The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) in March closed the Missouri Route 413 (Sunshine Street) bridge over the Missouri & Northern Arkansas Railroad (MNA) tracks east of Scenic Avenue for reconstruction and improvements. The bridge will be closed for at least four months. The current bridge, built in 1963, carries…
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Mark Edmond Maynard I was born in Seymour, Indiana, on Sunday, Jan. 5, 1947, to Charles R. and Leota (Pierce) Maynard. He entered into the presence of the Lord on Monday, Feb.10, in Springfield at the age of 78. “To be absent from the body is to be present with…
Community partners, stakeholders and neighbors gathered on Commercial Street Feb. 7 to celebrate the construction of a transformative housing development in Greene County. Sankofa is a new, four-story development bringing affordable housing as well as a business incubator and street-level retail to north Springfield. It’s developed by the Vecino Group,…
Barb leads the Welcome Wagon in the neighborhood and is instrumental in so many of our activities such as Chalk Your Walk, Lemonade Wars, and gathering together the Alley Cats who did so much work in the Neat Neighborhoods competition. Barb is to community what every neighborhood wishes they had…
Sue’s leadership in Art in the Alley, Light the Heights, Adopt A Street cleanups, Festival of Lights contest, Woodland Creatives Art Committee have been invaluable to the Woodland Heights neighborhood. Sue has been an involved board member for Woodland Heights and encouraging Neighborhood Watch to those living around and near…
Kenyon has been the vice president of Westside Neighborhood Betterment Association for the past year. He has valuable ideas and insights. He is always willing to help and makes Westside a better place to live.
Oren Redus has been honored as the Volunteer of the Year for the West Central Neighborhood Alliance, serving as Vice President, playing a vital role in the Community Garden and new orchard, and continually dedicating his time to help others. Oren makes West Central neighborhood a better place to live.
Tom and Jean are cornerstones of Tom Watkins. Tom and Jean have a passion for making our neighborhood safer and more beautiful. As they have learned how much agency they have over their neighborhood, they have shared their new knowledge lovingly and intelligently with neighbors. On top of that, they…
Will has been a steadfast member of the Seminole Holland Neighborhood Association and board of directors – doing everything from maintaining website, social media, creating flyer, organizing events, applications for funding, non-profit application, tracking memberships – you name it and Will had done it. Without Will our organization would not…