VFW post 4107 to list property, demolish old Post building as part of rebuild plans

The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4107 has decided to depart from its current building after a final vote May 19, according to Post Commander Jamie Folsom on May 21. The chapter, he said, had voted to list their property for sale and demolish their building. The demolition was set to start June 15. The Record had written previously about the chapter having made a preliminary decision to try to sell and rebuild the current, longstanding building amid water damage and other woes. Folsom had then thought the plan would be to demolish the building and sell the front part of the chapter’s around 10-acre property (the Record had previously written 10 acres, but it is 9.77, according to Folsom later), building a new building in the back part. There were two options, Folsom said May 21: sell the front near five acres (the Record had previously written exactly five) and build on the back part – that was the previously written option and what Folsom expected to happen if he had to guess – or sell the entire almost 10 acres. The drawing of plans for the new Post building had started. What complicated the timeline was that everything had to be done by membership vote, Folsom said. He said that one would realistically see construction in a year. In the meantime, Folsom said the Laclede County Shrine Club, which is one of the groups Post 4107 collaborates with and with whom they share overlap in membership, was letting the VFW meet monthly at the Shrine Club for free for the next two years until the VFW gets its new building. Besides the building, Folsom reiterated that Post 4107 was doing well, having done plenty of community projects since its reinstatement and having earned an all-state award this year. He said the chapter had made its goal of proving it was about more than a canteen.