The 2024 Community Focus Report Now Available Online
The 2024 Community Focus Report (pdf) has been released with a new set of Blue Ribbons and Red Flags for the Springfield-Greene County community.
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Community Focus Report Provides Interim Update Ahead of 20th Anniversary
The Community Focus Report has issued a 2023 interim update to provide fresh data for community organizations regarding the area’s strengths and challenges.
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The 2021 Community Focus Report Now Available Online and in Print
The 2021 Community Focus Report for Springfield & Greene County—the biennial report card that highlights the community's strengths and challenges—is now available to the public.
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What is Springfield? Share Your Thoughts at sgfengage.org
The Community Focus Report wants your input: What do you think of when you think of Springfield?
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CFO and the Darr Family Foundation present ‘Network for Progress’
A series of five facilitated sessions exploring the Red Flags and Blue Ribbons in Springfield and Greene County as outlined by the 2021 Community Focus Report. Register today.
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Springfield's Arts, Music Communities Hard Hit by Pandemic
[WHITE PAPER] A lack of in-person events during the 2020-21 pandemic has had a devastating impact on local arts and culture organizations.
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Business & Economic Development
Springfield Area Unemployment Back to Pre-Pandemic Levels
Like the rest of the country, Springfield and Greene County saw huge spikes in unemployment during the pandemic. But those numbers have returned to pre-pandemic levels as restrictions have eased.
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Business & Economic Development
Area Wages Rising — But So is the Cost of Living
[WHITE PAPER] Wages have improved since the 2019 Community Focus Report, but the Springfield area's median wages remain below those of St. Louis and Kansas City.
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