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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.
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Why Springfield residents should care about the first ‘community development code update’ since 1995It’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.
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The move comes despite voices of opposition from nearby neighbors.
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Springfield City Council is wading into yet another neighborhood development controversy in southeast Springfield’s Galloway area.
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A study funded partly by taxpayers could help determine whether Springfield can lure minor-league soccer to town.
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City rules required a six-vote supermajority of council members to approve the rezoning ordinance. It's not clear what comes next.
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Such a vote would be a milestone in a tension-filled saga that began at a profanity-laced meeting between commercial developers and many University Heights neighborhood residents back in August 2022.
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Several years ago, Springfield approved a redevelopment plan for Kearney Street, once known for its vibrant car cruising culture. Officials are now looking at new efforts to boost business in the area.
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After hours of comments by local residents at a Thursday-night meeting, commissioners voted 6-to-2 against the plan. One commissioner who lives in the residential area near the corner abstained to avoid a conflict of interest.
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Rezoning for southside residential care facility fails to gain majority of Springfield council votesThe property in question is a 5.4-acre parcel located on a looping stretch of road just west of the Library Center. A company called Ridge HZ55 wants to transform the western half of it from open land thick with weeds and wildflowers to a 55-plus residential care facility. They hope to sell off the eastern portion of the land.