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This Underrated Missouri City Is Where Gen Z Can Actually Afford Their First Dream Home
Nobody hands you a map to the good life anymore, but if they did, there’s a solid chance it would have a pin dropped right on Joplin, Missouri. This city in the southwest corner of the state has quietly become one of the most compelling places in America for Gen Z buyers who are done watching their homeownership dreams get priced out of existence.
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New housing builds surge in Lamar
LAMAR, Mo. — New housing developments are on the rise in one local community. “So Lamar received an uptick in houses being built.”. Lamar City Administrator Rusty Rives says 12 houses are either finished or in the process of being built. That’s nearly half the number of homes built over several years combined.
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Renter difficulties in Joplin
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The Best City In America For Gen Z Homebuyers Is Hiding Right Here In Missouri
Every generation gets one city that feels like it was built just for them, and for Gen Z, that city is Joplin, Missouri. Forget everything you think you know about small Midwestern towns, because Joplin is quietly rewriting the rulebook on what it means to be an affordable, livable, and genuinely exciting place to call home.
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Melugin building buyer backs out; it’s still for sale
The Webb City Council completed passage of an ordinance rezoning a large metal-front building at 220 N. Madison St., but the request for a special use permit was withdrawn. Duane Melugin, of DRM Industries, thought he had sold the 22,500-square-foot building, including three apartments, to become a flea market. But his real estate agent informed the city council on Monday that the buyer has backed out.
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Housing costs rise as grocery and gas prices climb
(KODE/KSNF) — Organizations assisting low-income households are seeing an increase in people needing help as gas and groceries continue to increase in cost. “There’s also a shortage of affordable housing in our region right now, and it’s a struggle nationwide, it’s not just unique to Joplin,” said One Joplin Executive Director Nicole Brown. “If your housing is not stable, nothing in your life is going to feel stable.”
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Lawsuit challenging Willard subdivision rezoning finally progresses
Months after a lawsuit was filed challenging a rezoning for a new subdivision outside Willard, the case is finally moving forward. In June, Greene County Commission approved the rezoning of 14.3 acres of vacant property northeast of the intersection of North State Highway AB and State Highway EE. Shortly after, Larry and Jaquelyn Gray, who own property directly across AB from the property, asked the Greene County Associate Circuit Court to review and reverse the rezoning. The rezoning allowed for smaller lot sizes for a portion of a new single-family subdivision, dubbed Auburn Meadows. The rezoning was sought by Springfield Councilman Derek Lee, the owner and developer of the property through the Willard80 LLC. While the initial legal action filed by the Grays did not include Lee or his LLC, at a hearing on Tuesday, Sept. 29, he was approved to intervene in the case without objection from either party. The motion to allow him to join the case noted that as the property owner Lee has obvious interest in the matter, the undoing of the rezoning would require him to spend additional resources and without his involvement in the case, his interests would not be properly represented or defended.
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There's a buyer for the machine shop on Madison, if the zoning can be fixed
A fancy flea market and boutique are planned to replace the Spike’s Tool and Die shop at 220 N. Madison St., pending rezoning. Duane Melugin, of DRM Industries, told the Webb City Planning and Zoning Commission on Monday that the machine shop started by his father has been in the metal building in question since 1967. He also owns a parking lot across Madison Street.
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A Tiny Missouri Town You’ve Probably Never Heard Of Was Just Named One Of The Happiest In The Country
Nobody sits down and decides to make a happy town. It just happens, slowly, through good decisions and good people and the kind of accumulated goodwill that takes generations to build, and Carthage, Missouri has been building it for a very long time. Tucked into the southwestern corner of the...
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New owners plan to restore former demolition candidate
Remember almost two years ago when the Webb City Council was prepared to spend close to $50,000 to demolish the historic building on North Main Street, commonly known as the old Clawpaws building?. The council was not convinced that the owner, Jennifer Sexton, of Diamond, would follow through on her...