Barn Quilts of the Boonslick 2022

TABLE OF CONTENTS

4 Saline County Map of Barn Quilt Locations 5 Saline County Barn Quilt Listings 9 Saline County Events 11 Marshall 13 Arrow Rock 15 Howard County Map of Barn Quilt Locations 16 Howard County Barn Quilt Listings 19 Howard County Events 20 Boonslick Area Map of Barn Quilt Locations 22 Fayette 24 Glasgow 26 New Franklin 27 Rocheport 28 Cooper County Map of Barn Quilt Locations 29 Cooper County Barn Quilt Listings 33 Cooper County Events, Hannah Cole 34 Boonville 35 Boonville Attractions

A video touting small-town life, a strong sense of community, and business opportunities in Sweet Springs aimed to get the attention of HGTV’s “Hometown Takeover” production team in February 2020. Even though the production team passed on the pitch, the energy and enthu siasm generated in the community and among members of Sweet Springs Restoration Founda tion Inc. sparked the Saline County town’s off and-on revitalization dreams. Two years later, Sweet Springs leaders have a more refined vision for the community’s future. The only thing that doesn’t yet match the Foun dation’s energy and plans is the funding to make them happen. Located an hour east of Kansas City and an hour west of Columbia, the town of about 1,400 people has ample evidence of growth with The Cheese Store one mile south of Exit 66 off I-70, the Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex, and Old School Frozen Yogurt & Coffee Co. Colorful murals, including the wall painting at West Mar shall Street, is perhaps a harbinger of a vibrant arts district. Tara Brewer, a member of the nonprofit Sweet Springs Restoration Foundation Inc., calls the growth “regeneration.” Before Internation al Shoe Company shuttered its Missouri plants in the early 1980s, including the one in Sweet Springs that employed around 300 people, the town had bustling streets and businesses. Through the decades, Sweet Springs com munity life was anchored by a row of historic buildings linked together by a colonnaded fa cade, which the locals call “the colonnades.” Renovating the roughly 40,000-square foot structure—the site of the first shopping mall in America, circa 1910— into an event and business center is a top priority, with an estimated price tag of about a million dollars. “There’s a lot of history here. There’s a great school, great families,” Tara says. “There are thousands of cars that drive by us every single day.” She repeats the word “opportunity,” and ap plies it to townsfolk, businesses and entrepre neurs, and investors. “There are opportunities to be part of the change,” Tara adds. “We want everyone to be part of the change.” SWEET SPRINGS SAVORS GROWTH AND NEW OPPORTUNITIES

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About Boonslick Area Tourism Council

The Boonslick Area Tourism Council is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization that has been promoting tourism in the Boon slick region since 2002. This grass roots, all-volunteer organ- ization has brought to this wonderful region the Barn Quilt Project, Folk Festival at the Boone’s Lick State Historic Site, Rubber Duck Races on the Missouri River, self-guided Civil War tours, and the Barn Quilts of the Boonslick guide, the official visitors guide of the Boonslick Area Tourism Council. We would like to thank the many businesses that have sup ported this organization throughout the years. Without their support, this publication and the projects mentioned above would not be possible. A special thank you to Edward Lang, Mike Kellner, Sarah Bell, and Matt Cline for a number of photographs. The Boon slick Area Tourism Council Project is sponsored in part by the Missouri Arts Council, the state-based part of the National Endowment for the Arts.

Sweet Springs Restoration Foundation Inc.

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