Posted on: November 30, 2023
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Interim Planning and Development Director Brendan Griesemer has announced plans to retire in mid-January 2024. Griesemer has served the City of Springfield for 27 years in various planning roles. He came to the City as a senior planne...
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Posted on: November 17, 2023
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City Manager Jason Gage has named Steve Childers as the City of Springfield’s Planning & Development Director, effective Jan. 2, 2024. Childers currently serves as the city administrator of Ozark, Missouri, a position he...
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Posted on: October 31, 2023
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City Manager Jason Gage has named Jordan L. Paul as City Attorney. Most recently, Paul has served as the City Attorney at the City of Neosho and as Assistant City Attorney for the City of Joplin. Prior to joining municipal government,...
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Posted on: November 14, 2023
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Samantha Payne has recently taken on the role of development project facilitator at the City of Springfield, effective Nov. 6. In her new capacity, she oversees the progress of various development projects and collaborates directly wi...
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Posted on: November 6, 2023
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The City of Springfield will host an interactive public engagement session 5:30-7:30 p.m., Nov. 14, at the Springfield Art Museum as part of implementation of the City’s Comprehensive Plan, Forward SGF. This will be the fourth install...
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Posted on: November 8, 2023
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The City of Springfield will receive proposals for discretionary Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding as part of the FY2024-25 funding by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) until noon on Friday, Dec...
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Posted on: October 31, 2023
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City Manager Jason Gage has named Jordan L. Paul as City Attorney. Most recently, Paul has served as the City Attorney at the City of Neosho and as Assistant City Attorney for the City of Joplin. Prior to joining municipal government,...
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Posted on: October 27, 2023
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After two public meetings, a public survey and a driving assessment of nearly 48,000 housing structures, City of Springfield Planning & Development staff and APD Urban Planning + Management presented the findings of the Springfiel...
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Posted on: October 24, 2023
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A rezoning request for property at the corner of Sunshine Street and National Avenue scheduled to come back before the Planning & Zoning Commission Aug. 24 has been postponed to the Dec. 14 meeting.
The current proposal ...
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Posted on: September 13, 2023
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Residents of some of Springfield’s oldest neighborhoods will soon have the opportunity to get reimbursed up to $2,500 for sprucing up the outside of their homes – the only catch is that they have to work together t...
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Posted on: July 27, 2023
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City Attorney Rhonda Lewsader has announced she will retire at the end of 2023, after 24 years of service to the City. She has worked as a municipal prosecutor for 13 years, was Airport Legal Counsel, and advised numerous departments ...
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Posted on: February 28, 2023
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Motorists can expect delays overnight due to intersection work
The City is set to begin the final phase of Republic Road Widening beginning March 13 providing traffic capacity and safety improvements along one of the busiest retail cor...
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Learn more about the Republic Road Widening.
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Posted on: November 19, 2021
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The City of Springfield is currently taking applications for a variety of boards and commissions. While the full listing of boards and commissions vacancies is available at springfieldmo.gov/boards, the City seeks to fill th...
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