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Yahoo
28-04-2025
- General
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Joplin's Main Street to be revamped with new surface and lights
JOPLIN, Mo. — Joplin drivers can look forward to an upgraded route down Main Street. The City of Joplin is in the design phase to overhaul seven blocks of Main includes a new street surface, sidewalks and lighting. Joplin's Main Street to be revamped with new surface and lights Joplin Blood Center of the Ozarks relocates Recall campaign against Joplin councilman suspended Public joins Rotary Clubs to celebrate International Sculpture Day Over 800 participate in Freeman 5k and Walk for Autism City workers point out this project will connect previous streetscaping – completing Main Street improvements from First through 32nd Streets. 'We're going to fix a lot of drainage issues, the lighting will be improved. And this will make the whole street – this is the last piece to make the whole street nicer,' said Dan Johnson, Joplin Public Works Dir. The overall project is expected to cost about $6 million – with half of the funding coming from federal grants. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
28-04-2025
- Health
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Joplin Blood Center of the Ozarks relocates
JOPLIN, Mo. — It's a change for the Community Blood Center of the Ozarks. Its donor center in Joplin closed last week inside Northpark Mall after an almost 20-year run. Monday, it opened at its new location at 2318 Suite-D East 32nd Street. It's the building that sits across the street from the shopping strip where, in part, Big Biscuit and the UPS Store are located. Joplin's Main Street to be revamped with new surface and lights Joplin Blood Center of the Ozarks relocates Recall campaign against Joplin councilman suspended Public joins Rotary Clubs to celebrate International Sculpture Day Over 800 participate in Freeman 5k and Walk for Autism The move has been a couple of years in the making. This facility can handle more donors at once. 'So the purpose for the move was to expand and be able to collect more blood donations at one time. So we have — went from four donor beds to eight donor beds. That is beneficial to meet the local need of the hospitals that we service, so that we can get to the collection we need of 200 blood donations a day,' said Michelle Teter, CBCO Field Representative. Folks interested in donating can check out the organization's locations and hours here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
