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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.
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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.
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After an unusual four months of deliberations, on Friday Judge Derek Ankrom entered an order in favor of Be Kind & Merciful LLC developers.
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Last fall, Springfield City Council began a discussion as to whether housing should be one of the key policy positions for Missouri’s third-largest city. On Monday night, they made it official.
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The Jefferson Avenue Footbridge on Springfield’s historic Commercial Street has been closed since 2016. The move came after the city deemed the 122-year-old structure unsafe. Now, with an infusion of funding from the state of Missouri, the bridge could be restored by fall of next year.
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By a vote of 8 to zero on Monday night, Springfield City Council passed a rezoning change that will allow a church to be built off Evans Road in south Springfield. Neighbors say they’re concerned about possible traffic impacts from the building — and the undisclosed religious affiliation of the congregation itself.
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The footbridge on historic Commercial Street has been closed since March 2016 due to steel corrosion.
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Officials say constructing the Clifton M. Smart III Advancement Center will be funded in part by a big monetary gift from an anonymous donor. The center will serve as home base for the Missouri State University foundation, alumni association and university advancement offices.
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The new Lake Springfield redevelopment plan took roughly $1 million to create. If successful in wooing developers, the plan could cost $1 billion to build. City Council voted unanimously to accept the idea on Monday night — but not without objections from a couple of residents.
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Council approves blight designation, redevelopment plan for Springfield's historic Commercial StreetThe new plan for parts of the Commercial Street area includes a blight designation paving the way for tax breaks.