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Residents and aldermen press Springfield to address vacant houses, business losses and public safety
Summary
Public commenters and aldermen urged the City of Springfield to do more on housing stability, vacant boarded properties and downtown business losses, and highlighted crime and population decline as drivers of economic strain.
Residents and several aldermen used public comment and new-business time at the Dec. 30 Committee of the Whole meeting to press the City of Springfield for faster action on vacant properties, housing instability and downtown business closures.
Brianna Roberts, introducing a "Springfield Wrapped" review of city data, said downtown lost roughly 13 locally owned businesses over about nine months and that Springfield recorded 11 homicides this year. "Our most skipped genre this year was locally owned businesses," Roberts said, adding…
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