certain degree of success.” White and her staff set out to look at other successful leadership programs across the country, and modeled the new Leadership Maryville after one in Fort Bend County in Texas. Taking parts of how the chamber in Fort Bend County structured its program, White took a more hands-on ap-
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to the renewed interest in leadership programs by chambers across the country, White said. “There was a time in the 80s when leadership programs were everywhere,” she said. “And they were almost all run by the Chamber of Commerce. … Chambers got away from doing them, and now a lot of them are trying to get them back — which is hard. If you all-the-way kill something, it is much harder to start it back up. We’re lucky in that we’ve always had the foundation. It might have been a little bit cracked, but we had something to build on.” The shift in philosophy came not only from studying other successful programs, but also from listening to what member businesses wanted.
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“They thought that we should be doing leadership, they know that we do leadership, they want us to do leadership. A lot of our businesses … are small and they don’t have the resources to send their staff somewhere, or to bring in a leadership person. So this gives them an option without it being
Progress 2020 • Maryville Forum a huge burden on them. … We knew they wanted it, we knew they thought we were good at it, so we wanted to be better at it for them.” Going forward, White said she hopes the program can continue to expand in scope and become a necessary step for future community leaders. But more importantly,
she said the goal is to become a pipeline to connect talented leaders with the organizations where they can do the most good. “I want people to come into this class understanding that, at the end of this, they’ve learned so much about our community, seen so many different things,
made so many connections — and now they’re ready to go be somebody’s board member,” White said. “(The chamber board has been) so fortunate the last couple of years; We’ve had too many people that want to be on the board. But a lot of boards don’t have that problem, and it gets hard, and it becomes
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2017: Capital Improvement ◄ Sales Tax extended
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MARYVILLE, Mo. — This year will mark the beginning of the biggest road improvement project in the city’s history, and the busiest artery in the heart of Maryville will never look the same. The South Main Corridor Improvement Project will transform the city’s main thoroughfare both functionally and aesthetically. “South Main is a 50-year development problem that has occurred with positive development, but without a real plan of how each development impacts each other,” said City Manager Greg McDanel. When businesses began moving out of downtown areas to better suit the ubiquity of the automobile, there wasn’t a clear idea of what kind of room might be needed down the line. “So it’s a 50-year issue we’re trying to solve with this project. When it’s complete, the 1½ miles of Main Street from the U.S. Highway 71 bypass to South Avenue will be widened with designated turn lanes, the curbs realigned uniformly, pedestrian and shared use paths added, traffic lights added and replaced, and many other aesthetic improvements made, all
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This stretch of south Main from South Avenue to the U.S. Highway 71 bypass will be completely rebuilt to improve traffic flow, pedestrian safety and aesthetics beginning in 2020. City Manager Greg McDanel estimated the construction could take between 18 and 24 months. designed to address issues with traffic congestion and pedestrian safety. “And, also, from an aesthetic standpoint, a community entrance (that evokes) pride,” McDanel added. Planning for success A central part of the guiding master plan assembled two years prior, City Council members approved a traffic corridor study in 2014, the first step towards pinpointing the issues on South Main, and how to fix them. The remedy was an expensive, decade-long plan that would need to be broken down into three phases — at around $4 million each — if the city was going
to be able to pay for it. Phase one of that project would begin with the hottest of the hotspots on the road. “South Main phase one was critical because anytime you’re improving corridor functionality, it always starts from a bottleneck — and in our case, it’s South Avenue and south Main,” McDanel told The Forum. To pay for just the first phase’s design, voters passed a capital improvement sales tax in 2017, and after working with SK Design on the plan over the next year, the city was ready to bid out the project in January 2019. But just a month and a half before applications were due for the highly competitive, nation-
wide grant program, city staff and the Northwest Missouri Regional Council of Governments started work on an application for a federal BUILD grant — a U.S. Department of Transportation program that awards discretionary funds for capital improvements in cities and towns across America. The program is similar to its predecessor, the TIGER grant program, to which McDanel was no stranger — he was part of a successful bid for one in 2011 as city administrator of Cherryvale, Kansas. Nonetheless, on an extremely tight timeline and an expectation to push phase one forward in 2019, the odds weren’t working in the city’s favor.
