Thursday 28th March 2024

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During the Develop Saline County Advisory Board quarterly meeting this week, Marshall-Saline Development Corporation Executive Director Cydney Mayfield gave an update on the progress of the effort to get a Regional Welcome Center to be erected at Marshall Junction.

Mayfield said she is now working with Lucas to prepare some of the language in the grant regarding some of the economic impact the county has endured over the years; how the regional welcome center will highlight the area and how that will alleviate some of the economic impact for not just Saline County but surrounding counties, as well.

Mayfield says this Welcome Center is not going to be designed to be just a bathroom break. It will be much more.

Mayfield says one of the highlights of having a Regional Welcome Center is that any area that receives tourism dollars from the state of Missouri- within 50 miles- is required by law to place brochures in the facility’s repository.

Mayfield further explained the particulars of the grant and overall cost.