by Heather Brandon | Nov 24, 2006 | Urban Compass
Following is a transcript of the Springfield Finance Control Board’s last meeting, on Friday, October 20, 2006, provided by resident Sheila McElwaine. The FCB’s next meeting is this coming Monday at 11:00 am, room 220 in City Hall.FCB Chairman Alan...
by Heather Brandon | Nov 27, 2006 | Urban Compass
A $3.5 million design plan assembled by Springfield officials and Boston-based The Cecil Group, to light up Main Street from the train trestle near Lyman Street southward to Union Street, will go before the Finance Control Board on Monday morning, and then before the...
by Heather Brandon | Nov 28, 2006 | Urban Compass
Timothy Brennan is Executive Director of the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission, based in West Springfield. In part one of this interview last week, Brennan began to describe his agency’s efforts to "break down the political border" and "build a...
by Heather Brandon | Nov 28, 2006 | Urban Compass
In his presentation of the Main Street and Court Square renewal plans before the Springfield City Council last night, Chief Development Officer David Panagore explained the source of the funding. Earlier in the day, the matter arose at the Finance Control Board...
by Heather Brandon | Nov 28, 2006 | Urban Compass
One morning recently, I stood on the corner of Sumner Avenue and Randolph Street talking with the city’s head forester, Ed Casey, about the new trees being planted along the thoroughfare. As we talked, a man drove up and shouted, "Is there a library around...