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“It was a hopeful prayer that we could get it,” McDanel said. Over the next six weeks, the small staff working on the project built a comprehensive application that fed off the preliminary work that had been done to date. In particular, McDanel pointed to a last-minute approval of a $20,000 cost-benefit study by the City Council. “That’s a big investment for a rural city council to take on a hope that we obtain a grant,” he said, noting that the study still would have been useful even if the city hadn’t won the grant. “So I’m very proud of them to have taken that leap and made that investment, which only elevated our application.” Being almost “shovel-ready,” with years of planning and with a plan in hand on how to complete the project even without federal help, McDanel said, was key to the South Main Corridor Improvement Project becoming one of the four Missouri proposals awarded a BUILD grant in 2018. “We were thankful that our community, our council, had taken steps that made the application easier,” he said. “For instance, we had this traffic study, we had a third of the project designed already. … So we had a good story, and then we got 40 letters of support from local businesses and organizations and legislators, and really put a complete package together for that application.” Winning the $10.4 million award meant that the project was receiving a major shot in the arm, taking what was initially planned as a $12 million outlay from the city that would need to be spread across 10 years, down to a $2 million contribution and the ability to cut construction time down to only 18-24 months. The road ahead But getting the grant also meant city staff had to put the pedal to the metal to meet new deadlines and requirements of multiple levels of state and federal agencies — and work within their constraints. Under the phase-by-phase plan, construction could begin on phase one before phase two design had been completed yet. Now, city staff and SK Design had a year to complete the remaining two-thirds of the plan. “The last year has been a process of designing the remainder of that corridor, and then also working through the procedures with all the oversight organizations now,” McDanel said. “So, again, this is a U.S. Department of Transportation grant, administered by the Federal Highway Administration and the Missouri Department of Transportation.” The design has been completed and submitted for evaluation by MoDOT, and McDanel said the city is now waiting for right-of-way acquisition authority from the agency. When that’s approved, the city will release the final designs and sit down one-on-one with each owner of the 93 properties that line the route to gather feedback, including on plans to make sure drivers can still get into and out of businesses along the stretch. “We will ensure access to every property along the corridor,” McDanel said. “Now, some of that may be combined approaches, it may be temporary gravel … There will be inconvenience.” But the city will work to mitigate that as much as possible, including making sure there are no other major street closures during the construction period — which McDanel said could begin as soon as late summer. The end of 2019 marked the last year of nearmisses in the turn lane, lines of cars backed up at a red light from McDonald’s to Walmart and pedestrians walking to Hy-Vee on a wing and a prayer. And 2020 will begin to show the surest signs of progress: a mess, combined with patience, on its way to becoming something far better than it was before. “The most important thing is, we’ll get through it,” McDanel said. “And when it’s done, we’ll have a fantastic new corridor for this community.”
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The area shaded in red — a 1½-mile stretch of south Main between South Avenue and the U.S. Highway 71 bypass — will undergo a massive reconstruction to address long-standing traffic congestion and pedestrian safety issues. The black circles represent new traffic lights. The white circles mark the location of current traffic lights. The project has been in the works in earnest since 2014.
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A perspective drawing of a section of south Main Street created by SK Design Group for a traffic study commissioned in 2014 that illustrates plans for greenspace, pedestrian walkways and improved landscaping.
The plan also calls for widening the road and adding dedicated turn lanes to some areas and reworking intersections for less congestion.
REDEFINING HEALTHCARE FOR SENIORS A concept drawing from SK Design that shows possible improvements of south Main near the Kawasaki plant.
