Public Viewing: April 22–May 7 Lawn Art With Neighbors (L.A.W.N.) returns in 2023 and invites the community of Springfield to create a work of art in your front lawn for a city-wide public art exhibition. L.A.W.N. is a city-wide public art exhibition made for front lawns by community members located in…
Author: Melissa Haase, Managing Editor
Enjoy a Free Family Pass to the History Museum on the Square Families can check out a free pass to explore all the hands-on exhibits about Springfield’s early days and infamous characters. Become part of the story as you “ride’ on the passenger train, encounter a Wild Bill Hickok shootout,…
The City of Springfield will have three measures on the April 4 municipal ballot. The first measure will ask Springfield voters whether to repeal the existing 5% hotel/motel/tourist court tax and replace it with a licensing tax at the same 5% rate for hotels, motels and tourist courts and add…
The 2022 Community Health Needs Assessment showed that drug use and the rate of overdose deaths in our community is significant. In fact, people in Greene, Christian, and Webster counties are 25% more likely to die of a drug overdose than people in the rest of the United States. While…
Summer baseball season will soon be here! Grant Beach Neighborhood Association offers instructional summer baseball for children ages 3 -13 years that concentrates on the basics of the game. Registration costs $10 through May 21. All registrations after May 21 will be $15. Scholarships are available. The six-week league starts…
Heart of the Westside’s March neighborhood meeting will be Tuesday, March 21 at Passion Assembly. York Elementary Principal Shondra Fetter and PAR Officer Josiah Overton will be joining us.
Community Partnership of the Ozarks and sponsor Air Services Heating & Cooling hosted the 16th annual Neighborhood Organization Volunteer Awards (NOVA) ceremony, Dec. 6, 2022 at The Oasis to recognize and reward outstanding neighborhood volunteers who work tirelessly to improve and revitalize their communities. A nova is a brightly shining star.…
The Springfield Fire Department ‘s 13th fire station will be operational in February in the 1900 block of West College Street. Funding for the new station, which will cost $3.67 million, was provided by the voter-approved Level Property Tax, which was renewed by Springfield voters in 2017. “We are keeping our…
The City of Springfield and City Utilities kicked off the process to plan the future of the Lake Springfield area in November with a public event at the Springfield Art Museum. The Lake Springfield Plan is projected to be complete by summer 2024. The plan will be a catalyst for…