Groundbreaking held for Jefferson City River Market

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)

A groundbreaking was held Thursday for the Jefferson City River Market. 

The event at the former site of the Missouri State Penitentiary was attended by Mayor Ron Fitzwater and several other city officials. 

According to previous reporting, the Jefferson City Council approved a contract to build the site last year with hopes of beginning construction this summer. 

Parks and Recreation Director Aaron Grefrath spoke about the project.

"Obviously a lot of the hard work's been done as far as construction documents, getting a bid now it's the process of going through the actual construction, but JC Parks has a lot of work that lies ahead as far as what do the fees look like, what do the operations look like,” Grefrath said. “So now we've got to roll up our sleeves and really get busy because this is going to be here before we know it"

The project is scheduled to be completed next year.