Over the past several years, NAC has made various recommendations related to the City general fund budget. Ever present in the discussions leading up to those recommendations have been forecasts of sales tax revenue. Such revenue is the lifeblood of the bulk of what we look for from the City:…
Author: Pete Radecki for SGFNN
And the winner Is. … At our June Bissett Neighborhood Association monthly meeting, a brand new Keurig-style coffee maker was given away as a door prize. The winner? Bissett neighbor Marie Christian! Above she is seen being presented the prize by BNA president Pete Radecki.
Queen of Everything! What would you call someone who shoots straight, treats everyone with kindness, charity and respect, doesn’t play the victim even though she’s had her share of challenges, has lived in our neighborhood for nearly 50 years and Springfield her whole life, has pinch hit for her parson…
Last spring, we asked Bissett Elementary School Principal Marcie Stallcup what she needed for the start of this school year. She said without hesitation that the students lack simple sports equipment for use during recess. BNA set about the task of filling that need and on August 11 presented the…
As we roll into summer this year, I got to thinking about baseball. I’m not an avid fan, but like the game and think it affords some great analogies for things that make a difference. For example, take the base hit. No, it doesn’t usually score runs, but it does…
With all the controversy swirling around in Washington these days, and with our recent local election just completed, I got to thinking about what level of government has the most impact to our daily lives. Seems to me it is probably our local government – our City Council, county commissioners,…
The City of Springfield Neighborhood Advisory Council was established in 2013 to facilitate and encourage two-way communications between Springfield’s City Council, City staff and Springfield’s 15+ neighborhood associations. At its most recent quarterly meeting, NAC took some early steps in its emerging roles related to capital improvements and job training.…
Need for Neighborhood Planning: Need for additional neighborhood planning staff to maintain Neighborhood Health Indicators, assist in creation and updates of neighborhood assessments and plans, to assist in creation of new neighborhood associations and development of a toolkit for preparation of such planning tools. Solid neighborhood scale planning should be…