Applications are being accepted through Jan. 26 for approximately $600,000 in funds remaining through the 2019-2024 allocation of the City’s Neighborhood Works program funding. Funded through the ¼-cent Capital Improvement Sales Tax, the Neighborhood Works program is intended to fund small-scale capital improvements within officially registered neighborhoods. The program gives…
Author: Kristen Milam, Public Information, for SGFNN
On Nov. 18, 2022, City Council approved the redevelopment plan for the Grant Avenue Parkway redevelopment area, generally bounded by Olive Street to the north, Catalpa Street to the south, Campbell Avenue to the east and Douglas Avenue to the west. The goals of the plan are to provide financial…
Kearney Street is expected to get a facelift in the spring, as the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) southwest division proposes plans to repave and make various improvements along the corridor from the Springfield-Branson National Airport to LeCompte Avenue. Along with resurfacing and pavement markings along the entire stretch, the…
The City of Springfield was recently approved for nearly $17 million in funding toward 14 individual stormwater improvement projects through the State American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Water Infrastructure Community Grant Program facilitated through the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MDNR). Governor Mike Parson announced Nov. 18, 2022 that…
Construction for a multi-use Ozark Greenways trail connecting the Fassnight and Phelps Grove parks and neighborhoods began in October 2021 and is complete ahead of schedule. The trail connection begins at Clay Avenue, continues east through Phelps Grove Park and ends at Brookside Drive near the Springfield Art Museum main…
Construction is nearly complete on the first section of the Grant Avenue Parkway between Ildereen and Catalpa streets.Contractor Radmacher Brothers Excavating completed the construction of a roundabout at Grant and Chrisman Road, realignment of the roadway, repaving of Parkview High School parking lots and construction of a multi-use path and…
Division Street between National and Glenstone avenues is expected to remain one-way eastbound for the duration of the reconstruction project. Intermittent overnight closures are also anticipated to continue as contractor Hartman and Company works to replace utility lines and rebuild the roadway. Approved by voters in the City’s 2019 1/4-cent…
Construction for a multi-use Ozark Greenways trail connecting the Fassnight and Phelps Grove parks and neighborhoods could begin as early as October, depending on weather and contractor scheduling. City Council will vote in late September whether to accept the bid of Radmacher Brothers Excavating Co. as the contractor for the…
Electric scooters are now available for rent downtown, on Commercial Street and on the Missouri State University campus. Bird is an electric vehicle company “dedicated to bringing affordable, environmentally friendly transportation solutions such as e-scooters and e-bikes to communities across the world.” Founded in 2017, Bird now has fleets of…
As students and parents prepared for back-to-school, the City’s Public Works Department prepared as well. Public Works staff programmed the 91 school zone flashers, updated the recommended walking route maps for elementary schools and touched up the paint on crosswalks where needed. In addition, the following school-related improvements were completed…