Author: Alana Owen, Planning & Development, for SGFNN
City planners and the Rountree Neighborhood Association are working on an update of the Rountree Neighborhood Plan. At a kick-off meeting held in May 2017, several topics were identified for additional discussion including traffic and safety along the roadways in the neighborhood, stormwater, lighting, tree preservation and design guidelines for…
In response to the Neighborhood Advisory Council’s desire to increase planning opportunities for registered neighborhood organizations in the city and the need to update four existing neighborhood plans, the City’s Planning and Development department has developed a new neighborhood planning program. The Blueprint for Neighborhood Betterment (BNB) program is a…
The Ozark Mountain Section of the American Planning Association, Missouri Chapter (APA Missouri), in partnership with Trailnet and the City of Springfield, is hosting a tactical urbanism, pop-up traffic calming demonstration all day June 16 and 17. The demonstration will be located in the Rountree Neighborhood at the intersection of Cherry…
Most citizens understandably “zone out” on the topic of zoning – and rezoning – until it comes to their backyard. In a nutshell, zoning controls the development of property by governing two aspects of land use. First, the uses permitted within a given zoning district are identified, and second, the…