Transportation is the topic for this month's Making a Difference Community Focus Report panel conversation. You can hear the half-hour program by clicking the "Listen" link above.
Our guests include: Natasha Longpine, principal planner with theOzarks Transportation Organization; Jonathan Groves, Drury University communications professor and CFR facilitator; Amy Blansit, CEO of the Drew Lewis Foundation; and Casey Ebhraim, a single mom who was a frequent rider of City Utilities Transit, the city bus system in Springfield.
![Left to right: Mike Smith, Amy Blansit, Casey Ebhraim, Jonathan Groves](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a1b9a6f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1280x993+0+0/resize/880x683!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa0%2F77%2F112825014be6ab11b2ff3513616d%2Fmad-11-21-guests-in-office.jpg)
![Amy Blansit and Casey Ebhraim recording Making a Difference for KSMU](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a9f696f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/640x737+0+0/resize/880x1013!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fad%2F6a%2F8a5c00e64dea8cc7037e9211e33c%2Fmad-11-21-amy-and-casey.jpg)
Production support for the 2021 Community Focus Report for Springfield & Greene County, comes from:
The Community Foundation of the Ozarks
The Junior League of Springfield
The Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce
The Springfield Greene County Library District
The United Way of the Ozarks