Author: Chance Parish for SGFNN

A popular refrain from an earlier era delivered a plaintive, though simple, plea: “give us Bread, but give us Roses.” Several years before that phrase was set to use, begging the pairing of utility with dignity, the Jefferson Avenue Footbridge was erected in 1902 in North Springfield, Missouri to connect…

The “Woodland Walkers” began as a simple idea. My husband and I take walks almost every evening. We reasoned that sharing a walk with community members every now and then in order to bring people closer together was a simple thing. Community is, after all, made up of people. You…