Two years into operation, Springfield Dream Center Executive Director Jody Dow says the nonprofit is ready to expand its youth program on the north side. Dow shared the plans during Springfield Business Journal’s 12 People You Need to Know live interview on Feb. 19. She says the DC Academy will move to five days a week in the fall and begin accepting middle school children.
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Living the Dream
Two years into operation, Springfield Dream Center Executive Director Jody Dow says the nonprofit is ready to expand its youth program on the north side. Dow shared the plans during Springfield Business Journal’s 12 People You Need to Know live interview on Feb. 19. She says the DC Academy will move to five days a week in the fall and begin accepting middle school children.
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Green Light
Officials break ground Feb. 27 on Los Angeles-based Kuvera Partners’ $51 million Aquarium at the Boardwalk, located at the former Grand Palace in Branson. The ceremony was held the morning after the Branson Board of Aldermen approved a $7 million tax increment financing package to fund 13.7 percent of the total project cost. Pictured, from left, are Branson chamber CEO Jeff Seifried, Mayor Karen Best, Greg Baker and Bill Jones of Branson Bank, and Kendall Polk of Citizens National Bank.
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Retail Health
Mercy Springfield Communities on Feb. 14 hosts a tour of its third co-branded urgent care center in Springfield. The Mercy-GoHealth Urgent Care at 3233 E. Sunshine St. in the Sidewalk Plaza retail center joins two others in Springfield at 900 E. Battlefield Road in Battlefield Market Place and 2150 W. Republic Road in Magers Crossing. The centers are a partnership with Atlanta-based GoHealth Urgent Care.
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Retail Health
Mercy Springfield Communities on Feb. 14 hosts a tour of its third co-branded urgent care center in Springfield. The Mercy-GoHealth Urgent Care at 3233 E. Sunshine St. in the Sidewalk Plaza retail center joins two others in Springfield at 900 E. Battlefield Road in Battlefield Market Place and 2150 W. Republic Road in Magers Crossing. The centers are a partnership with Atlanta-based GoHealth Urgent Care.