Springfield Police Chief Paul Williams provided updates to City Council at their Oct. 21 retreat to discuss crime and policing at Lake Springfield Boathouse and at the Nov. 29 City Council meeting. Although Springfield’s overall crime rate has not significantly increased despite continued population increases over the last 20 years,…
Author: Melissa Hart, Managing Editor
The former Doling Elementary School, 1423 W. Atlantic, will have new life breathed into it when it reopens as a space for artists to create called New Moon Studio Space. Doling opened in 1916 and closed in 2002. At press time, husband and wife Kate Baird, an artist, and Mike…
The City of Springfield welcomes Fassnight as its 23rd registered neighborhood. This designation means that a neighborhood association has provided the City with proof that the organization is active; and, that it has made efforts to involve residents and property owners from throughout the neighborhood in activities. Registered neighborhoods receive…
The Springfield Fire Department broke ground Thursday for the city’s 13th fire station in the 1900 block of West College Street. The new fire station will be operational by fall 2022. Funding for the new station, which has a project budget of $3.15 million, will be provided by the voter-approved Level…
Invest DSM Executive Director Amber Lynch presented at the Sept. 7 Council Lunch meeting to answer questions about how Springfield’s Restore SGF program could be patterned after the Des Moines nonprofit. Invest DSM is a collaboration between the City of Des Moines and Polk County created as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization in…
If you are considering serving on your neighborhood association’s board of directors, there are a few basics to be aware of as a new board member. Former City attorney Dan Wichmer, who is now the executive director of Legal Services of Southern Missouri, offers free nonprofit board training to any…
On any given night, about 200 people sleep outside in Springfield because they have nowhere else to go. Every winter, overnight Crisis Cold Weather Shelters open in our community to provide emergency shelter beds. During the 2020-2021 winter, Crisis Cold Weather Shelter sites were open 74 nights and provided 5,907…
October is National Pedestrian safety Month. SGF Yields and the Rountree and Woodland Heights Neighborhood Associations will host lantern walks in their neighborhoods Oct. 2 (Rountree) and Oct. 16 (Woodland Heights) to promote safe walking habits and remind drivers to watch for pedestrians and yield at crosswalks. “The lantern walks…
The connector walkway between Battlefield Street and the walking trail is complete and awaiting additional dirt work and grass seed. The parking lot is complete and the driveway approach from Franklin Avenue to the parking lot and the picnic shelter are in progress. The City of Springfield’s Neighborhood Works capital…