As the Columbia City Council considers a halt on downtown demolitions, we explore the factors that are leading to the recent spate of new development, and take a look at the future of Columbia’s downtown area. | Panelists: Brent Gardner, chairman of the Downtown Columbia Leadership Council and member of the historic preservation commission Barbara Hoppe, Columbia City Council representative for the sixth ward Craig van Matre, attorney representing several developers including the Odles, who built the Brookside student housing complexes in downtown Columbia Brandt Stiles, director of development for Collegiate Housing Partners, a St. Louis-based group seeking to build student housing on the Niedermeyer site in downtown Columbia (joining by phone) |