Doling Neighborhood took home The Bobbie trophy at the annual Neighborhood Kickball Tournament held at Meador Park April 23. “Thank you to all – we could have not done it without you,” said Doling Neighborhood Association Treasurer Jean Ackley. “Noah Huskey and his great group (Tyler, Cody, Damon, Matt, Kaden, Chuck and…
Author: Melissa Hart, Managing Editor
The City of Springfield and partner organizations are relaunching the Clean Green Springfield initiative with a fresh series of city-wide cleanup and beautification activities planned during April and May. Individuals, families, businesses and service organizations are invited to roll up their sleeves and participate in one or more opportunities including…
Restore SGF, a nonprofit community initiative to improve housing conditions and raise residential property values in Springfield’s historic neighborhoods, has named 11 community members to form a board of directors and held its first meeting in January. Restore SGF’s board members are: About Restore SGF Springfield City Councilman Richard Ollis,…
About 100 residents had their first opportunity Feb. 23 to give their input on a city-wide housing study that could shape the future of how people live in Springfield. The meeting was livestreamed. The full recording, along with APD’s presentation, is available at springfieldmo.gov/housingstudy. The study will culminate with a…
Construction of the Grant Avenue Parkway improvements is progressing on schedule with work in section 2 of the parkway route (Sunshine to Ildereen) nearing completion and construction in section 3 (Catalpa to Grand) and 4 (Grand to State) began in March. Section 2 Construction work continues in section 2 between…
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…
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…