Highway commission gets an earful

LAKE OF THE OZARKS - Several lake area groups organizing efforts to continue highway improvements went before the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission with the same message. They've partnered before and want to do it again.
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Lake News Focus: Hwy 54

By Ceil Abbott

When the Highway 54 expressway is completed in December 2010, travelers will be able to pass through Osage Beach at 65-miles-per-hour, while local drivers will be able to enter or exit the high-speed roadway at any of six separate locations. more

Lake Ozark Gets Look at Interior Development Plan

Project would bring 2,780 jobs, 3,689 more residents and over $78.7 million in additional revenue from within the district over the next 23 years, backers say
By Justin Ludwig/Lake Sun
June 19, 2006

LAKE OZARK - Developers submitted what would be the biggest development in the city’s history late last week as they unvieled detailed project plans for the Horseshoe Bend Interior District. more

Lake Ozark forms TIF Commission

First TIF district proposal expected to encompass 450 acres; city administrator favors swift action before formal change in state law

By Justin Ludwig/Lake Sun
Published: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 1:03 AM CDT

LAKE OZARK — Officials and appointees formed the Lake Ozark Tax Increment Financing Commission on Thursday. With the help of the TIF commission, the City of Lake Ozark’s valuation will soon grow from $50 million to $500 million, City Administrator Charles Clark said during an opening address to commissioners. more

River parcel the key to Lake Ozark plan
City's untapped interior development hinges on 18 acres along Osage River leased by AmerenUE to American Legion Post, officials say

By Joyce L. Miller/Lake Sun
Published: Thursday, January 11, 2007

LAKE OZARK ' The potential for transforming more than 1,200 acres of the city into a sprawling retail, commercial and residential area may rest on a small parcel of land that sits below Bagnell Dam on the Osage River. more