I’m sure you all read the story in the weekend edition of The Sedalia Democrat about the Downtown Business Boosters, one of the newer groups doing their part to revitalize downtown Sedalia.
It’s great that some of the business owners of Sedalia decided to get together and do something. They have good ideas, and I think we’d all like to see downtown Sedalia thrive.
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