It looks like some of the people living downtown here in Columbia, Mo. aren't quite as hip as they thought they were. In today's online Columbia Tribune there is an article about a business owner who lives above his work and has been complaining about the noise level coming across the street from Shiloh, one of the main college bars in town. It turns out this guy has complained a few times and sound ordinance violations have been handed down to Shiloh. The owner of the bar decided to take a quick temporary fix and erected a plywood wall between his establishment and main downtown thoroughfare. There is no better way to say Mid-Missouri to visitors and tourists than sheets of plywood side by side hiding downtown restaurants.
What irks me is what do you expect when you live downtown in a college town!?! Columbia is in a major push to get people to live downtown in lofts and apartments, but the bars, restaurants, and shops are also a vital part of The District's economy. Local leaders are going to have to decide how to work this out and change the city ordinances to realize that nightlife on the weekends is not quiet. For the meantime downtown residents are going to have to go out and buy some noisemakers and rainmakers.
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Crap! When I saw the wall, from the street, the other day I figgered they were doing some cool construction behind there. Nope.
Shiloh, that looks like a great place to run from and catch the bus late some Friday night.
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