City spokesperson Cora Scott, far right, introduces the team behind the $26 million Grant Avenue Parkway plan during a Feb. 9 livestream. Scott and Director of Quality of Place Initiatives Tim Rosenbury led a project update for the public. Plans call for a greenway trail system and transportation improvements along a 3-mile stretch of Grant Avenue between Sunshine Street and Walnut Street.
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MANUFACTURING CONNECTION
Ron Marshall, top right, of Red Crow Marketing offers web content advice during the panel discussion segment of the Missouri Association of Manufacturers’ annual Gearing Up conference. The theme for the Feb. 3 virtual event was Rethink-Rebuild-Reboot. Top left, moderator Tony Spielberg of Cambridge Air Solutions talks about ways to advance the industry with Marshall, clockwise from top, Dan Stroot, a senior manager at Boeing, and Gary Silberg, a partner in the global automotive sector for KPMG.
Moseley’s Discount Office Products was purchased; Side Chick opened in Branson; and the Springfield franchise store of NoBaked Cookie Dough changed ownership.