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Maryville R-II sees district upgrades By SKYE POURNAZARI The Forum
MARYVILLE, Mo. — From the high school parking lot to new custom shelving at the early childhood center, the Maryville R-II school district spent 2019 making upgrades visible to the community and some not quite as noticeable. One of the most obvious updates in the district is the paving of the entire high school parking lot. “We have a tremendous amount of traffic here on a regular day-to-day basis, but then all the special events that we have, athletics and performances, our parking lot was a complete disaster,” said Assistant Superintendent Steve
Klotz. “It’s been a wonderful improvement for our district that I’m sure our patrons are thankful for in terms of wear and tear on their vehicles.” Another of the more visible upgrades the district saw started in 2019 included updates to the green space area behind the stage in the Lee and Nina Schneider Center for the Performing Arts. Originally part of the 2014 bond issue, the project was put on hold due to budget constraints. “As with all big projects like that, things get squeezed based off the budget so we took that out of the original design,” Klotz said. However, the most expensive part of that project, the plumbing which cost about $30,000, did get completed in 2014. This allowed the project, now nearly finished, to be done by district maintenance staff. District maintenance crews have built a lofted area for storage of large set items as well as a restroom, five dressing rooms, areas for make up and costume storage. Improvements weren’t just made at the high school. At the Maryville Early Childhood Center, new custom shelving and cabinets were installed on the preschool side. “With the younger kids, they have different storage needs,” said Klotz. “Everything’s at their height, sinks and drinking fountains, storage for
teachers and (more).” MECC Director Michelle McCollum said the new cabinets offer lower and also handicapped accessible sinks for children in the preschool. The cabinetry work was done by the Cabinet Factory of Maryville. “They were fabulous to work with,” McCollum said. “We’re looking forward to the next phase, which will be on the other side.” She said the difference is very noticible and since seeing the new, it gives teachers and staff new appreciation for them. The old sinks were difficult for the students to use. The faucets had the hot knobs closest to the child, so it provided some difficulties. “It’s just hard for them to turn on,” McCollum said. During the summer the maintenance staff also built another classroom on the kindergarten side, McCollum pointed out. The additional space was much needed. Other work was completed throughout the district and some just started. At the Maryville Middle School, new flooring was installed in the weight room and work began on the Multipurpose Building at the high school. “We’re expanding the concessions area,” said Klotz. “We’re going to add additional restroom space.” Working with the Booster Club, plans have been drawn up for larger and more updated restrooms that will only take a small amount of space from the wrestling practice room. While progress can be seen throughout at the various school buildings, the central office saw a major upgrade, though not quite as visible. The office upgraded its online Board of Education document system to Simbli, which allows the district to share information with its board members. See R-II, B4
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Stairs lead up to the lofted storage area behind the stage at the Lee and Nina Schneider Center for the Performing Arts at Maryville High School. The school district worked through 2019 to upgrade the green space area behind the stage along with many other projects to continuously offer more for students.
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Ten Squared groups provide $102K for local charities Forum file photos
MARYVILLE, Mo. — In just a little more than a year’s time, Ten Squared Men and Ten Squared Women have injected $102,000 into the efforts of nine different charitable efforts in Nodaway County. Each group provided The Maryville Forum with end-of-theyear reports: TEN SQUARED MEN Total donations: $66,800 One Act – $12,600 One Act was a little-known ministry initiated by two amazing
women who had made it their own mission to provide children in area schools with basic hygienic things not being provided at home. Basic needs like deodorant, soap, shampoo, toothpaste and other basic essentials that are needed to function in a school environment are now provided in 12 area schools. “We do a huge drive right before Christmas break to supply students with things that they need — hats, gloves, blankets — while they are away from school.” The Ministry Center – $13,700 Funds provided financial assistance to fully fund the backpack buddies program. This program
provides assistance to area families that cannot provide adequate food for their children when school is not in session. About 150 backpacks are sent home with Nodaway County elementary students every week. “Your gift will feed hungry children in Nodaway County over weekends. On weekends, children do not have access to free/reduced lunches at school. This contribution will empower children to grow up to be strong, healthy members of the community.” Nodaway County Senior Center – $13,500 Funds from Ten Squared Men
on a Mission will be used to enhance the volunteer outreach programs to best impact and serve the senior citizens of the community. This outreach will identify and assist those individuals who could benefit from the senior center, but have not done so before, identify health and nutrition topics, identify social activities adding value to their lives and identity volunteers in town and around the county to assist in providing services.
group plans to use the financial assistance for transportation needs that are currently provided out-ofpocket on a volunteer basis. “Your support ensures that we can provide free, confidential services to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. We provide a safe shelter, help in making safety plans, financial assistance for necessities, counseling, support groups and basic items for starting a new, safe home.”
