economic development
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ICON May 2021 Membership Meeting – Mike Jackson on Historic Preservation, City Planning, Older Neighborhoods
Springfield ICON held their May 2021 membership meeting on May 24, 2021 via Zoom. Architect Mike Jackson joined us to discuss historic preservation, city planning and the impact (or lack of impact) on older neighborhoods.
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FOIA and Investigative Reporting – with Bruce Rushton
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in Hall of FameIn the podcast on March 23, 2019, Dan Noll talks with Bruce Rushton from the Illinois Times about government transparency and “Welcome to the Hotel Springfield” (Illinois Times 3/21/2019) in this podcast from Jim Ackerman Law Offices on WMAY.
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Council denies public input to all development projects under 12 acres
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On Tuesday, May 16, the Springfield City Council voted to radically alter the definition of Large Scale Development to only include projects over 12 acres in size (previously the definition was any project over 1/2 acres involving 2 or more buildings, and any project over 5 acres regardless of how many buildings.) The council vote effectively…
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ICON Supports Neighborhood in Salvation Army move
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in ICON NewsAt ICON’s April meeting, we voted unanimously to speak to the City Council in support of the Pioneer Park Neighborhood Association’s opposition to having the Salvation Army move into their neighborhood. Our remarks to the Council on June 7 are below. When I first heard about the proposed move of the Salvation Army to Gold’s…