Wade Drossel, P.E., has been named the interim director of the Building Development Services department (BDS) as the City continues with the search for a permanent director. Wade has been serving as one of two Environmental Services assistant directors. His office will be located in BDS. Wade grew up in northwest…
Author: Cora Scott, Executive Editor
Architect Tim Rosenbury has been hired by the City of Springfield as the Director of Quality of Place Initiatives. He plans to begin employment with the City by March 2. The primary purpose of the newly created position is to provide leadership and assume primary professional and management responsibility for…
U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt’s office announced Nov. 6, 2019 that the City of Springfield will receive $20,960,822 in federal funds to create the Grant Avenue Parkway – major multi-modal transportation improvements, along Grant Avenue in the heart of Springfield. Blunt sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao…
Springfield voters approved two City sales tax renewals supporting the police-fire pension fund and transportation needs. The measures passed Tuesday, Nov. 5, with 78% and 80% voter support, respectively. The police-fire pension sales tax is on a five-year renewal cycle, but will end when the fund reaches 100%. The transportation…
Springfield Mayor Ken McClure and Councilmen Andrew Lear, Abe McGull, Richard Ollis, Mike Schilling and Matthew Simpson began new terms Thursday, April 18. All took their oaths of office at a special City Council meeting in Historic City Hall Council Chambers. McGull was elected as Zone 2 Councilman April 2,…
Commercial Club of Springfield has successfully completed a campaign to raise $50,000 to support efforts to rehabilitate the Jefferson Avenue Footbridge. The Jefferson Avenue Footbridge Fund was established last year at Community Foundation of the Ozarks. In celebration, the Commercial Club hosted donors who had purchased memorial pavers to view…
City Council unanimously passed a resolution honoring former Councilman and Westside resident Denny Whayne for his service on Council and his decades-long commitment to justice and equal rights. The Busch Municipal Building’s fourth-floor conference room is now known as the “Councilman Denny Whayne Conference Room.” “We felt it was fitting…
Andrew Lear has been named City Council’s newest member, appointed to fill General Seat C. He will hold this seat until the April 2, 2019 election. City Council interviewed seven finalists Tuesday and selected Lear with five votes in one round of voting. Finalist AJ Exner received two votes and…
The Springfield Fire Department and local emergency services personnel have partnered to launch PulsePoint Respond to the greater Ozarks region. PulsePoint is a smartphone app designed to support public safety agencies working to improve cardiac arrest survival rates. The app alerts CPR-trained citizens of cardiac events in their vicinity so…
As heat indices today are expected to top 104 today, Springfield-Greene County Office of Emergency Management and City of Springfield offer the following advice for places to seek relief from the heat: Public spaces, such as Springfield-Greene County libraries, City facilities and Springfield-Greene County facilities, as well as private property opened to…