For historic preservation developer Greg Rodewald, it pays to read the newspaper.
While in town over the Thanksgiving holiday visiting his sister, the Sedalia native read an article written by Democrat Managing Editor Dennis Rich about the historic Missouri Trust Building at Fourth Street and Ohio Avenue, which has sat vacant since 1997.
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