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December 30, 2008
Wind storm rips through Excelsior
Dozens of Excelsior Springs residents were awakened by what sounded like a wall of wind in the early morning hours of Saturday, Dec. 27, and that wind -- coupled with heavy rain and some thunder and lightning -- caused damage in neighborhoods all throughout the community.
Saturday morning, many were out surveying the damage. For the most part, the after effects were limited to downed limbs and branches, but in a few places entire trees had become uprooted. In some cases, the limbs had damaged homes, outbuildings and vehicles.
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December 26, 2008
Hospital addition opens Monday
More than a year after it was begun, the $9 million, 28,000-square-foot addition to Excelsior Springs Medical Center will finally open its doors to the public on Monday, Dec. 29.
The opening, just in time for the new year, represents a major expansion for the hospital -- one of many undertaken in recent years.
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December 23, 2008
Clay, Ray get grants for repairs
Gov. Matt Blunt announced last week that 18 Missouri counties will receive a total of $1 million to help preserve the state's heritage and revitalize its historic city and county centers.
Clay County and Ray County are among the proposed recipients for the grant, which is part of the Missouri Heritage Properties Building, a project seeking to help preserved publicly-owned historic buildings.
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December 19, 2008
Estimates, bids show disparity
The Excelsior Springs City Council got a little shock to the system Monday night when bids to reconstruct the Marietta Street bridge over the Fishing River came in at nearly 150 percent of the estimate provided by the engineers -- then were surprised when the bids to straighten McCleary Road came in at only 65 percent of the engineers' estimate.
The bridge project had been assigned a price tag of $550,594.50 by engineers at Shafer, Kline & Warren, but the lowest bid for the project came from Boone Construction -- at a whopping $757,580.50.
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December 16, 2008
Council moves on big-ticket items
At last week's Clay County Economic Development Council annual luncheon, Councilman Sonny Parker said someone quipped that last year, then-Mayor Jim Nelson proclaimed that Excelsior Springs "chose not to participate in the recession."
The Excelsior Springs City Council endorsed this view Monday night, moving ahead on projects including the reconstruction of the Marietta Street bridge over the Fishing River, at a cost of more than $750,000; a rerouting of McCleary Road, for more than $375,000; the sale and redevelopment of the Elms Resort & Spa, which could cost $3 million and $9 million, respectively; and the addition of a six-screen movie theater, hotel and retail space totaling as much as $14 million.
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December 12, 2008
Two local businesses earn awards
Excelsior Springs Medical Center and EXT Plastics were among 16 Clay County businesses honored at the Clay County Economic Development Council's annual Keystone Awards Luncheon this week.
The luncheon, held Tuesday at Harrah's Hotel, recognized businesses that have contributed to Clay County's economy during the past year. Using an array of criteria, the CCEDC chose the recipients for investing in their businesses and the county by adding workers, adding to or improving equipment or building new or expanded sites for their operations.
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December 9, 2008
Board split on upgrade
All seven members of the Excelsior Springs Board of Education agreed that the commons area at Excelsior Springs High School probably needs a better audio-visual system, but only five of them thought it should be done right now.
The board split along gender lines Monday night in voting for the upgrade, which would place half a dozen plasma-screen televisions, closed-circuit TV wiring, a new sound system and other components in the commons at a price of more than $50,000.
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December 5, 2008
MWB weekend kicks off with After Hours
A year's worth of planning by the Excelsior Springs Quarterback Club began
to come to fruition Thursday night, as Mineral Water Bowl weekend started off with an After Hours reception.
Excelsior Springs Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Terry Smelcer and Mineral Water Bowl Chairman Roger Siegel spoke briefly, welcoming the Griffons from Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph and the Vikings from Augustana College in Sioux Falls, S.D.
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December 2, 2008
Commission endorses TIF proposals
The Tax Increment Financing Commission Monday afternoon voted unanimously to support an amendment to an existing TIF plan, plus two new TIF plans, that will clear the way for major developments in Excelsior Springs.
The commission voted 8-0 to allow the Elms Resort & Spa to split off from the Wal-Mart/Downtown Tax Increment Financing Plan, and also to approve a complex new TIF plan that will allow a New York-based real estate development, construction and management firm to purchase and renovate the historic but aging hotel.
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