Future Events
Monthly Meeting
May, 2013 Meeting
Thurs, May 9, 7:30am
Red Cross
1045 Outer Park Drive
MacART Fest
Gala June 7th
Art Fair June 8th
www.MacARTFest.com
Past Events
MBBA / MacArthur Boulevard Spring Clean Up
Saturday, April 20th with Franklin Middle School.
Meet at 8:45 a.m. in Franklin’s east parking lot.
MBBA Fall Happy Hour
Thurs, October 25, 4:30-6pm
Ross Isaac, 1710 S. MacArthur
Complimentary Appetizers
Cash Bar
Network with the MBBA
download flier...
ACE Bike Shop - Average Joe's Bike Ride
Sunday May 27 noon
Ace Bike Shop will be hosting The Average Joes bike ride once again and would like to ask anyone wanting to come out and ride with us on May 27th starting at noon. We will be riding the Interurban trail to Chatham and back. There will be a drawing for a new Giant Escape 2 fitness bicycle to all riders entered.
Download the flyer...
MACART Fest
June 8 & 9, 2012
Tickets on sale now!
$30 single / $50 a couple for Friday night ART IN ACTION
Event flyer...
Sponsor flyer...
2012 MacART Fest photos...
Adopt-a-Street Cleanup
15 Blessed Sacrament students and parents picked up 19 large bags of trash on MacArthur Boulevard from Governor to Wabash on Sat, May 5. Big thanks to everyone - MacArthur looks spiffy! Luers Family Shoes/Kids Kluz will donate donuts.
March Monthly Meeting
Verne LaGesse of Friends of Sangamon Valley talks about Robinson Woods and their fundraiser April 20 at Maldaner's.
Download the flyer...
Download the announcement...
HELP US SHAPE THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY!
The Springfield-Sangamon County Regional Planning Commission invites you to participate in the development of a Regional Comprehensive Plan.
There are two ways for you to be involved in this process:
1. Attend one of three community workshops to tell us your concerns, values, and desires:
March 8th - 6:00 pm
Sangamon Co. Dept. of Public Health
2833 South Grand Avenue East
Springfield, IL 62703
217-535-3100
2. ONLINE: www.hlplanning.com/sscrpc
Download the flyer...
Public hearing on High Traffic Freight Trains Through Springfield
Illinois State Rail Plan Public Information hearing
Illinois Department of Transportation
Tuesday, March 6, 4 to 7 pm
Lincoln Library, 326 South 7th Street
How will the State of Illinois’ Rail Plan will affect our downtown community? Your opportunity to be heard.
Over 30 Franklin School students and volunteers picked up 13 large bags of trash on MacArthur Boulevard from Governor to Wabash on Sat, Nov. 5. “It’s great for kids to be involved,” said David Farrell, vice president of the association and a 36-year resident of the area. “We benefit from their involvement, and it also brings a smile to our faces.” Helping support such efforts teaches the children how to be good neighbors, added organizer Julie Dirksen. “This is their neighborhood, too,” said Kris Huddleston, principal at Franklin, 1200 Outer Park Drive.
Read the SJ-R article...
Friends of MacArthur FUNDRAISER
- suggested $20 donation
Oct 27, 5:30-8:30pm
Ross Isaac
1710 South MacArthur Boulevard
5th Annual Artist Market
Saturday, June 4 and June 11
9am to 2pm
Town & Country Shopping Center
More information...
Adopt-A-Street Cleanup
Rescheduled due to weather
Saturday, June 4, 7:30am
Thanks to Butler School!
June Monthly Meeting
Thursday, June 9, 7:30am
Meeting minutes...
ACE Bike Shop - Average Joes Bike Ride
Sunday, April 17 NOON
ACE Bike Shop
2500 S. MacArthur
217-523-0188
Download flyer...
April Monthly Meeting
Thursday, April 14, 7:30am
Agenda...
Minutes...
Cory "Mac" Jobe steps down as MBBA President to become Springfield's Ward 6 Alderman. Thanks to Wade Kammin for the photo. Debbie Cimarossa, Springfield's Ward 7 Alderman, soon to be ending her term, was elected the new President of MBBA.
MBBA Mayoral & Alderman Ward 6 & 7 Candidates Forum
Monday, March 21, 6-8pm, South Side Christian Church, Download Forum Flier...