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Amanda Twaddle, founder of Ten Squared Women on a Mission (second from left) presents an envelope full of $100 checks totaling $8,300 to Gwen Knowles, executive director of The Source Medical Clinic. Also representing The Source, from left, are Anna Teale, client advocate; Shana McVinua, RN; and Jen Jensen, client advocate.
Ten Squared Women of Nodaway County presented a check for $9,200 to Santa Cops For Kids in October 2019. Pictured are, from left, James Duncan, Maryville Treatment Center; Amanda Twaddle, Ten Squared Women; Ian Meyers, Maryville Public Safety, holding son, Beckett; Kyle Hoyt, Northwest Missouri State UPD; Shadoe Miller, UPD; and Maryville R-II Schools Superintendent Becky Albrecht.
One Act, an effort to provide basic needs to school-aged children in and around Nodaway County, was chosen as the first recipient of funding from Ten Squared Men on a Mission. Pictured are, from left, Megan Dennis and Samantha Raasch with One Act and Jeff Von Behren and John Teale, members of Ten Squared Men. The $12,600 represents $100 each from the group’s 126 members.
Ten Squared Men recently voted to donate $13,300, made up of $100 checks from each of its 133 members, to the Children and Family Center, a shelter for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. Pictured from left are: Abbie Stoll, Jeanine Montgomery, Meghann Kosman, Linda Mattson and Julia Day, all affiliated with the center, Eric Henry and John Teale with Ten Squared Men and Kay Wilson, president of the center’s board of directors.
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drop-off area along with additional important cancer patient care services. “These services will include fuel cards for transportation assistance, monthly meals and medical equipment assistance. The funds will impact the lives across northwest Missouri and southern Iowa as we work to mitigate financial hardships along their cancer journey.”
Ten Squared Women of Nodaway County recently met for its second quarter meeting and chose Lettuce Dream as the recipient of $8,300. Pictured here is Ten Squared Women Coordinator Amanda Twaddle, holding check at right, with employees and leadership of Lettuce Dream.
TEN SQUARED WOMEN Total donations: $35,200 The Source Medical Clinic – $8,300 The Source Medical Clinic aims to empower men and women through education and medical services. The effort provides acute pregnancy-related care, STI testing and treatment, and an education and support system for families experiencing pregnancy in northwest Missouri. “The donation is significant because we were able to purchase the new curriculum and related items that we were not able to from our original budget. The money was also used in our Journey’s program which provides education and practical goods to expecting moms and families. Our moms and dads are very grateful for material gifts, but the gift of education and support is lifelong, and priceless, for the families and for our community at large.” Lettuce Dream – $8,300 Lettuce Dream, a social enterprise engaged in hydroponic farming, exists to provide meaningful employment and job training programs for persons with cognitive or developmental disabilities so that they may enjoy the benefits of living, working and fully participating in the community. “This donation has gone directly towards supporting our mission of helping people with disabilities find inclusion opportunities in our community. We were able to purchase an agency management system that has improved productivity and the quality of service for the people we support. The money provided by Ten Squared Women will help Lettuce Dream pay for the cost of the agency system for the next three to four years,” said Charlie Clodfelter, director of Lettuce Dream. Spoofy Beans – $8,400 The Maryville High School Entrepreneurship class created a business called Spoofy Beans in which classmates get to make products, such as beverages and snacks that they sell to the staff and community members. This organization teaches business skills and the profits go directly back into the program for more opportunities and supplies for the future. “The donation from Ten Squared to Spoofy Beans provided a huge kitchen (remodel) renovation. The donation means the world to this group. This will impact students for years and years to come. This workspace allows students in small groups to work on postsecondary job skills. It also has allowed them to serve more customers efficiently in their student-led coffee business,” said Candace & Alexis Boeh, leaders of Spoofy Beans. Santa Cops – $9,200 Santa Cops is a local organization of law enforce-
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Megan Jennings, third from left, Director of Development for St. Francis Foundation, accepts a check for $13,500 from John Teale, fourth from left, with Ten Squared Men on a Mission. Also pictured are Larry Mannasmith with the St. Francis Foundation; Debbie Hoffman, Vice President of Patient Services for Mosaic Medical Center – Maryville; Doug Sutton, representing St. Francis Foundation; and Nate Blackford, President of Mosaic Medical Center – Maryville. ment officers who raise money to fund a unique, positive Christmas experience for young children. Officers accompany a child on a shopping trip, provid-
ing them with money to purchase gifts. The officer helps the child make selections and work within a budget. Outside the holiday season, the Santa Cops also
Maryville High School students are shown with Ten Squared Women representatives in April 2019. The Spoofy Beans coffee service, run by the students received checks totaling $8,400 from the local women’s organization. Shown in the front row, from left: Aaron Losh, Carleigh Losh, Jesse Aley and Joe Marez; in the back row from left: Amanda Twaddle, with Ten Squared Women; Jacob Strunk; Angel McCallan; Matthew Belanger; Olivia Goudge; Amy Gessert, with 10 Squared Women; and Joleen Dieker. Students benefiting from this program, but not pictured are: Evan Vore, Ethan Vore, Creed Fox, Matthew Henggeler and Dakota Mackey.
