The Hatch Foundation has awarded Ozark Greenways a $255,000 grant to develop the Lone Pine Bike Park and Greenspace project. The park, which is located in the wooded area between the Galloway Creek Trail and Lone Pine Avenue west of Southern Hills Boulevard, got its start as a grassroots effort…
Author: Melissa Hart, Managing Editor
After having to cancel the 2020 Birthplace of Route 66 Festival due to the pandemic, festival organizers the City of Springfield, Aaron Sachs & Associates, KY3/KSPR/CW, Downtown Springfield Association and West Central Neighborhood Alliance are thrilled to announce that the festival is BACK ON IN 2021! The festival will take…
The Springfield Fire Department broke ground for the new Fire Station 4 Tuesday, April 27 at 2423 N. Delaware. Fire Station 4 is located on the boundary of the Doling and Robberson neighborhoods. The old station was demolished March 26 to make way for the rebuilt station, which will be…
At its April 5 meeting, Springfield City Council voted to remove COVID-19 occupancy restrictions, allow buffet dining and special events under 500 people, moving the community into the “yellow” phase of the Road To Recovery Plan, effective April 16. Unit then, occupancy limitations still apply. Masking in public spaces will still…
On April 6, Springfield voters reelected Mayor Ken McClure, Zone 4 City Councilman Matthew Simpson and General Seat B Councilman Craig Hosmer. Newcomers Angela Romine and Heather Hardinger replace Zone 1 Councilwoman Phyllis Ferguson and General Seat A Councilwoman Jan Fisk, who both decided not to seek reelection. The mayor…
Brookside Drive between Kings and Green avenues will close for approximately seven months beginning Wednesday, April 7 for roadway and sanitary sewer construction associated with the Fassnight Creek Stormwater Improvement Project at the Springfield Art Museum. The closure will remain in place for the duration of the project, which is…
Fire Station 4 at 2423 N. Delaware between the Doling and Robberson neighborhoods, was demolished March 26 to make way for a new station, which should be operational in about a year.
Construction for a half-mile Ozark Greenways trail connecting the area known as West Meadows, between Fort and Grant avenues north of the Birthplace of Route 66 Roadside Park, finished in fall 2020. The $405,000 project was funded with a $250,000 Recreation Trails grant from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources…
Dwayne Shmel was selected as the City’s new director of Building Development Services (BDS), effective Jan. 11. Shmel replaced Harlan Hill, who served in the role for about three years. Shmel, who has 25 years of national retail design, development and construction experience, came to Springfield from Bentonville, Arkansas, where…