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Applicants and residents press board to protect Memorial Building as lease applications are reviewed
Summary
At a Springfield Economic Development Agency meeting, a downtown architect urged care for the Memorial Building while an applicant for the 236–240 Main St. lease described plans for an art-and-frame shop. The board opened time for applicants and public testimony; no lease decisions were made.
At the Springfield Economic Development Agency meeting, a downtown architect urged the board to treat the Memorial Building as a war memorial while an applicant for the 236–240 Main Street lease described plans to open an art-and-frame shop.
Jenna Fribley, a downtown architect with Campfire Collaborative, told the board the property should be treated as a memorial rather than “a building.” “This was built as a war memorial post World War…
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