help needy children in emergency situations, as funds allow. “Donations will help provide a fun shopping experience for needy children and
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The old shelving located on the kindergarten side of the Maryville Early Childhood center is shown on the left. The new shelving installed in 2019 is shown on the right with a sink that is handicapped accessible. BELOW LEFT: A new sink is shown Monday at the MECC.
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The online platform allows board members to access and share work with each other, administrators and the community. “We made the change to the Simbli system as a way to improve communication and be more transparent,” Superintendent Becky Albrecht told The Forum in December. “(We) hope that it’s easy to use and informative.” Technology upgrades Klotz plays a large role in handling the school district’s technology needs. In 2019, the district saw a large upgrade that aligned all the switches and access points under the same brand, Ubiquiti. “It makes it much easier for us to troubleshoot and solve issues as they arise,” said Klotz. Still upcoming in March 2020, he said the district plans to shift from its longtime broadband internet provider
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‘Our teachers work hard to adjust their curriculum and experiences that they have students do in their classrooms that are going to prepare them to be successful.’ ‑ Steve Klotz
Assistant Superintendent Maryville R-II School District
Morenet to a new one Bluebird. As Morenet’s price point increased due to less federal funding, Klotz explained the district decided to seek more competitive bids for internet service. In March the district, will see an increase in its connection from 250 megabyte, to a full 1 gigabyte, which is “about four times the size of pipe that we’ll have coming into the district,” he said. “That’s an exciting thing for our students and our staff and actually all of our visitors,” Klotz said. “We have open Wi-Fi for people when they’re here.” Another new piece of technology that reaches into the community is the
HUDL camera installed in the high school gym. It allows live streaming of games on YouTube for parents or community members who want to watch from another location. “All of our indoor volleyball, basketball … it’s a live channel on YouTube for anybody in the world to see,” Klotz said. PBL training About 25 area teachers went through project based learning training through the Northwest Missouri Regional Professional Development Center to learn new ways to teach skills in the classroom that are sought
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by employers in the area. Klotz explained that through the summer program, teachers went out into the community to see just want kinds of skills are useful to local business owners and employers. “So when they’re doing a lesson in fourth grade they’re working on skills that they know a future employer is going to need to have that same kind of skill set,” he said. Klotz said 2019 was a very productive year and that the expectations of what is required of a school evolve, the Maryville R-II school district works hard to keep moving forward. “Our teachers work hard to adjust their curriculum and experiences that they have students do in their classrooms that are going to prepare them to be successful,” he said. “Whether they choose college or career, either way we hope that they’re ready to do that.”