Thanks again to:
- South Side Christian for hosting us, for videotaping the forum and for use of their Vimeo account to host the videos
- David Farrell for moderating & publicity
- Sharon Whalen of Illinois Times for timekeeping & publicity
- Julie Dirksen & Laurie Farrell for setting up, greeting at the MBBA table & providing water for candidates
- Glenn Yanow of Baskin Robins & Wade Kammin of Wild Birds Unlimited for reviewing questions
- Carol Kneedler of O3 Internet for signs, website & eNews
- MBBA for sponsorship and questions
Citywide Aldermanic Forum
Thursday, March 3, 7-9pm
Dove Center St. John's Hospital
Sponsored by MBBA, ICON PAC, Downtown Springfield Inc and the Illinois Peoples Action group
Event flyer...
MacArthur Boulevard Master Plan Announcement
Wednesday, February 23, 2011, 6-8pm
Butler School
The Master Plan documents are hosted on the Regional Planning Commission website. Links to download them are here. Some files are very large, and all require Adobe Acrobat to open.
Cover PDF 28 kb
Table of Contents PDF 146 kb
Section 1 Text PDF 378 kb
Section 1 Figures PDF 2.2 mb
Section 2 Text PDF 899 kb
Section 2 Figures PDF 52 mb
Section 3 Text PDF 11 mb
Section 3 Figures PDF 45 mb
Section 4 Text PDF 449 kb
Section 4 Figures PDF 37 kb
Mayor Edwards speaks at the MacArthur Boulevard Master Plan Announcement
Railroad Study Open House
Tuesday, November 16, 4-7pm
Prairie Capital Convention Center
1 Convention Center Plaza
The Springfield Railroad Corridor Study Team has spent the summer developing and analyzing preliminary alternatives that would address the city’s increasing freight and passenger rail traffic, which is likely to double in the next 10 years. The study team, led by Hanson Professional Services Inc., has been charged with the task of assessing the environmental, social and economic impacts of various alternatives in order to recommend one alternative to the Federal Railroad Administration.
The alternatives being considered will be presented at an open house, Tuesday, November 16, from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. at the Prairie Capital Convention Center. There will not be a formal presentation. Attendees can come any time between the hours listed.
Download flyer...
Adopt-A-Street MacArthur Cleanup - Fall 2010
The MBBA has adopted MacArthur Boulevard from Governor St to Wabash Ave. 22 people picked up 12 large bags of trash along MacArthur on Sat. Oct. 9. Thanks to the 8th graders at Blessed Sacrament School and their parents, who volunteered to help with our first litter pickup. Other area schools will assist with future cleanups in April, June, August & October of 2011.
Thanks to organizers Julie Dirksen, David & Laurie Farrell and Carol Kneedler, to the Mobil Super Pantry for donuts and to McDonalds for coupons for the 8th graders.
We've become so accustomed to seeing trash along the roadway that we don't consciously register it, but when it's gone the street looks much better!
Kudos to the MacArthur business owners
who keep their property clean every day!
Springfield City Meeting on Flooding around MacArthur & Washington Park
Several MBBA members attended the September 20 meeting about flooding.
City of Springfield Public Works Director Mike Norris spoke to an outspoken group of about a 50 residents and property owners from all areas of Springfield.
The city does not currently have the budget to fix combined storm and sanitary sewers or to clean existing sewers more often than once every 10-12 years. Even if funds were available to improve the storm and sewer systems, the storm sewers would not handle a "100-year event" and would overflow into the streets.
Property owners with basements flooded by storm water and sewage backing up from basement drains and fixtures are urged to call the Public Works department even if someone else near you has already called. The daytime number (before 3pm) is 217-789-2244, and the after-hours number is 217-789-2246.
Other options were suggested to prevent storm water and sewage from backing up into basements as well as information on what could or could not be done to solve the underlying problem.
Read details on our meeting report...
Redevelopment Plan - Community Workshop with Lakota Group
Wednesday, September 8, 6:30pm
Butler Elementary School
1701 South MacArthur Blvd.
The MacArthur Boulevard Redevelopment Plan Steering Committee will host the third Community Workshop to present final planning concepts and development strategies for the future revitalization of MacArthur Boulevard.
Workshop participants will assist in refining planning strategies to be incorporated in the final plan.
If you have a business, own property, live on or around MacArthur Boulevard, or are just an interested Springfield resident, you are invited to participate in this ongoing planning process to improve and enhance one of Springfield’s most important commercial corridors.
Download flyer...
Lakota project website...
