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…
Author: Melissa Hart, Managing Editor
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…
Work is set to begin this summer on Springfield’s third community to house the chronically homeless. The Gathering Tree Inc. broke ground for Eden Village 3 Nov. 30, 2022 at 2419 W. High in the Tom Watkins neighborhood. The Gathering Tree Inc.’s Eden Village 3 will be a duplex tiny…
The City of Springfield welcomes Seminole Holland as its 24th registered neighborhood. This designation means that a neighborhood association has provided the City with proof that the organization is active; and, that it has made efforts to involve residents and property owners from throughout the neighborhood in activities. Registered neighborhoods…
City-selected APD Urban Planning + Management has begun a comprehensive housing condition study of Springfield. Members of the consultant team are driving through north-side neighborhoods to review conditions, although they will review the entire city. The team will collect information on housing types, condition and unit counts of each housing…
The City of Springfield will begin a housing-needs assessment and conditions study by the end of the year. It is anticipated that a consultant will be selected in the next month to perform the assessment. “This will be a data driven study which will be used to identify citywide…