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University Village Demolition to begin Monday

University Village Apartments
Miranda Metheny
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KBIA

Demolition is scheduled to begin Monday at the University Village Apartment Complex on South Providence Road in Columbia, according to the Columbia Tribune.

11 of the 14 buildings in the 57-year old complex will be torn down by Marschel Wrecking of Fenton who won the bid for the demolition.

Lt. Bruce Britt, a 23-year veteran of the Columbia Fire Department, died in February as he attempted to rescue residents trapped by a walkway collapse at University Village Apartments.

The University of Missouri is currently involved in a wrongful death suit over the accident. A 2008 university report recommended demolishing the complex.

Abigail Keel is a senior student at the Missouri School of Journalism. She is originally from St. Louis, Missouri and grew up hating the drone of public radio in her parent's car. In high school, she had a job picking up trash in a park where she listened to podcasts for entertainment and made a permanent switch to public-radio lover. She's volunteered and interned for Third Coast International Audio Festival in Chicago, IL, and worked on the KBIA shows Faith and Values, Intersection and CoMO Explained.
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