City selects contractor for pavilion project

By Geoffrey Woehlk | February 10, 2026 |

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MARYVILLE, Mo. — The Maryville City Council on Monday approved a contractor to transform a downtown city block centered around a new pavilion.

During Monday’s regular meeting, the council OK’d an agreement with Brooner and Associates Construction, of St. Joseph, to build a downtown pavilion project. Brooner and Associates was the lowest of four bidders. Including design and other related expenses, the total project cost will add up to a little more than $1.38 million. The Missouri Department of Economic Development awarded the city a $366,540 grant for the project in 2023 and City Manager Ryan Heiland said the city also received a $125,000 private donation “from a local resident.”

The centerpiece of the project will be a 50-by-80-foot open-air pavilion with a gabled roof that will be used for a variety of programming, spearheaded by the Maryville Downtown Improvement Organization and the Maryville Tourism Committee.

After purchasing the former Walker Auto Body building in March 2025, the plan was expanded to incorporate the entire surrounding city block, which neighbors City Hall from the west and the Maryville Public Library from the south. Now the project will include grading, landscaping and a parking lot for the area.

The pavilion project, expected to be completed by early summer, will be slotted in next to another pedestrian-friendly addition in downtown: the downtown alleyway project that is slated for completion around the same time.

Other City Council notes

The council approved the purchase of a $15,417.26 agreement with Midwest Mobile Radio Service for the purchase of a Motorola APX8000 portable radio, which will be used by the second school resource officer the Maryville Police Department added last year in partnership with the Maryville R-II School District.
Council members approved an $84,085.98 agreement with Kimley-Horn and Associates for engineering services on the Munn Avenue Trail Extension Project. The hopes to secure grant funding in the future from the Missouri Department of Transportation to construct the extension of the existing trail about 1,900 feet from Victory Lane to First Street, where the trail will be designed to connect with future planned improvements to First Street/Missouri Highway 46.
Heiland said the contractor will pour concrete on Wednesday for the base of a new community hangar at Northwest Missouri Regional Airport.
The bunker renovation project at Mozingo Lake Recreation Park’s Sechrest 18 golf course is expected to be completed by March, Heiland said.
The council approved a request by Burny’s Just One More to hold the 39th annual World’s Smallest St. Patrick’s Day Parade at 3:17 p.m. on Saturday, March 14.
Council members approved a request by the Maryville Downtown Improvement Organization to hold its annual Spring Into Fun event from noon to 5 p.m. on May 9 to kick off the Downtown Maryville Market season.