Author: Melissa Hart, Managing Editor
A year after the launch of the City of Springfield’s micromobility (electric scooter) program, ridership is still high and a second company – Eway – has entered the market. “We have seen much greater e-scooter ridership than we anticipated, with more than 52,000 rental rides and 78,000 miles traveled since…
Residents of some of Springfield’s oldest neighborhoods will soon have the opportunity to get reimbursed up to $2,500 for sprucing up the outside of their homes – the only catch is that they have to work together to do it. At a Sept. 13 ribbon cutting and open house at…
After a false start trying to convert the former Doling Elementary School building, the owners of a place for artists to create are over the moon about their recent opening in Oak Grove. Husband and wife Kate Baird, an artist, and Mike Stevens, executive director of Moxie Cinema, opened…
The City of Springfield and partners Aaron Sachs & Associates/Ozarks on Two Wheels (presenting sponsor); KY3/KSPR; West Central Neighborhood Alliance; University Plaza and Rotary Clubs of Springfield hosted the 11th annual Birthplace of Route 66 Festival Aug. 10-12 in downtown Springfield. Organizers estimate the festival drew 65,000 people. Attendees from…