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Performing arts program for middle and high schoolers continues its lessons online

For the Youth Arts Ambassadors, the (virtual) show must go on.

Finishing touches put on public art installation on North Fountain Avenue

Springfield native son C. Coles Phillips' work can be found on the side of the 10 and 1/2 building on North Fountain Avenue.

How Springfield businesses and organizations are adapting in response to COVID-19

As the country works to “flatten the curve,” managing the impact of COVID-19 as best it can, schools have shut down, bars and restaurants have been limited to carry-out orders only, and plenty more restrictions have rolled out from state to state, with Ohio being at the forefront of this charge.

Town Hall 2.0: The bold ambition of downtown Springfield’s COhatch The Market

More than $3 million was spent remodeling the vacant Myers Market building. Now, the new multipurpose space is ready to re-establish a "center of gravity" in the community.  

Springfield real estate check: What $150K buys right now

We found three starter homes in the city ranging from fixer-uppers to move-in-ready, all located near popular amenities.

The site adjacent to Bushnell Building has been converted into a pocket park.
Pocket park opens as part of larger placemaking initiative throughout the North Fountain corridor

The Greetings from Springfield mural, pocket park, and wayfinding kiosk are all part of a larger placemaking initiative taking place in downtown Springfield and North Fountain Avenue in particular.  

At 1,200 square feet, Frame Haven's new space is smaller, yes, but the downtown location has proven to be a more high-profile, and more profitable, place to do business.
Classic Springfield framing and gallery business leaves longtime home for new downtown digs

Faced with a changing business model, the owners of Frame Haven Gallery downsized and made a move to downtown that turned things around.

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