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Address: 1670 S. Enterprise

Owners: Shirley Howard Cooper, Sheila Cosby and Shirley Reynolds

General Contractor: Res-Tone, Bob Stoner

Architect: Laura Jean Derrick, AIA, CSI

Size: 6,800 square feet

Construction cost: $260,000

Financing: Union Planters Bank

Est. completion date: September 1998

Description of project: The business is described by its owners as Springfield's first doggy day care and training center. Happy Tails will offer day care for dogs, training classes and private-session training. Shirley Howard Cooper visited similar facilities around the country and she and her partners worked to design the building for its specific uses. Carolyn Krause will be director of training and Deborah Goodman will be director of day care.

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