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CETA members favor US Bank site as first downtown development focus
Summary
Board members at the CETA retreat signaled a preference to prioritize the US Bank property for downtown redevelopment while keeping the Buick assembly parcels on a secondary track; members urged market outreach to identify developers and to coordinate with city-owned parcels nearby.
Members of the Springfield Economic/Urban Renewal board discussed which of several downtown-owned parcels should be the immediate focus for CETA’s development work, and several members said the US Bank site should be the first priority.
That choice matters because infrastructure already exists at the US Bank site and it could catalyze infill across adjacent blocks; board members also noted the Buick assembly surface-parking parcels provide short-term flexibility but are lower on the priority list.
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