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According to City Attorney Peter Edwards the land will be available to acquire after it goes through Joplin’s surplus property protocol.
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According to the National Homeless Coalition each individual who is homeless costs a community 35,000 per year. These costs are primarily associated with police involvement, incarceration, emergency room, and hospital visits. Housing twenty individuals can save our community over $700,000 annually.
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When CHPPGP’s opens it's fourth Kansas clinic, the Pittsburg Health Center it'll provide services including abortion (medication and procedural), contraception, emergency contraception (morning-after pill), STI and HIV testing and treatment, and pregnancy testing and services.
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According to SFS Architects the city has three options regarding Memorial Hall. Stabilize and mothball the structure for $8.7 million. Rehabilitate and make the building suitable for the public for a price of at least 28 million dollars. Or pay $4.8 million to demolish the 100-year-old hall and make plans for the site's future use.
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The new fire headquarters is currently estimated to cost $19 million, while the new police department is calculated to cost as high as $44.8 million and a new structure for the courts department will cost residents about $4.5 million.
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Fewer than two weeks after Joplin residents elected new council members, that body will continue discussions that will reshape downtown Joplin for decades.
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Pearson has held numerous positions in law enforcement in a career that has spanned 31 years, however, this is the first time he's been a Police Chief. He revealed Saturday at an event hosted by Joplin’s NAACP at the Boys and Girls Club that when interviewing for the position he was “just being himself” because he didn’t think he had a chance of being hired.
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The job of Public Information Officer in small towns and large cities is as diverse as the populations who live there. From being the primary media contact to writing press releases, and conducting interviews in good and bad times the PIO is often the public face and voice of the city.
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Four seats, two general and two zone seats are up for reelection next April. All four are for four-year terms.
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According to data compiled by Sharity, children are the most affected group of homeless individuals in Joplin at 65%, or 460 children. While adults between the ages of 18 and 64 years old are the second largest group of homeless individuals at 34% or 189 people.