Galloway Village Neighborhood Association has launched a line of merchandise to benefit the association. We will be taking pre-orders for our classic green T-shirts, new long-sleeved T-shirts, and hoodies. The pre-orders can be placed through this link https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/6024635/GVNA-Merch-Order-Form, and we will keep taking orders until we have enough to qualify for bulk…
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Ozark rivers continue to serve as inspiration and respite for our community, and for our artists. A new exhibition, pulled entirely from the museum’s collection, explores a wide range of river-based work from our local rivers and beyond, reflecting upon the importance of this resource as both a natural amenity…
Registration for Grant Beach Youth Soccer begins in late February with the season starting April 3 and ending May 8. Watch Grant Beach’s Facebook page as February gets closer. The last day to sign up is March 20. Contact Yolanda Taylor at 417-952-5736 or Pauletta Dunn at 417-880-2453 with questions.…
Big thanks to neighbors Steve Wiemer and Kent Brown for helping with Midtown’s fall cleanup on Nov. 21. We filled a few dumpsters and were able to visit with neighbors we had not seen for awhile. It was a good morning. James the scrap metal vendor is on the left.…
Harlan Dale Bristol, 72 years, passed into heaven on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020 in Springfield. He was born on Friday, April 9, 1948 in Douglas County to Bill Bristol and Wilda Billinger. On Oct. 22, 1994, Harlan and Martha Bristol were united in marriage at the East Side General Baptist…
My name is Mia. I am the garden leader at Springfield Community Gardens’ Pacific Street Garden. I was born in St. Louis and raised right here in Springfield, graduating from Parkview High School in 2007. My background after school consisted of engaging in more education in the area of business…
Brandon Jenson has been a co-leader at the West Central Community Garden for just over a year. He got involved in community gardening working with those who are socially and economically disadvantaged while living in Denver and after returning to Springfield, wants to continue that mission in his hometown. Every…
Hi! My name is Louise, and I’m the garden leader at the Springfield Community Gardens’ Midtown Community Garden. I was born in Buffalo, New York but mostly grew up in Rockville, Maryland. I moved to the Ozarks in 1981, living in a remote part of Ozark County for about four…
Hi. we are Fred and Sandy Rosenkrans! We have been the garden leaders at the Springfield Community Gardens’ Weller Community Garden for the last three years. We have both always been around plants, and farming. Fred spent his childhood in Nebraska on a farm and moved to Iowa as a…
Hi I’m Missy, the leader at the Springfield Community Gardens’ Westside Garden. I grew up on a farm in Brownbranch. I’ve been around gardening my whole life. We had a large garden every year that we all worked in as kids. My mom (Teda Walker) and I started the Westside…