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Parks touts new projects and sustainability steps; facilities warn City Hall HVAC needs a feasibility study

Springfield City · March 21, 2026
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Parks director Tom Ash highlighted investments across 2,500 acres and reported nearly $13 million in awarded projects; facilities leaders warned City Hall air handlers from the 1980s need replacement and proposed an engineering feasibility study to scope costs and lead times.

Tom Ash, director of Parks, described a parks operating and capital program that maintains more than 50 parks and roughly 2,500 acres and highlighted projects funded by ARPA, CPA, grants and enhancement funds. The presentation referenced awarded projects totaling nearly $13 million and a parks budget in the multi-million range;…

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