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Comment: If old courthouse pays bills, safe access is a must Problem not in preserving old Adair County Courthouse, but on finding a way to help it pay the bills. Safe access is a major issue, writer says By Billy Joe Fudge I appreciate Rachel Lyon's comments about Columbia and our very special Adair County Courthouse. She is right and I think that nearly every Adair Countian whether they live here or somewhere else would agree with her. The Adair County Courthouse is what makes Downtown Columbia something special. The problem is not in preserving the Courthouse but in making it pay the bills, so to speak. I agree with Judge Melton and our Fiscal Court that it needs to be an asset, but just standing there in all its glory will not pay the bills. I believe it matters not what is inside as long as it remains so dangerously inaccessible. In other words, for the Courthouse to turn a profit it must become accessible. Leasing the Courthouse in the past as government office space helped pay the bills. Those days are over concerning government entities because the Adair County Annex and the new Justice Center are taking those customers. The only folks going to the Courthouse now do so only on a need to basis. I submit to you that probably not over 10 people a day go there to just "hang out" and probably the same 10 go every day. Hardly a day goes by that I don't see someone running to the Courthouse or caught on a crosswalk with a vehicle passing in front or behind. Two lanes of traffic, an excessive 25 mph speed limit, eighteen wheelers and tri-axles circling the Courthouse, eighteen wheelers and tri-axles parked on the square, and vehicles charging across all our Downtown crosswalks like they were some kind of finish line will continue to be a pedestrian nightmare and an impediment to revitalization. Accessibility, safety, and a pleasant, park like, comfortable atmosphere will bring folks to the Adair County Courthouse and Downtown Columbia to visit, live, and shop. This story was posted on 2009-06-01 06:20:44
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