Springfield City Council

Springfield government, the local chamber of commerce and city tourism officials all hope to create a $175 million event center somewhere downtown. They say the opportunity cost in not doing so amounts to more than $125,000 per day.

David Cameron was city administrator of Republic from 2016 until recently.

Neighborhood and developer concerns were on display once again — as Springfield City Council faced a protest petition on Monday night in the run-up to a rezoning vote.

The project also added an amphitheater next to the pavilion.

Housing issues played a big role at Monday night’s Springfield City Council meeting.

In office for six weeks, Springfield Mayor Jeff Schrag delivered his first State of the City address on Thursday. Clad in jeans and an orange short-sleeved button-down, Schrag strongly contrasted with his jacket-and-tie predecessor, former Mayor Ken McClure.

With airplane engines roaring, Springfield City Council on Wednesday met in a spacious conference room at Midwest Premier — also known as the city-owned charter plane terminal of the Springfield-Branson National Airport.

At a special meeting today, Springfield City Council approved the hiring of a new city manager: David Cameron, who will be paid $350,000 per year. The outcome shows Council is divided on the best approaches for improving Missouri’s third-largest city.

You could count them on one hand: In a city including more than 170,000 residents, five people turned out at Monday night’s Springfield City Council meeting to comment on Council’s proposed choice for city manager: David Cameron, current city administrator for Republic.

City Council chose current Republic City Administrator David Cameron for the position.