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Cape Girardeau, Mo (Population = 40,000)
Regional Medical Center
Cape Girardeau is a regional medical center and is home to many physicians and medical specialists. In addition, Cape Girardeau features two full-service hospitals: Southeast Missouri Hospital and Saint Francis Medical Center. Both hospitals offer web pages which you can browse for further information:
Let's Go Eat
It has happened to all of us at one time or another. You are in the mood for a chicken cordon bleu and your traveling companion is ready for BBQ. That’s the magic of Cape Girardeau. Cape offers a broad choice of restaurants, grilles, fast food, and delicatessens to satisfy even the most discriminating appetite. Whether it is fine dining or a drive-thru, ethnic foods from Mexican to Chinese, and all palates in between, our eateries are among the finest anywhere.
Restaurants feature enticing cuisine as well as exquisite dining environments. You can dine in an old opera house, at the riverfront where Gen. Grant is thought to have had an office during the Civil War, or at one of our hotels that offer full service dining rooms.
With over 120 restaurants, it’s hard to imagine that you could not find a place to eat. Whether it’s BBQ, Cajun, French, Thai or fast food, there’s always something cooking in and around Cape Girardeau.
Shopping
Famous Barr and J. C. Penney, provide the anchors for Westfield Shoppingtown at West Park, which is home to over 85 stores. Local, regional and national retailers provide everything from designer clothes to baseball cards. Strip malls and individual shopping plazas, including the Town Plaza Shopping Center, offer an abundance of items including groceries, office supplies, shoes and home decorating items.
Cape is home to Sears, Lowes, Walmart, and Sam's,
Education
Southeast State University is a 4 year university. See www.semo.edu.
Transportation
Cape has a regional airport with connections to St. Louis. There is also connections to St. Louis and Memphis using the Bootheel Area Rapid Transport
Recreation
The Cape area has 5 golf courses.
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Carbondale, Il (Population = 26,000)
Medical
Carbondale Memorial Hospital is is a full service hospital. There is also a SIH Cancer Care Center.
Shopping
The largest malls are University Mall and University Place.
My favorite places are the Neighborhood Coop and The International Grocery. The Neighborhod Coop is a complete source of local and organic produce, natural and organic products, a from-scratch bakery, organic meats and seafood, grab n' go deli, bulk goods, supplements and pure body care products.
The International Grocery is a great source of inexpensive foods from Europe, Asia, India, and Mexico.
Education
The University Of Southern Illinois is one of the finest universities in Illinois. It has some 21,500 students enrolled in the 175 academic programs seeking
associate, bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral and professional degrees in law and medicine. Also, there is excellent community college named John A. Logan College. The College was recently ranked as the fifth-best community college in the country.
Transportation
There is regional airport with connections to St. Louis and passenger rail connections to Chicago, Memphis, and New Orleans.
Recreational
There are 2 golf courses.
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Marion, Il (Population=16,000)
Medical
Complete medical care is available from the Marion Memorial Hospital. There is also a SIH Cancer Care Center.
Shopping
Shop till you drop in Marion! From quaint antique stores to a regional shopping mall, Marion has hundreds of stores filled wall-to-wall with every kind of merchandise anyone could ever want!
Arts, crafts, apparel and accessories, motorcycles, automobiles, furniture and home decor, specialty gifts, flowers, jewelry, wireless phones and accessories, personalized items, bath and skin-care products, salons, sporting goods, pet supplies, golf equipment, gardening and landscaping products, home improvement supplies, toys, cosmetics, stationary and cards.......whatever it is you are looking for, there's a merchant in Marion waiting to help you!
Transportation
Has a regional airport with connections to St. Louis.
Recreational
Marion has 3 golf courses.
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Evansville, Ind (Population=120,000)
Medical
Evansville is the Tri-State's regional center for medical services and health care facilities. Qualified and experienced health care providers devote their attention and expertise to Evansville residents. More than 400 doctors and health care specialists and over 100 dentists, orthodontists and oral surgeons practice in the area. The city boasts numerous reputable medical facilities. With more than 1,000 beds,
Evansville's two major hospital systems can accomodate patients comfortably.
Let's Eat
Thanks to our diverse ethnic population base, Evansville can boast about our outstanding restaurants. Locally-owned favorites, quaint Italian bistros, authentic Mexican, Chinese and Japanese fare, homemade Amish cooking, tasty Indian selections, traditional German restaurants, all-American delis, corner pubs, and terrific barbeque - every taste can be satisfied in Evansville!
Education
In Evansville, is the University of Southern Indiana and the University of Evansville.
Transportation
There is a regional airport with connections to Chicago, Cincinnati, and Detroit.
Recreational
Evansville has 5 golf courses. There is also the Casino Aztar.
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Paducah, Ky (Population = 26,000)
Transportation
From BARKLEY REGIONAL one can connect with St. Louis and Mempsis.
Recreational
Paducah has 5 golf courses.
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Harrisburg, Il (Population = 9,600)
Medical
Harrisburg is fortunate to have one of the largest health care facilities in southeastern Illinois. Harrisburg Medical Center is a state-of-the-art hospital with 78 beds and 34 physicians on staff.
The doctors represent most major medical specialties, including family practice, pediatrics, urology, podiatry, ophthalmology, psychiatry, radiology, pathology, surgery, internal medicine, and orthopedics. In 1995, the hospital completed a multimillion dollar expansion and renovation program.
Shopping
Harrisburg is the shopping center for Saline County and the surrounding area, with a variety of shopping experiences offered by friendly downtown retailers, three large shopping centers, and dozens of other stores and services. Several small communities nearby are noted for their numerous craft and antique shops. U.S. Highway 45
is a nearly continuous strip of retail outlets from the city's northern border
to its border on the south. The 3 major shopping centers are located along this
route.
Recreational
Harrisburg has 1 golf course.
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