At the June 26 City Council Lunch, City of Springfield Public Works Assistant Director Martin Gugel proposed that the City apply for a highly competitive BUILD Transportation Grant. BUILD stands for “Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development Transportation Discretionary Grants.” BUILD is a $1.5 billion multimodal, merit-based discretionary federal grant…
Author: Cora Scott, Executive Editor
The Springfield City Council is pleased to announce that two finalists have been selected for the position of City Manager of Springfield. Jason A. Gage, the current City Manager in Salina, Kansas, and Wayne T. Pyle, the current City Manager in West Valley City, Utah, will visit Springfield Sunday, May…
City officials released a report summarizing the results of the Community Listen Zone Blitz initiative, an 18-month pilot project that mobilized hundreds of partners to help improve the quality of life in the City’s northwest quadrant, also known as Zone 1. City Manager Greg Burris and Director of Public Information & Civic…
Springfield-Greene County 9-1-1 Emergency Communications Department has formally implemented text-to-9-1-1 capabilities for rare cases when people are unable to communicate audibly via telephone. “It was important to prepare and bring this capability to our area to add another way to contact 9-1-1, especially for the speech and hearing-impaired community,” said…
A clean neighborhood has an impact on the health of its residents, as well as the attractiveness of the neighborhood to current and potential residents and investors. Creating a clean neighborhood is primarily the responsibility of neighborhood residents, but the City can assist through proactive programs such as neighborhood clean…
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! Visit springfieldmo.gov/trash to learn more and fill out a comment card. The City’s contracts with Springfield’s trash haulers that own their own landfills are set to expire in 2019, which has led to the discussion about ways to improve how Springfield manages residential trash. In…
Like all municipalities, the City of Springfield faces many opportunities and tough challenges. New police and fire facilities must be built to keep pace with demand. Police cars and fire trucks must be replaced, and the city’s infrastructure must keep pace with rapidly changing technology. Core services, such as police and…
Years ago, the word retirement might have evoked images of white-haired couples sitting in rocking chairs on their front porches. But with men and women living longer and enjoying better health into their later years, retirement has become an extremely active phase of life where retirees are able to channel…
City of Springfield officials continue to work with community partners to address the challenges associated with panhandling in Springfield. Thus far, our efforts center around addressing two daunting challenges: getting to the root cause of why people panhandle, and staying within the confines of the law when it comes to…
The City of Springfield is nearing completion of a corridor study for a portion of Kearney Street between Kansas Expressway and Glenstone Avenue. At the April 25 City Council Lunch, PGAV Planners presented ideas for the revitalization of Kearney Street, including an identification of sites for redevelopment, placemaking strategies and…