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Springfield, MO
General contractor: DeWitt & Associates Inc.
Architect: Esterly Schneider & Associates Inc.
Engineers: Own Inc., civil; JS Smith Consulting Engineers PC, structural; and Smith-Goth Engineers Inc., mechanical, electrical and plumbing
Size: 8,250 square feet
Cost: $4.1 million
Estimated completion: September
Description: The Federal Emergency Management Agency-rated facility will provide 911 dispatching workstations, administrative offices, a training area, kitchen, quiet rooms and locker-room facilities. The center owned by the Lawrence County Emergency Services Board will handle calls for all of Lawrence County and dispatch law enforcement, fire and medical services.
Plaza Shopping Center gained an arcade with the March 1 opening of The Flying Lap LLC; the repurposing of space operated by Burrell Behavioral Health resulted in the March 18 opening of the company’s second autism center; and a group of downtown business owners teamed up to reopen J.O.B. Public House.