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ABOVE LEFT: Five dressing rooms will be available in the new green space area of the Lee and Nina Schneider Center for the Performing Arts at the Maryville High School. ABOVE: Randy Ward works last week in the new green space area behind the stage at the Lee and Nina Schneider Center for the Performing Arts at the Maryville High School. The Maryville R-II school district is working to update the facility as originally planned in 2014. LEFT: A rest room also has been created in the green space behind the stage at the Lee and Nina Schneider Center for the Performing Arts at the Maryville High School. PHOTOS BY SKYE POURNAZARI THE FORUM
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Library presses ahead on tech upgrades MPL ties goals to identified community needs
MARYVILLE, Mo. — Public library use tends to rise and fall inversely with current economic conditions, so with the economy relatively healthy and unemployment down, the Maryville Public Library is using a plateau in library checkout numbers as a chance to update equipment and software, and to chip away at a list of maintenance projects within and around its 108-year-old building on Fifth and Main streets. “It wasn’t surprising when just over 10 years ago, we started repeatedly breaking our longtime records in terms of checkouts, program participation, and public PC logins,” said Maryville Public Library Director Stephanie Patterson. “We were in the wake of a recession. So for the library staff, it was all hands on deck.” Patterson added the library also saw local library need rise when the Missouri Parents as Teachers Association took a big funding cut in 2010; and then again in 2013 when the local Energizer plant closed.
Meme Walker is shown recently using a computer at the Maryville Public Library. Despite recent years of economic recovery, circulation statistics remain consistently higher than pre-2008 levels. But that doesn’t mean there hasn’t been change. According to Patterson, out of the library’s more than 72,000 checkouts last year, just over 16 percent were ebooks and downloadable audiobooks.
“From what we see, the heaviest users of library ebooks are over the age of 60,” she says. “And even with the huge strides made in bringing broadband to rural Missouri, the public library still serves as the primary source of internet access for a fair number of Nodaway County residents and visitors.”
‘And even with the huge strides made in bringing broadband to rural Missouri, the public library still serves as the primary source of internet access for a fair number of Nodaway County residents and visitors.’ ‑ Stephanie Patterson
Maryville Public Library Director
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Consequently, the skills needed by frontline library staff have decisively shifted from adult readers’ advisory to eReader help and basic PC troubleshooting. “Anyone with a combination of experience in technology skills instruction and serving the baby boomer generation could be a valuable asset for public libraries in the years to come,” said Patterson. With library use healthy and stable, the grants and fundraising efforts the library have been pursuing from 2019 and into 2020, are specifically aimed at replacing aging technology and building infrastructure. In 2019, a Gladys Rickard grant was used to replace the
building’s main network switch, install a SmartTV screen in the public conference room, and upgrade three public wireless access points and two children’s learning PCs. Meanwhile, library operating funds were tapped to replace a segment of deteriorating water line with new copper pipe to supply water to the building’s two public restrooms. In 2020, the library plans to replace ten outdated adult public use PCs and three staff PCs behind the circulation desk. Patterson has applied for a Library Services and Technology Act grant to fund up to three-quarters of the estimated $19,000 cost. Friends and Foundation funds are expected to pick up the remaining balance. Heading into the next decade, Patterson foresees some hard decisions for library board members in determining how to most effectively use and maintain the library’s public space. Patterson adds the renewed emphasis the city of Maryville plans to make on downtown development offers hope. “At this point, what we really need is a facilities maintenance consultant,” Patterson said. “It’s our wish to move from a reactive to a proactive position in protecting the library’s capital assets and maintaining a safe and useful building and grounds.” Since library operations are nearly 90 percent funded by Maryville property tax payers, the health of the library is tethered to a sustainable Maryville economy and the library’s mission is built upon the success of local community members in achieving their professional, educational, and personal learning goals. “Like most organizations,” Patterson said. “We’ll be wise to remind ourselves the building that
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The Argo siblings, Ryker, left, Gabrielle and Gracen, sit behind a table filled with pastries offered by their home-based business, Sweet Argo Confections, during the 2019 Children’s Business Fair at the Maryville Public Library. houses our operations must serve our mission, and not the other way around.” Patterson says she and the support staff work to keep their efforts guided by real community needs they see in Maryville, with an emphasis on supporting local and regional economic development goals like those identified by Northwest Missouri Regional Council of Governments. “We’ve learned to not jump at every idea and library trend that comes our way,” she said. “That’s why
we’re the only library I know of that hosts a Children’s Business Fair. It’s also why we’ve stayed exceptionally strong in early literacy skills programming. On the national level, strong early literacy efforts have been linked to strong workforce development. Meanwhile, our middle grade program efforts now lean heavier on technology, engineering, and science because those are skills Nodaway County Economic Development has identified as deficient in our area.”
