Webb City seeks to play of Route 66 heritage

The Route 66 town of Webb City, Mo., has some ideas on how to revitalize its downtown, and Chuck Surface, economic development director, says playing up its Route 66 roots is one of them, reports the Joplin Globe.

One vision, Surface said, is to turn the city’s east entrance at Broadway and Daugherty streets into a Route 66 park and visitor center, where motorists could get information on what Webb City has to offer.

Another vision involves the former gas station one block west of Main and Broadway streets, Surface said. The property would be ideally suited for the office of the city’s downtown manager, a position yet to be created, he said.

Funds for the projects could come from state grants, he said.

The city in October also created a Historic Preservation Commission, which could approve construction or renovation plans in town and keep a historic property’s theme as much as possible.

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