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For the second time since 2020, people living in southeast Springfield’s Galloway area have delivered a bundle of petition signatures to the City of Springfield — a sign of yet another confrontation between neighborhoods and Springfield government.

Over 18 months, city officials, hired consultants and a team of more than 100 community volunteers have pitched in on a comprehensive rewrite of the city’s land development code.

It’s KSMU News Director Michele Skalicky. Two years ago, Springfield City Council approved a new comprehensive plan that charts the city’s future for the next two decades. That plan is called Forward SGF, and it focuses on the city’s growth and land use. Over the past several months, city officials and consultants have been ironing out some of the fine print — a community development code update. I’m joined by KSMU’s public affairs reporter, Gregory Holman, to help explain what’s going on with this major change in Missouri’s third-largest city.

The move comes despite voices of opposition from nearby neighbors.

Missouri Good Neighbor Week encourages people to be neighborly.

The Commercial Club of Springfield, C-Street Merchants Association and the C-Street Community Improvement District hosted an event Sunday for the public to share their ideas.

Amid a meeting agenda loaded with several bills funding tourism promotion, Springfield City Council voted to approve a local company's bid to renovate the historic Jefferson Avenue Footbridge. The bridge could reopen next year.

After an unusual four months of deliberations, on Friday Judge Derek Ankrom entered an order in favor of Be Kind & Merciful LLC developers.

The Springfield court case brought by University Heights homeowners against commercial developers went to trial on Thursday.

The City of Springfield says Be Kind & Merciful LLC is now seeking a planned development status for its property in University Heights — requiring a specific site plan and stricter standards than commercial zoning.