Formerly the Springfield-Greene County Health Department’s immunization center, the Westside Public Health Center facility now houses a one-stop family health care shop with partners from Jordan Valley Community Health Center, WIC, nursing services and others. Collectively, the services are called the Nest Partnership, which seeks to Nurture, Empower, Support and Teach families.…
Author: Melissa Hart, Managing Editor
Two new Northwest Project groups are opening in September in the Heart of the Westside neighborhood at York Elementary and in Grant Beach at the Fairbanks. The project has openings for families that qualify. Contact the Fairbanks at 417-720-1890 to apply.
In March, Community Foundation of the Ozarks awarded five Collective Impact grants totaling $120,000 for collaborative projects in Springfield-Greene County. This is the second year for the grants, which are intended to encourage collaborative proposals to address community goals and issues. The grants are made possible through the generosity of…
City Council appointed Doling Neighborhood Association President Christina Dicken to the Citizens Advisory Committee for Community Development at the Aug. 21 City Council meeting. Dicken, vice president of appraisals for FCS Financial, was appointed to finish out the term of Nancy Fazzino, who resigned. Dicken has a bachelor of science…
The Missouri Job Center’s Career Closet has a new location and a new look, thanks to the generosity of retailer TJ Maxx. The TJ Maxx team graciously offered their expertise, time and equipment to renovate a surplus storage room at the Job Center’s East Sunshine location. This make-over will increase…
While Springfield is known as the “diverging diamond intersection capital of the U.S.,” it’s also becoming home to a dizzying number of roundabout intersections – five, in fact: Airport Boulevard and Division Street, Oak Grove Avenue and Catalpa Street, Maryland Avenue and Walnut Lawn Street, Central Street and Sherman Avenue,…
With the completion of the Kearney Street Corridor Study by PGAV Planners in May, the City of Springfield is now seeking input for the redevelopment plan for the three-mile stretch of Kearney between Kansas Expressway and Glenstone Avenue. The City hosted its first public meeting for the Kearney Street Redevelopment…
Can we count on you to help plan this annual event? We’re planning for food and games, a bounce house, balloon Twister. We could use some help with the phone calls and arrangements! Call Dellene at 417-882-2801 if you can assist.