Members of the Nixa High School Future Business Leaders of America Chapter attend the April 24-26 Missouri FBLA Leadership Conference in Springfield. With 4,500 members and 400 chapters throughout the state, the annual meeting included officer elections, career workshops and competitive events. Thirteen delegates from Nixa’s chapter, above, qualified to compete at the national summer conference in Atlanta.

Mercy Springfield Communities President Dr. Alan Scarrow, far left, leads a May 2 groundbreaking ceremony for the health system’s planned $19 million clinic in Branson. Construction is slated to begin in late summer and finish in 18 months for the 32,000-square-foot multispecialty clinic at State Highway 248 and U.S. Highway 65. The Branson Inn was demolished in summer 2013 in preparation, and Mercy also plans to tear down the former Oak Ridge Boys Theatre to make way for the clinic.

The Springfield Creatives networking group visits the Campaignium offices April 20 during its Studio Crawl. Among the eight stops to view creative works and meet industry leaders in center city were Revel Advertising, Departika, Mostly Serious and Marlin. The group meets monthly at The eFactory.