by Heather Brandon | Apr 11, 2007 | Urban Compass
Springfield is on the rebound. Like the coming of spring, it is not readily apparent on the surface of things: the built environment does not yet sufficiently capture or express all the positive changes that are taking place here. What is radically, evidently...
by Heather Brandon | Apr 11, 2007 | Urban Compass
State Street Alliance stakeholders met January 25 for a presentation at Classical Condominiums to announce a bid invitation for a $150,000 redevelopment plan for Springfield’s three-plus-mile State Street corridor. At the announcement, consulting firms were...
by Heather Brandon | Apr 12, 2007 | Urban Compass
Mayor Charles Ryan, right, talks with Republican reporter Peter Goonan If you happened to pass through the intersection of Oakland and Dickinson Streets in Forest Park early this afternoon, you would have seen a curious sight: standing on the littered western corner...
by Heather Brandon | Apr 12, 2007 | Urban Compass
The National Center for Victims of Crime released a study this week called, "Snitches Get Stitches: Youth, Gangs, and Witness Intimidation in Massachusetts" (PDF). According to Stephanie Barry’s article in today’s Republican about the report and...
by Heather Brandon | Apr 13, 2007 | Urban Compass
GtC’s site is at the rear of Mitchell Machine in Springfield’s Old Hill Springfield’s youth agriculture project, Gardening the Community, is partnering with the YWCA’s YouthBuild; Albany Street’s ReStore; an unspecified lumber supplier; a...
