by Heather Brandon | Aug 16, 2007 | Urban Compass
One reason communities are sometimes slow to grow and progress is because they lack access to information both within their own community as well as from beyond, such as best practices or new techniques that are taking off somewhere else. Monday evening, Sarah...
by Heather Brandon | Jun 5, 2007 | Urban Compass
Robert McCarroll, chairman of Springfield’s Historic Commission, shared news today that 52 Westminster Street (pictured at left; photo by Bill Dusty) in the city’s McKnight neighborhood will be available for viewing during a series of open houses this...
by Heather Brandon | Aug 20, 2007 | Urban Compass
One thing is certain in Springfield and Hartford: something is changing, that much is evident. The jury of news anchors and reporters is still out on the subject of whether it’s for the better or for the worse, and frankly, their producers or editors might...
by Heather Brandon | Jun 7, 2007 | Urban Compass
Springfield resident Greg Metzidakis (pictured, far right, with fellow residents and coincidentally Historic Commissioners Marjorie Guess and Ralph Slate at last September’s Urban Land Institute reception) asked recently about the city’s former Technical...
by Heather Brandon | Aug 22, 2007 | Urban Compass
An item related to a matter that surfaced during a June 28 Finance Control Board meeting public comment session—a relatively new element of the three-year-old meetings—is set to appear on the agenda of the Springfield City Council tonight, Monday, August 20,...
