Springfield EDA directs staff toward removing building at 325 N. Brooklyn as park priority

Ally Camp, Springfield’s economic development manager, told the board she needed direction about a building at 325 North Brooklyn Street that sits inside the Glenwood master plan area. "This is a city owned property," Camp said, and she emphasized that the proposed park measures about 2.8 acres but that setbacks and environmental boundaries reduce usable open space to roughly 1.1 acres. Retaining the building would further reduce park square footage and require upgrades such as walkways, stormwater treatment and bike parking.