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Describes Columbia’s district footprint, cultural venues, festivals, and travel logistics, plus alignment with the Unbound Book Festival (April 18–21). Outlines coordination support for author and publisher materials, venue options at Tiger Hotel and The Broadway, room block overflow, and proposed programming including sessions, volunteering shadowing, and author meet-and-greets.","| | MIBA SPRING ROAD TRIP 2024 PITCH | |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Primary Contact: Carrie Koepke, Manager Skylark Bookshop\u003Cbr>[carrie@skylarkbookshop.com](carrie@skylarkbookshop.com)\u003Cbr>22 S 9th Street Columbia, MO 65201 573-777-6990 |  |  |\n\n\n| | Skylark Bookshop, Yellow Dog Bookshop, & Black Tea Bookshop would like to formally invite the Midwest Independent Booksellers Association to Columbia, MO for the 2024 MIBA Spring Road trip! Columbia is located in the Heart of Missouri-affectionately nestled in the middle of the US (thanks to Nathan W. Pyle for this gem) . |\n| --- | --- |\n\nThe District is bound by three college campuses and encompasses 50 square blocks downtown. These blocks contain more than 300 individual properties, over 5000 residents, and over 600 businesses, nonprofits, and government entities in Columbia, Missouri. Columbia itself is located at the intersection of Interstate 70 and Highway 63 , and is a common passthrough town for travelers in all directions. It is the halfway mark between St. Louis and Kansas City with its own small airport south of town. With a population of over 120 K people, Columbia is a thriving community known for being a great place both to raise children and retire. It is surrounded by a multitude of rural and farm towns, which lend to an abundance of farm-to-table dining experiences.  \nThe District is also known for incorporating art installations, including sculptures, murals, and painted traffic boxes, as well as maintaining important historical buildings such as The Blind Boone Home. Columbia is also home to the world-renowned True/ False Film Festival and the Treeline Festival, a three-day outdoor music extravaganza which brings in some of the top musical acts from around the world. All of which is to say: this is a vibrant and rich cultural hub.  \n\n| Drive Times\u003Cbr>St. Louis: 2 hours\u003Cbr>Kansas City: 2 hours\u003Cbr>Chicago: 6 hours\u003Cbr>Des Moines: 4 hours | Milwaukee: 7 hours\u003Cbr>Iowa City: 4 hrs 35 min\u003Cbr>Omaha: 4.5 hours\u003Cbr>Minneapolis/St Paul: 7.5 hours | Airports\u003Cbr>●  Columbia (with a variety of taxi/shuttles available)\u003Cbr>-Columbia has regular flights to and from Chicago and Dallas\u003Cbr>● St Louis (with moexpress shuttle option: 10 shuttles to and from each day OR rental cars available)\u003Cbr>● Kansas City (with rental cars available) |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n\nAlex George, Owner of Skylark Bookshop, is also the Director of the Unbound Book Festival, which occurs with convenient timing in April. We propose arranging the Spring Road Trip to coincide with the Festival to allow for some unique overlap opportunities, as well as a focused education session and hands on volunteering available. The Unbound Book Festival will be April 18-21. We suggest that the Spring Road Trip focus on the 17-18 or 18-19 , allowing for attendees to enjoy the Unbound Keynote Event on the evening of Friday the 19th. The majority of festival events take place on Saturday, April 20 , and attendees would also, of course, be able to attend these. All Unbound Book Festival events are free to attend.  \nSkylark has a large storage and work area and would be able to assist in receiving and transporting author titles and publisher arcs, but would need coordination and hands on deck to minimize complications with increased orders for Festival. We also have strong relationships with many restaurants, event venues, and recreational opportunities (including nearby massage therapists willing to set up chair stations) .  \nThe Tiger Hotel -only one block away from Skylark offers a variety of meeting spaces, an in-house culinary team, and unique charm. Meeting spaces can accommodate 10 to 400 guests, in both historic and thoroughly modern spaces, the spectacular Grand Ballroom is complete with original crystal chandeliers, ornate plaster mouldings and hardwood floors.  \nRoom Block reservations for overflow are available at The Broadway-a DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel. 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