Advocates Push Veteran Homelessness Awareness
Springfield advocates used the Veterans Day parade to draw attention to the 27 veterans reported homeless in the area.
Live Poll
In your area, do you think housing is getting harder to afford?
Springfield Business News
For readers in Springfield, this page covers companies, markets and commerce at the organizational level. Reporting follows new business operations and the shifts in local enterprise that reshape the economy.
Openings & Closings
Live Poll
Should local governments use public funds to build affordable housing in your community?
Sankofa Opens Mixed-Use Development on Commercial Street
The $13.5 million project brings 42 affordable apartments and street-level storefronts to a corridor that has seen no ground-up construction in over 50 years.
Jobs
Missouri State University Creates Innovation Institute
The new initiative aims to connect students with regional employers and community organizations.
Philanthropy
Live Poll
Should local organizations fund free mental health counseling for first responders in your community?
Firefighters Union Golf Event Funds Mental Health Care
Local Firefighters Union 152 raised money through an annual golf tournament to pay for free mental health services for first responders.
People
Cora Scott Leaves Springfield Communications Post
Springfield's longtime director of public information and civic engagement is transitioning out of the city role after nearly 15 years.
Industry
Live Poll
Is now a good time for road construction near local businesses, in your view?
MoDOT Starts $10.4M East Sunshine Street Project
The 19-month Sunshine Street East Corridor project will upgrade sidewalks and signals along a four-mile section in Springfield.
More in Business
This section follows company expansions, store closures, corporate mergers, local market trends, hiring, and office development. Reporting reaches across the city and the communities around it. Local regulatory shifts and changing commercial demand patterns often drive the most frequent business changes in the area. Access to labor and commercial real estate availability remain the two most common factors shaping the growth of local firms.