Springfield board signals support to move Glenwood master plan from land-use to infrastructure phase

Springfield — City economic development staff on Nov. 24 told the Springfield Economic Development Agency board that the Glenwood master plan is ready to move from land-use approvals into infrastructure and predevelopment work, and board members signaled support to proceed.

Allie Camp, economic development manager, reviewed the project’s guiding principles — connecting the community to the river, following the Glenwood Refinement Plan, economic viability and being “right-sized for Springfield” — and outlined the planning and funding history. Camp said the Glenwood Urban Renewal Area uses tax-increment financing and that the agency has spent roughly half of the area’s maximum indebtedness, which is $32,860,000. “The preliminary master plan includes something called a phasing plan where essentially the infrastructure to the site needs to be delivered to support…