1. Kemper Redevelopment
Project
Boonville, Missouri
University of Missouri Extension
University Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

2. The Community – Boonville, Mo.
• Established in 1817,
Incorporated in 1839
• 400+ Sites on the National
Register of Historic Places
• Agriculture/Manufacturing/
Tourism
• Median HH Inc. $36,625
• National HH Inc. $51,914
• ’06-’10 Loss of 15.2% Jobs

3. The Problem - Kemper
• Established in 1844
• “West Point of the West”
– Numerous Generals
– Will Rogers
– Don Tyson
– James Stowers
• Bankrupt in 2002
• Purchased by City in 2003
• Lack of Local Access to
Higher Education

4. The Solution
46 Acres, 11 Buildings, 286,490 S.F. of Space

5. The Vision
Public Meeting Spaces
• Social Events
• Graduation
Proposed Boonslick
Regional Library
• Library Services
Proposed Private
Student Housing
• Affordable Housing
Boonslick Heartland YMCA
(Existing)
• Recreation Facilities

6. Access to Higher Ed

7. Meet Suzi

8. Revision with Stakeholders
• Preserve the historic and values-based character
of Kemper
• Provide a venue for leader development, strategic
thinking and innovation
• Serve Boonville’s intellectual, cultural and
recreational needs
• Provide learning resource centers and laboratories
for individual and workforce development
• Serve as a model for innovation that attracts
investment in the Boonville Community

9. What Happens Next?
• Continue Stakeholder • Support Synergistic
Dialogue: Activities:
– Expansion of SFCC – Look for Opportunities
• Job Training – Form CDC
• Historic Preservation
– Establish Support for
• Health Sciences
Entrepreneurism
– Recruit Library – Find “Sweet Spot” for
– Recruit Other Training Merging Historic Pres.
Partners with Innovation
– Recruit MU – Seek Taxpayer
– Housing Opportunities Support for Activities

10. Economic Impacts
• Direct (to date)
– SFCC
• 3 Full Time, 50 Part-Time Adjuncts
– YMCA
• 5 Full Time, 35 Part-Time
• Indirect
– Education Leveraged by Industry
• Caterpillar, Nordyne, Isle of Capri
– Education Leveraged by Schools
• Boonslick Technical Education Center
• Induced
– Construction, Hospitality, Support

11. Summary
• So, How Do You Fuse:
– Historic Preservation
– A Picturesque, but Vacant 46 Acre Campus
– The Opportunity for Shared Resources
• With:
– “Plug and Play” Education
• To Yield:
– Jobs and Exceptional Economic and
Community Development? …

12. …With a Team
• The City of Boonville
• State Fair Community College
• Central Methodist College
• The University of Missouri (UCIE)
• The Boonslick Heartland YMCA
• Boonslick Regional Library
• Boonslick Area Technical Education Center
• Boonville Public Schools
• BNIM Architects
• Septagon Construction
• JC Industries

13. Questions?
Questions?

14. Credits, Sources
Slide 1: Photo courtesy of the City of Boonville, Julius Udinyiwe, Hope Photo, photographer
Slide 2: Photos courtesy of the Friends of Historic Boonville
Statistics from:
http://youreconomy.org/pages/growth.lasso?&state=MO&county=29053&year1=2006&year2=2009
http://www.missourieconomy.org/regional/index.stm
Slide 3: Data courtesy of the City of Boonville, Mo.
Collapse photo courtesy of the Boonville Daily News,
Science lecture hall photo courtesy of Robert Stinnett
Slide 4: Map courtesy of BNIM Architects, Kansas City, Mo.
Slide 5: Map courtesy of the City of Boonville, Mo.
Slide 6: Photos courtesy of Jim Gann
Slide 7: Photo courtesy of Jim Gann
Slide 10: Trademarks copyright of their respective holders
Slide 11: Photo courtesy of the City of Boonville, Julius Udinyiwe, Hope Photo, photographer