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More vendors planned as downtown market returns
The seventh annual Springfield Farmers Market will begin its season at 9 a.m. on Saturday.New market manager Dave Black said the market, 117 S. Fountain Ave., already has 35 vendors lined up, including several new businesses this season.The market sells produce, as well as baked goods, jams, handmade crafts and ...
Cycling summit to bring hundreds to city
The Miami Valley Cycling Summit, a one-day conference designed to educate people about cycling, could bring as many as 400 cyclists downtown on Friday.The conference, held at the Hollenback Bayley Conference Center and the Courtyard by Marriott, 100 S. Fountain Ave., will feature speakers from all over the country, including ...
$2.2M project to start construction
A new $2.2 million car wash on the busy Bechtle Avenue-North Street corridor will bring 11 jobs to the area later this year and fill a vacant property.GooGoo Express Wash, a national franchise based out of Columbus, Ga., will likely begin construction in July on the site at 1411 W. ...
City ranks near bottom in population loss
Springfield’s population continued to decline last year, and only 26 U.S. cities have seen bigger losses since the 2010 Census, according to new figures released today.The estimates show Springfield’s population at 60,147, down from 60,322 in 2011. Springfield has lost approximately .8 percent of its population since the 2010 census, ...
Expansion to improve traffic flow
The Valero gas station at 2118 E. Main St. will expand with a drive-through later this year.The Springfield Board of Zoning Appeals approved a conditional use permit for the expansion at its meeting Monday by a vote of 6-0.According to public documents, the owner, Ragwir Singh of Jagraon Enterprises, is ...
City to improve parking lot before garage is built
The city-owned gravel parking lot on the corner of North Fountain Avenue and West Columbia Street will get a facelift later this year.The paved lot will create approximately 104 parking spots, including five handicapped spots. Trees and other landscaping will be located along the perimeter of the property, which will ...
Neighbors object to Speedway project
The Speedway gas station and store at the corner of Limestone Street and McCreight Avenue could be demolished and rebuilt with a bigger footprint, but not without objections from some neighbors.According to public documents, Speedway plans to demolish its current location at 1147 N. Limestone St. to build a 3,900-square-foot ...
Board rejects salvage yard request
A company’s attempt to rezone the Cooper Energy Services site, 1401 Sheridan Ave., to establish a salvage yard was rejected by the City Planning Board on Monday night.The board rejected Mosier Industrial Services’ application to rezone the area from general manufacturing to heavy manufacturing by an 8-0 vote.The city commission ...
Cooper site could be salvage yard
The owner of the Crowell-Collier Building is looking to establish a salvage yard at the former Cooper Energy Services site, 1401 Sheridan Ave, nearly two months after the city forced it to stop placing crushed cars and other salvage at the location.According to public documents, Crestline, Ohio-based Mosier Industrial Services ...
Village to supply water for pool
The South Charleston Pool, 208 E. Columbus Road, will open on Memorial Day weekend with the help from Village Council.The council will allow the South Charleston Pool Board to perform community service in lieu of paying its more than $5,000 water bill to allow the pool to operate this summer.“We’re ...
Tecumseh could be on ballot 2 more times
Tecumseh Local Schools will have two more chances to pass a levy for new operating funds — one in August and another in November — before a possible state takeover of the district.Tecumseh Superintendent Brad Martin said the district already plans to put another levy on the August ballot. If ...
3 Clark school issues fail, 1 approved
Voters rejected Tecumseh, Clark-Shawnee and Greenon school issues but approved Springfield’s request in Tuesday’s primary election.Tecumseh Local Schools lost its ninth straight request for new operating money. The 12.37-mill levy would have raised $3.5 million per year for the district.The school board already approved placing the same levy on the ...
Springfield voters OK bond issue
Springfield City Schools voters on Tuesday approved a 2.2-mill bond issue to be used for maintenance and safety improvements.The district will allow a 2.43-mill levy to expire, meaning no increased taxes as a result of the bond issue, which will generate $14 million over 12 years.“We’re extremely gratified and appreciative ...
Tecumseh rejects 9th straight levy
Tecumseh Local Schools lost its ninth straight request for new operating money when voters narrowly rejected a ballot issue Tuesday.The 12.37-mill levy would have raised $3.5 million per year for the district.The school board already approved placing the same levy on the August ballot.“We’re very disappointed, but we knew we ...
Gee joins chat about new Springfield school
Ohio State University President Dr. E. Gordon Gee called the Springfield-based Global Impact STEM Academy one of the “more innovative” programs it’s involved in that will help provide job opportunities for students.Gee answered questions about the academy Tuesday in an online chat along with Bruce McPheron, vice president for agricultural ...
8 votes separate Shawnee issue
Clark-Shawnee’s new operating issue — a 10-year, 7.59-mill levy to raise $2.5 million per year — is likely headed for a recount after being initially rejected by eight votes Tuesday.State law prohibits local boards of election from counting provisional and late-arriving absentee ballots until 10 days after the election. The ...
City sells land to business for $10K
The city of Springfield has sold land to a local business complex looking to expand its parking lot.Les-Ken Properties LLC bought approximately an eighth of an acre between the complex on Mitchell Blvd. and the National Trail Parks and Recreation District’s Carleton Davidson Stadium for $10,000.Complex owner Leslie Hidy, who ...
Society to take over News-Sun archives
The Springfield News-Sun finalized an agreement Friday to donate its news archives to the Clark County Historical Society.“It makes good sense for us to get these valuable photographs, stories and papers in the hands of qualified archivists who can preserve them and allow them to be seen and used by ...
$1.2M downtown traffic project to start
The city of Springfield will begin construction this month on its $1.2 million two-way street conversion and streetscape improvements downtown on Fountain Avenue.The block of North Fountain Avenue between Columbia and Main streets will change from one-way to two-way traffic. The project also includes brick pavers, new sidewalks, decorative street ...
Hobson lands role on nuke panel
Former U.S. Rep. Dave Hobson, R-Springfield, has been appointed to a congressional panel overseeing the federal agency maintaining the nation’s nuclear weapons.As part of this year’s defense bill, the panel will seek ways to improve the National Nuclear Security Administration, a semi-independent agency affiliated with the U.S. Department of Energy, ...
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