Springfield ICON

Independent Coalition for Our Neighborhoods

public policy

  • ICON Letter: The Magic of City Planning

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    Springfield ICON believes the City of Springfield would benefit from having a City Planner focused specifically on the city and tasked with creating city plans based on best practices and on efficiently implementing those plans in partnership with developers and property owners.  This person’s work could be supported by the currently-contracted Springfield-Sangamon County Regional Planning…

  • ICON Supports Neighborhood in Salvation Army move

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    At 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…

  • Don’t Take Infrastructure for Granted – Fred Coombe

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    Kudos to Fred Coombe, who is involved with the MacArthur Boulevard Association, for his guest column in the SJ-R today. Fred writes: As Americans, we take for granted our public infrastructure and the workers that maintain these systems. Our infrastructure is among the most reliable in the world… We are the fortunate beneficiaries of a…

  • ICON supports Chronic Nuisance Landlord Ordinance

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    Springfield ICON submitted the following guest editorial to the SJ-R that was published Saturday, March 19 in the SJ-R. Look for more on problem properties coming soon. It’s time to fix our problem properties What’s it like to see the house next door sell for half of what it did 10 years ago? What’s it…

  • Crime-Free Housing Ordinances: middle ground leaves room for partnership & improvement

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    Attached is an article from the October 2014 issue of the Illinois Realtor newsletter.  Although the article – by Assistant Director of Advocacy and Local Issues Mike Scobey – argues against some local Crime-Free Housing Ordinances, several statements are in sync with ICON’s goal of improving the quality of life for residents in older neighborhoods:…