As a precautionary and preventative measure, Community Partnership of the Ozarks is postponing the Phelps Grove/University Heights Neighborhood Clean-up scheduled for Saturday, May 16 until a later date still to be determined. This decision is based on recommendations from the CDC and our local Springfield-Greene County Health Department. As the…
Author: Melissa Hart, Managing Editor
As a precautionary and preventative measure, Community Partnership of the Ozarks is postponing all neighborhood cleanups through May 16. As the information around the coronavirus (COVID-19) is rapidly changing, Community Partnership of the Ozarks will continue to work on maintaining a safe workplace and events, and will adopt practices protecting…
As a precautionary and preventative measure, Community Partnership of the Ozarks is postponing the Galloway Village Neighborhood Clean-up scheduled for Saturday, March 28 until a later date still to be determined. This decision is based on recommendations from the CDC and our local Springfield-Greene County Health Department. As the information…
Birthplace of Route 66 Festival organizers Aaron Sachs & Associates, Ozarks on Two Wheels, KY3/KSPR, the City of Springfield and West Central Neighborhood Alliance announced the lineup for the Aug. 14-15 festival at a press conference held March 3 at the Discovery Center. Car registration is open at route66festivalsgf.com. The festival,…
Two of Springfield’s most underserved areas are getting brand-new fire stations while two of its oldest stations will be demolished and rebuilt, thanks to the renewal of the Level Property Tax in November 2017. “We are keeping our promise to Springfield voters,” said Fire Chief David Pennington. Two of the…
At its Feb. 24 meeting, Springfield City Council adopted the 2018 International Property Maintenance Code (IPMC) with a few local amendments. The IPMC is a model code that regulates the maintenance requirements for existing buildings and houses. The code is published every three years and provides a road map to…
Representatives from the Springfield Police Department, including each neighborhood’s PAR (Police Area Representative) will share the 2019 top 10 dispatched calls for service for each neighborhood at the May 13 Neighborhood Advisory Council meeting. “Each PAR officer will also share a project of their choosing to combat one of the…
Springfield Fire Department firefighters will begin going door to door in the Oak Grove neighborhood on Saturday, Feb. 29 as the department continues efforts to ensure that every Springfield resident has adequate warning of a fire in their home. “We finished our canvass of the Delaware neighborhood Feb. 22 and…
Community Partnership of the Ozarks’ O’Reilly Center for Hope – a community hub focusing on improving the lives of individuals, families with children and veterans who need help to becoming housed and self-sufficient – is taking shape in the former Pepperdine Elementary School at 1518 E. Dale with plans to…
Less than two years after opening its doors, a one-stop center for those experiencing domestic or family violence will relocate to the former Tefft School at 1418 E. Pythian. Springfield Public Schools in July 2019 sold the 20,694-square-foot Tefft School building and 2-acre lot as surplus property to Greene County…