Stephanie Patterson Director Maryville Public Library
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The Maryville Public Library Board of Trustees is shown during a 2017 meeting in the Ruth Robb Price Conference Room.
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State of Mozingo Lake Recreation Park The start of a new year always brings a chance to reflect on accomplishments and discuss opportunities for the new year. Advancing Mozingo Lake Recreation’s position as a tourism driver for the local economy continues to be a priority for the Advisory Board and City Council. As always, the City of Maryville and Mozingo Lake Recreation Park want to thank the citizens of Maryville and visitors for their continued support of Mozingo Lake Recreation Park!
Event Center It’s hard to believe, but on January 2nd, the Mozingo Event Center turned two years old. Since opening, our staff continues to grow and learn nuances of the facility, logistics of various events, and what opportunities are available for the future. In 2019, there were over 200 events held at the facility with an estimated 12,000+ event attendees! While weddings continue to be the most popular event, the Event Center hosted various corporate functions, trainings, seminars, family reunions and bridal showers. The Event Center’s premier, yet flexible space, can accommodate both large and small groups with multiple layouts - with banquet seating for up to 500 persons. The event space is complemented by scenic lake views and direct access to the award-winning Sechrest 18 and Watson 9 golf courses, William Coy’s Farm-to-Table Restaurant, and Cobblestone Inn & Suites. The events center lawn and stage can also be rented to provide your event a unique outdoor setting overlooking the lake. Many guests spend time on the events lawn or the facility’s large wrap around deck watching golf activities or a beautiful sunset. Our dedicated and professional staff is ready and eager to ensure your next event is a success. Please contact us to discuss your options!
The Bays at Mozingo Located on the lower level of the Event Center,
the Bays at Mozingo is ready for golfers of all skill levels or anyone simply looking to have fun. The Bays are equipped with two top of the line golf simulators for an entertainment option not found anywhere else in northwest Missouri. With 63 courses, driving range, and various games to choose from, the simulators are the perfect lowpressure activity to fine tune your golf game, take lessons, or experience your first swing of a club. The Bays at Mozingo is also an excellent venue for birthday parties or for watching the “big game”. The simulators can stream live TV, making them an ideal venue for your next gathering of family and friends. Your favorite gaming console can also utilize The Bays to create a massive 120-inch gaming experience. The Bays can affordably be rented on an hourly or daily basis through the golf pro shop. Golf clubs are provided, but guests are also welcome to bring their own. Did we mention you can order food and drinks from the restaurant while using The Bays? In 2019, The Bays were rented for around
600-plus hours and assisted in providing critical instruction to youth and junior golf programs.
Golfing This past year, the Sechrest 18 golf course at Mozingo Lake Recreation Park was ranked as the #2 golf course in Missouri by Golf Advisor, which is owned by the Golf Channel. The ranking is based upon reviews provided by golfers who have actually played the course. Ranking factors include the condition of the course, customer service, amenities, and overall golfing experience. Over the past three years, the Sechrest 18 has risen twelve spots in the rankings to its current #2 rank. We are proud of the ranking and will continue efforts to earn the ranking of the #1 golf course in Missouri!
RV Camping In 2019, the City began engineering for improvements and expansion to the RV camping areas a Mozingo. Expansion includes significant investment in infrastructure and utilities to service new sites. The FY’20 Budget includes funds to grade new sites, add a second sanitary sewer dump station, and create a new beach area. We appreciate your patience during this process and your commitment to stay with us as we make improvements!
Let Us Know What You Think This year marks the 25th anniversary of Mozingo Lake! To honor and celebrate its’ history, we will be announcing big plans for the upcoming summer soon. While we follow the vision of the Maryville Comprehensive Plan and Mozingo Master Plan, a good source of information on park needs, improvements, and programs comes from your input. Every suggestion will be considered and is appreciated. We urge all citizens and park users to contact staff any time at 660-562-2323 or through www.mozingolake.com.