September Monthly Membership Meeting
Thursday, September 9, 2010
7:30am American Red Cross
Speaker: Lakota Group - Redevelopment Plan
Meeting Minutes...
Redevelopment Plan Meeting
July 22, 5-7pm
Dublin Pub Restaurant back room, 2413 S MacArthur
South Side Christian Church - Big Block Bash
July 18 6-8pm at South Side Christian Church, 2600 S. MacArthur Boulevard
The Big Block Bash is an annual block party that South Side Christian Church hosts to celebrate living life in Springfield. Free food, games, prixes and live music.
Download the flyer...
July Monthly Membership Meeting
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Speaker: Effective Planning In Your Community, T.J. Blakeman, Planning Director, City of Champaign
meeting agenda... meeting minutes...
download PDF of presentation... (PDF 6mb)
MacArthur Boulevard Redevelopment Plan - Lakota Group Public Input Meeting #2
Inn at 835, 835 South 2nd Street
Wednesday, June 23, 6:30-8:30 pm
MacArthur Extension Opening
Friday, April 30, 2010 2:30pm
Please join us at the grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony for the MacArthur Boulevard Extension and the new interchange at MacArthur and Interstate 72. The ceremony will be held near the interchange. In case of rain, the ceremony will be held at the South Side Christian Church at 2600 S. MacArthur Boulevard.
Everyone should enter at the north end of the project, where Wabash, MacArthur and Junction Circle intersect, and park on the east side of the new section of northbound MacArthur Boulevard near the interchange.
Download a map of the entry point and parking...
A Business After Hours to celebrate the opening will be held at ShowMe's Restaurant. Details to come.
MBBA Community Meeting - Lakota Group 4/21/2010
The first of three public input workshops for the Redevelopment Plan was held at Douglas School, with approximately 80 people in attendance. During the workshop, the Lakota Group introduced the planning process for the MacArthur Boulevard Redevelopment Study; discussed the Boulevard's strengths, weaknesses and opportunities; and conducted a visual preference survey to gauge what types of land use, development density, and design characteristics are preferred by MacArthur stakeholders.
Download the full Press Release...
The Lakota Group has established a website on the project so the general public can get up to date information about the program. You can find the project page on the Lakota website...
Read about workshop and other information on our FaceBook page...
Read about the workshop in the SJ-R...
Future Events
Monthly Meeting
May, 2013 Meeting
Thurs, May 9, 7:30am
Red Cross
1045 Outer Park Drive
MacART Fest
Gala June 7th
Art Fair June 8th
www.MacARTFest.com
Past Events
MBBA / MacArthur Boulevard Spring Clean Up
Saturday, April 20th with Franklin Middle School.
Meet at 8:45 a.m. in Franklin’s east parking lot.
MBBA Fall Happy Hour
Thurs, October 25, 4:30-6pm
Ross Isaac, 1710 S. MacArthur
Complimentary Appetizers
Cash Bar
Network with the MBBA
download flier...
ACE Bike Shop - Average Joe's Bike Ride
Sunday May 27 noon
Ace Bike Shop will be hosting The Average Joes bike ride once again and would like to ask anyone wanting to come out and ride with us on May 27th starting at noon. We will be riding the Interurban trail to Chatham and back. There will be a drawing for a new Giant Escape 2 fitness bicycle to all riders entered.
Download the flyer...
MACART Fest
June 8 & 9, 2012
Tickets on sale now!
$30 single / $50 a couple for Friday night ART IN ACTION
Event flyer...
Sponsor flyer...
2012 MacART Fest photos...
Adopt-a-Street Cleanup
15 Blessed Sacrament students and parents picked up 19 large bags of trash on MacArthur Boulevard from Governor to Wabash on Sat, May 5. Big thanks to everyone - MacArthur looks spiffy! Luers Family Shoes/Kids Kluz will donate donuts.
March Monthly Meeting
Verne LaGesse of Friends of Sangamon Valley talks about Robinson Woods and their fundraiser April 20 at Maldaner's.
Download the flyer...
Download the announcement...
HELP US SHAPE THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY!
The Springfield-Sangamon County Regional Planning Commission invites you to participate in the development of a Regional Comprehensive Plan.
There are two ways for you to be involved in this process:
1. Attend one of three community workshops to tell us your concerns, values, and desires:
March 8th - 6:00 pm
Sangamon Co. Dept. of Public Health
2833 South Grand Avenue East
Springfield, IL 62703
217-535-3100
2. ONLINE: www.hlplanning.com/sscrpc
Download the flyer...
