A trio of agenda items at the Oct. 16 meeting of Springfield City Council aims to connect portions of the city’s greenways trail system.

Ecological improvements to Lake Springfield and development of recreational, cultural and natural amenities surrounding it are highlights of a proposed $1 billion master plan unveiled to the public this month.

The Phase II renovation of Blunt Hall is among the projects.

SPX Cooling Tech intends to create more than 60 jobs in the city.

Mountaintop Homes is a housing community for at-risk veterans and mixed-income families.

Newsmakers in the areas of accounting, banking and finance, beverage, education, health care, law and real estate.

Burn Boot Camp opens as the first commercial development in The Ridge at Ward Branch; Radon Safety Squad expands its coverage to Springfield; and Italian Kitchen moves its mobile catering business into a brick-and-mortar shop.

The sale of the 175-acre wooded property was at a cost of $500,000, roughly 28% of the property’s assessed value of $1.8 million.

Purchase of four houses squares off Reed Academy site’s footprint and provides space for expanded parking and water detention, official says.

Greater Springfield Board of Realtors releases its September market statistics report.

The newly released study points to a continued shift from the development of loft housing to a focus on student housing and significant changes in how people live and work in the urban center.

The business builds products including stainless steel tanks, ovens and conveyors for clients mostly in the dairy, environmental, food and beverage, and pharmaceutical industries.

The not-for-profit committee that purchased it vows to keep the 175-acre camp available for scouts and other groups.

Independent Lodging Congress names Branson property as best independent hotel.

The community improvement district would fund site improvements.

The facility at U.S. Highway 65 and Evans Road is expected to be completed in 2025.

Around 210 people attended the event at Glendalough Convention Center.

The congregation at Crossway Baptist Church is building a children’s wing at the west end of the church, and beginning in 2024, it will be home to a Christian academy.

Roughly two years after Convoy of Hope broke ground for its Global Headquarters and Training Center, the $37 million, 200,000-square-foot project now occupied by hundreds of employees is in the final steps toward completion. 

A longtime timeshare resort in a prominent location near Branson Landing is getting a new lease on life as a multimillion-dollar residential condominium project.