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Springfield Mayor Ken McClure was re-elected for a final two-year term, after a heavily contested campaign. McClure was seen as pro-development, while challenger Melanie Bach took a pro-neighborhood stance.
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Recently, Springfield City Council held a public hearing on a plan involving a northside Springfield church that's selling off parts of its campus and focusing operations on its main building. Rance Burger, local government reporter with the Springfield Daily Citizen, has been following this story for two months. He joined KSMU's Gregory Holman to share what's up.
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Springfield is continuing to put taxpayer money and other funds toward addressing affordable housing issues.
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A Springfield architecture firm known for its “Ozark Modernist” style of design plans to build a big new building across from White River Brewing Company on Commercial Street. The news is prompting a debate about what new construction on historic C-Street should look like.
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When Springfield City Council voted to adopt a new city flag earlier this year, it didn’t happen without controversy. Now north Springfield’s Commercial Club is celebrating the new flag — along with the old one.
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How do you freshen up a neighborhood without disrupting traffic or the pedestrian experience? That’s a balance Springfield City Council is trying to strike as it considers proposals for the three-mile bike and pedestrian route along the new Grant Avenue Parkway. Councilmembers are considering a unique business with a drive-through for the area—but that would require changing the zoning rules around the intersection of Grant Avenue and Grand Street.
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Nearly a decade ago, developer Sam Coryell helped kickstart rapid growth in Springfield’s Galloway neighborhood by building the Township 28 apartments. The project followed a 2014 plan to spiff up the South Lone Pine Avenue corridor, which had been deemed a blighted area by the city. Now Coryell wants to build a self-storage business near his apartments — but not everyone is on board.
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The city of Springfield reached a compromise with local entities on how to update the city’s residential building code — after months of meetings between the city and groups like the Home Builders Association and the local Sierra Club.
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A $9 million dollar apartment building with 41 one- and two-bedroom units is planned for the new Grant Avenue Parkway.
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At their Monday-night meeting, Springfield City Council voted 8 to 1 against a permit to allow a three-lane drive-through coffee shop near Sunshine Elementary School.