Public hearing on High Traffic Freight Trains Through Springfield
Illinois State Rail Plan Public Information hearing
Illinois Department of Transportation
Tuesday, March 6, 4 to 7 pm
Lincoln Library, 326 South 7th Street
How will the State of Illinois’ Rail Plan will affect our downtown community? Your opportunity to be heard.
Over 30 Franklin School students and volunteers picked up 13 large bags of trash on MacArthur Boulevard from Governor to Wabash on Sat, Nov. 5. “It’s great for kids to be involved,” said David Farrell, vice president of the association and a 36-year resident of the area. “We benefit from their involvement, and it also brings a smile to our faces.” Helping support such efforts teaches the children how to be good neighbors, added organizer Julie Dirksen. “This is their neighborhood, too,” said Kris Huddleston, principal at Franklin, 1200 Outer Park Drive.
Read the SJ-R article...
Friends of MacArthur FUNDRAISER
- suggested $20 donation
Oct 27, 5:30-8:30pm
Ross Isaac
1710 South MacArthur Boulevard
5th Annual Artist Market
Saturday, June 4 and June 11
9am to 2pm
Town & Country Shopping Center
More information...
Adopt-A-Street Cleanup
Rescheduled due to weather
Saturday, June 4, 7:30am
Thanks to Butler School!
June Monthly Meeting
Thursday, June 9, 7:30am
Meeting minutes...
ACE Bike Shop - Average Joes Bike Ride
Sunday, April 17 NOON
ACE Bike Shop
2500 S. MacArthur
217-523-0188
Download flyer...
April Monthly Meeting
Thursday, April 14, 7:30am
Agenda...
Minutes...
Cory "Mac" Jobe steps down as MBBA President to become Springfield's Ward 6 Alderman. Thanks to Wade Kammin for the photo. Debbie Cimarossa, Springfield's Ward 7 Alderman, soon to be ending her term, was elected the new President of MBBA.
MBBA Mayoral & Alderman Ward 6 & 7 Candidates Forum
Monday, March 21, 6-8pm, South Side Christian Church, Download Forum Flier...
Thanks again to:
- South Side Christian for hosting us, for videotaping the forum and for use of their Vimeo account to host the videos
- David Farrell for moderating & publicity
- Sharon Whalen of Illinois Times for timekeeping & publicity
- Julie Dirksen & Laurie Farrell for setting up, greeting at the MBBA table & providing water for candidates
- Glenn Yanow of Baskin Robins & Wade Kammin of Wild Birds Unlimited for reviewing questions
- Carol Kneedler of O3 Internet for signs, website & eNews
- MBBA for sponsorship and questions
Citywide Aldermanic Forum
Thursday, March 3, 7-9pm
Dove Center St. John's Hospital
Sponsored by MBBA, ICON PAC, Downtown Springfield Inc and the Illinois Peoples Action group
Event flyer...
MacArthur Boulevard Master Plan Announcement
Wednesday, February 23, 2011, 6-8pm
Butler School
The Master Plan documents are hosted on the Regional Planning Commission website. Links to download them are here. Some files are very large, and all require Adobe Acrobat to open.
Cover PDF 28 kb
Table of Contents PDF 146 kb
Section 1 Text PDF 378 kb
Section 1 Figures PDF 2.2 mb
Section 2 Text PDF 899 kb
Section 2 Figures PDF 52 mb
Section 3 Text PDF 11 mb
Section 3 Figures PDF 45 mb
Section 4 Text PDF 449 kb
Section 4 Figures PDF 37 kb
Mayor Edwards speaks at the MacArthur Boulevard Master Plan Announcement
Railroad Study Open House
Tuesday, November 16, 4-7pm
Prairie Capital Convention Center
1 Convention Center Plaza
The Springfield Railroad Corridor Study Team has spent the summer developing and analyzing preliminary alternatives that would address the city’s increasing freight and passenger rail traffic, which is likely to double in the next 10 years. The study team, led by Hanson Professional Services Inc., has been charged with the task of assessing the environmental, social and economic impacts of various alternatives in order to recommend one alternative to the Federal Railroad Administration.
The alternatives being considered will be presented at an open house, Tuesday, November 16, from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. at the Prairie Capital Convention Center. There will not be a formal presentation. Attendees can come any time between the hours listed.
Download flyer...
