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07/11/2026
🎉We have a lot of celebrate next week for our 40th anniversary with our first sister city in Isesaki, Japan! We invite our members and friends to join us for a flag-raising ceremony to fly the city flags of Springfield, Isesaki, Japan, and Tlaquepaque, Mexico, under the national flags at the Sister Cities Plaza in central Springfield. 🎊
Mayor Jeff Schrag and Mayor Pro Tem Heather Hardinger, the Council's current SSCA board representative, will join us, along with visiting gardeners from Isesaki and past and current SSCA leaders.
🕒3 p.m., Tuesday, July 14
📍Sister Cities Plaza, East Trafficway just west of National Avenue
🚗Parking is available in the large surface lot on the south side of East Trafficway across from Route 66 Stadium.
07/09/2026
Some fun Nathanael Greene/Close Memorial Park history from the Springfield-Greene County Park Board 💚
07/02/2026
Great news for visitors to Springfield Botanical Gardens at Nathanael Greene/Close Memorial Park and Mizumoto Japanese Stroll Garden!
🎉 Scenic Avenue is now open!
Scenic Avenue has reopened to traffic between Sunshine Street and Bennett Avenue following completion of the Scenic Avenue Bridge Replacement and Scenic Avenue Stormwater and Sidewalk Improvements projects.
The improvements include:
🌉 A new bridge over Wilson's Creek
🚶 New sidewalks and ADA-accessible curb ramps
🚴 A 10-foot shared-use path
💧 Upgraded stormwater infrastructure
Thank you to our residents, visitors and businesses for your patience throughout construction!
Read the full details: https://www.springfieldmo.gov/m/newsflash/home/detail/13211
Music has a way of connecting us across cultures, languages, and backgrounds. Here is a great example of that from Sunday's concert: Grupo musical Canela featuring Ernesto! ✨
Canela met Ernesto just last week, Canela visiting from our Mexican sister city of Tlaquepaque and Ernesto a Springfield resident originally from Cuba. Over the next few days, they were making music together like old friends. That’s the power of rhythm, joy, and shared humanity.
That's what Springfield Sister Cities is all about. This fall, Canela will carry that same spirit of unity all the way to our Japanese sister city, bringing three cities together as we celebrate 40 years of friendship.
You can support Canela's journey to Japan at peacethroughpeople.org/Canela26 (link in bio).
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