Author: Melissa Hart, Managing Editor
O’Reilly Hospitality Management’s Big Shots Golf plans for an early 2021 opening at the corner of Kearney and Glenstone. Snyder Construction Group was the construction contractor for the project, and Springfield Sign created the neon signage.
After a series of traffic studies in response to Woodland Heights neighbors’ concerns, Public Works reconfigured stop signs at multiple intersections in the neighborhood at the end of November. The following intersections are marked to alert drivers to the change: Chase Street and Lyon Avenue is now a four-way stop.…
Those wishing to serve on Springfield’s City Council can download informational packets on the City’s website. Petitions must be obtained through the City Clerk’s office by submitting the Run for City Council form and attending a virtual information session via Zoom with the City Clerk. Petitions must be turned in to the Office of…
After hearing from hundreds of speakers and reading tens of thousands of written and transcribed comments since first passing an ordinance in July requiring face coverings in public spaces, Springfield City Council at its Oct. 5 meeting passed a new ordinance to extend the requirement through Jan. 9, 2021. The…
At its Sept. 21 meeting, City Council approved an amended bill to rezone approximately 4.2 acres along Lone Pine Avenue across the street from Sequiota Park. Elevation Enterprises plans a mixed-use development with two new multi-family residential buildings and four existing buildings for commercial and residential use. The amendment reduced the…
In September, the community at large and residents of the West Central Neighborhood Alliance, Fassnight neighborhood and downtown Springfield shared their vision for the future of the Grant Avenue Parkway project in four virtual public engagement sessions and a community input survey. Input from the visioning phase will be used…
Due to lower than expected costs on multiple Proposition S projects, an estimated $20.96 million is available to build a new York Elementary School on its current site at 2100 W. Nichols. York, along with Pipkin Middle School, was identified by the Community Task Force on Facilities as “next in…
Demolition of Fire Station 4 (located on the boundary between the Doling Park and Robberson neighborhoods) will begin in late November with construction for its replacement complete in 2021. Pennington said that Fire Station 4, which was built in the 1950s, has long exceeded its usefulness. “We look forward to…
At its Sept. 8 meeting, City Council is expected to amend Council Bill 2020-187, which would rezone approximately 4.2 acres at 3503, 3521, 3527, and 3535 S. Lone Pine Avenue from R-SF, Single-family Residential, GR, General Retail, and LB, Limited Business District, to Planned Development No. 374. Rezoning applicant Elevation…