Adopt-A-Street MacArthur Cleanup - Fall 2010
The MBBA has adopted MacArthur Boulevard from Governor St to Wabash Ave. 22 people picked up 12 large bags of trash along MacArthur on Sat. Oct. 9. Thanks to the 8th graders at Blessed Sacrament School and their parents, who volunteered to help with our first litter pickup. Other area schools will assist with future cleanups in April, June, August & October of 2011.
Thanks to organizers Julie Dirksen, David & Laurie Farrell and Carol Kneedler, to the Mobil Super Pantry for donuts and to McDonalds for coupons for the 8th graders.
We've become so accustomed to seeing trash along the roadway that we don't consciously register it, but when it's gone the street looks much better!
Kudos to the MacArthur business owners
who keep their property clean every day!
Springfield City Meeting on Flooding around MacArthur & Washington Park
Several MBBA members attended the September 20 meeting about flooding.
City of Springfield Public Works Director Mike Norris spoke to an outspoken group of about a 50 residents and property owners from all areas of Springfield.
The city does not currently have the budget to fix combined storm and sanitary sewers or to clean existing sewers more often than once every 10-12 years. Even if funds were available to improve the storm and sewer systems, the storm sewers would not handle a "100-year event" and would overflow into the streets.
Property owners with basements flooded by storm water and sewage backing up from basement drains and fixtures are urged to call the Public Works department even if someone else near you has already called. The daytime number (before 3pm) is 217-789-2244, and the after-hours number is 217-789-2246.
Other options were suggested to prevent storm water and sewage from backing up into basements as well as information on what could or could not be done to solve the underlying problem.
Read details on our meeting report...
Redevelopment Plan - Community Workshop with Lakota Group
Wednesday, September 8, 6:30pm
Butler Elementary School
1701 South MacArthur Blvd.
The MacArthur Boulevard Redevelopment Plan Steering Committee will host the third Community Workshop to present final planning concepts and development strategies for the future revitalization of MacArthur Boulevard.
Workshop participants will assist in refining planning strategies to be incorporated in the final plan.
If you have a business, own property, live on or around MacArthur Boulevard, or are just an interested Springfield resident, you are invited to participate in this ongoing planning process to improve and enhance one of Springfield’s most important commercial corridors.
Download flyer...
Lakota project website...
September Monthly Membership Meeting
Thursday, September 9, 2010
7:30am American Red Cross
Speaker: Lakota Group - Redevelopment Plan
Meeting Minutes...
Redevelopment Plan Meeting
July 22, 5-7pm
Dublin Pub Restaurant back room, 2413 S MacArthur
South Side Christian Church - Big Block Bash
July 18 6-8pm at South Side Christian Church, 2600 S. MacArthur Boulevard
The Big Block Bash is an annual block party that South Side Christian Church hosts to celebrate living life in Springfield. Free food, games, prixes and live music.
Download the flyer...
July Monthly Membership Meeting
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Speaker: Effective Planning In Your Community, T.J. Blakeman, Planning Director, City of Champaign
meeting agenda... meeting minutes...
download PDF of presentation... (PDF 6mb)
MacArthur Boulevard Redevelopment Plan - Lakota Group Public Input Meeting #2
Inn at 835, 835 South 2nd Street
Wednesday, June 23, 6:30-8:30 pm
MacArthur Extension Opening
Friday, April 30, 2010 2:30pm
Please join us at the grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony for the MacArthur Boulevard Extension and the new interchange at MacArthur and Interstate 72. The ceremony will be held near the interchange. In case of rain, the ceremony will be held at the South Side Christian Church at 2600 S. MacArthur Boulevard.
Everyone should enter at the north end of the project, where Wabash, MacArthur and Junction Circle intersect, and park on the east side of the new section of northbound MacArthur Boulevard near the interchange.
Download a map of the entry point and parking...
A Business After Hours to celebrate the opening will be held at ShowMe's Restaurant. Details to come.
MBBA Community Meeting - Lakota Group 4/21/2010
The first of three public input workshops for the Redevelopment Plan was held at Douglas School, with approximately 80 people in attendance. During the workshop, the Lakota Group introduced the planning process for the MacArthur Boulevard Redevelopment Study; discussed the Boulevard's strengths, weaknesses and opportunities; and conducted a visual preference survey to gauge what types of land use, development density, and design characteristics are preferred by MacArthur stakeholders.
Download the full Press Release...
The Lakota Group has established a website on the project so the general public can get up to date information about the program. You can find the project page on the Lakota website...
Read about workshop and other information on our FaceBook page...
Read about the workshop in the SJ-R...