The kids are alright

According to the Joplin (Mo.) Globe, a bunch of Drury University architecture students hired by the nearby Route 66 town of Webb City is about to provide conceptual drawings of what Main Street should look like.

Chuck Surface, Webb City director of economic development, said anyone who is interested in Webb City, its downtown or Route 66 history might want to attend the meeting at 2 p.m. Friday in the council chambers at City Hall, 200 S. Main St.

“We don’t just want downtown folks, and merchants and property owners, but also the general public to come,” Surface said. “There are a lot of people interested in the downtown area.”

The presentation will feature a room full of renderings for the city’s potential face-lift, Surface said.

“I’ve seen a little bit of what they’re proposing for the Route 66 theme, and everybody I’ve shown it to has loved it,” he said.

It’s gratifying to learn that these youngsters latched on to Webb City’s Route 66 history in the designs.

Apparently Drury isn’t a newcomer in this field. In the past two decades, its architecture students have performed 75 such downtown projects.

A final report on the revitalization proposal is expected in May.

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