Author: Melissa Hart, Managing Editor
Improvements to parks in Rountree and West Central anticipated for completion in spring The City’s Public Works and Parks departments have completed all but two of the 2019-2024 Neighborhood Works projects in 11 registered neighborhoods. Stay tuned for the application deadline for the next project cycle. Funded through the ¼-cent…
Community Partnership of the Ozarks and sponsor Air Services Heating & Cooling hosted the 18th annual Neighborhood Organization Volunteer Awards (NOVA) ceremony, Dec. 3, 2024 at The Old Glass Place to recognize and reward outstanding neighborhood volunteers who work tirelessly to improve and revitalize their communities. The theme of this year’s banquet was…
Restore SGF is excited to announce a $100,000 grant from the Greene County Citizens’ Service Fund to launch a program supporting homeowners aged 60 and older with essential home repairs. This program is available to residents in the Doling Park East, Fassnight, Grant Beach, Meador Park East and Woodland Heights…
Springfield’s Historic City Hall has stood tall at the corner of Chestnut Expressway and Boonville Avenue for more than a century. Now, the historic building is undergoing renovations meant to preserve its usefulness for decades to come. The building was designed by U.S. Treasury architect Willoughby James Edbrooke as a U.S.…
During Missouri Good Neighbor Week (Sept. 28-Oct. 4, 2024) more than 120 individuals were nominated for Missouri’s Most Engaged Neighbor awards. Twenty-two were selected statewide for individual recognition, with six from Springfield. Ten acts of neighboring were randomly selected from the more than 31,000 submitted, with two from Springfield. In…
The Springfield Art Museum at an Aug. 24 open house announced its temporary closure starting Sept. 3, reopening in February 2025 downtown at the Wilhoit Building, 431 S. Jefferson. The Wilhoit Building will serve as the museum’s location for the next three years as the museum undergoes a renovation and…
A building that formerly housed services for low-income people will continue in that capacity as a purpose-driven, drop-in day center to help people transition out of homelessness. Using City of Springfield-allocated American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, Community Partnership of the Ozarks (CPO) purchased 809 N. Campbell for $1.7 million…
The City of Springfield was notified by the U.S. Department of Transportation June 26 that it was selected to receive a fiscal year 2024 Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grant in the amount of $24.8 million for the “Ungap the Map” project, one of the Top 10 initiatives of…
Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 staff presented the City’s Brownfields Revolving Loan Program with a $1 million ceremonial check in August at Jordan Valley Park, itself a brownfields success story. The City’s Economic Vitality Department, which administers the brownfields programs, was notified of the competitive award in May. The grant is…