Oh! I like this question! You’re right, as far as that specific spot, nothing. BUT, it is extremely important because that specific spot decided the foreseeable future of development in “other spots” in Springfield. If I was a developer and witnessed the defeat by a lackluster neighborhood refusing to grow with a city, I would assume my money is no good and take my development elsewhere. It is the same with the other developments Springfield needs. That campaign, that decision, that vote, Bach, turned a page in Springfield’s history and it was not a positive one. That is part of why I shared what Nixa, a wealthy suburb of Springfield, is saying. Everybody looking in is seeing it like I saw that stunt. AND, Bach wants to be Mayor??? Developers will avoid this city like the plague it is and is becoming!

If we're going to relitigate the Galloway issue, I'll ask the same question I asked then: specifically what was the actual benefit of the project to the neighborhood and the city?

I don't mean a avoiding scaring off developers. I mean the actual, measurable benefit of building luxury apartments and self-storage there in that spot, as opposed to a another location.

Single family houses are at an all time high too. Why did y’all allow Quarrytown to happen? Was that hill okay? That hill is fine, but NOT THIS HILL!!! God forbid!!! Save my sunsets! Save my busted ass road! Save my view of the actual quarry!!!

He was a strong advocate for barring homeless people from sleeping on public land. It’s just more of that out of sight-out of mind ideology the GOP pushes. I’m running for his seat in 2024 and will be on the house floor everyday fighting for affordable housing nationwide

Ignoring that Springfield is a cluster fuck fuck, okay. Poorest city in the state. One of the most dangerous cities in the state. One of the highest, if not highest homeless population in the state. Potholes for days. Churches on every corner, almost literally. Chicken for miles. Yet, dOnT ToUcH ThIs HiLl!!! This hill right here. This one in particular. Eek!!! Yeah, Nixa is the clusterfuck.

If it means we’re closed off to more soulless Quarrytowns and endless giant apartment buildings that nobody here can actually afford, good!

How are both ‘wrong’? What makes either ‘wrong’? There is nothing wrong with development. There is nothing wrong with what Gidden’s insinuated. He is correct. Does it make Bach and the balking of ‘Springfielders’ to development destructive? Does his statement that Bach and the fight against developing that particular location in Galloway closed Springfield for business seem plausible? Absolutely. To say it is wrong and Bach correct is laughable. That’s impossible.

That wasn’t said, but at some point there must be compromise instead of immediate refusal. People are angry about the Grant Street project. Why? People are angry about the developments on Battlefield. Why?

Context of the “lol no?”

It would be in response to your post. Both to the question you posed and Gidden’s insinuation. They’re so wrong it’s laughable.

Context?

Nixa should take some pointers on how to lay out a clusterfuck of a grid because driving in Nixa SUCKS worse than Springfield’s potholes!

Y’all haven’t had your afternoon nap, I see. I was asking for opinions, not hostility. That sort of supports my thoughts on the matter, that NIMBY state of mind. I’m a transplant and I quite frankly do not understand “Springfielders” nor how a city brimming with opportunity and ability to harness its position in the state and the region can also rank as the state’s poorest? I love this city and I support protecting neighborhoods, but I also believe there must be compromise. Again, I’m asking for a conversation, not rudeness. Thanks!

Lol no

So you can never say no to a developer, why even have hearings?

Right? Considering what a cluster fuck Nixa is their opinion means nothing.

Wait! Taco habitat is closed now???

The Nitro Table Rock Red is the best beer made in Springfield and I'll fight anybody over it lol.

Well, I would have before all this shit came out.

Judge me if u will Springfield. I stand by my hilarious comment and the karma that is playing out before us....

I don't give a shit what someone from Nixa thinks about Springfield's neighborhood development.

Ok ken McClure

There’s other places in town to develop, and if the people in the neighborhood don’t want it I think that’s what matters.

Maybe it’s just me but as a native Springfielder I don’t care what a Nixa council member insinuates

Which is????

Yeah. On the very southside of battlefield. Basically at Republic road and West bypass.

The location was one of the draws for me with white river. It's between where I spend summer nights on my bike and where I live. It just seems like the crowd has diminished somewhat since this all started to come out. It was never huge, it was just a little too far west of the action, but it had a healthy supply of regulars and that seems to have gone down. I've never been to Wire Road, was supposed to go to an event there this week but completely zoned on it. Is that in Battlefield?

george’s ain’t bad though!