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Yahoo
17-03-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Springfield begins project to repair several roadways
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A road project to repair pavements on 12 roads across Springfield began on Monday. The city will resurface approximately 16 miles of Springfield roadways this spring as part of the Public Works overall pavement maintenance strategy. The bulk of the work will be on Grand Street, Campbell Avenue and Republic Road. Jason Saliba, an engineer with the city, says they tried to get started on this project last fall. 'It's part of a 240-day project. It started back in September of [2024]. We were only able to get a couple of the streets knocked out back then before the winter weather hit, and we had to stop operations,' said Saliba. Springfield unites to beautify historic district with Clean Green Some roads may be reduced to one lane at a time, but all businesses will remain open during the repavement times. The city expects these projects to be done by the end of May. 'This is a milling overlay, so we're not replacing the full depth of the roadway,' Saliba said. 'It's just a top inch and three-quarters. They'll grind that down and then lay a layer of asphalt on top of that.' The resurfacing effort costs nearly $4 million and is funded primarily through the 2024 surface transportation block grant, with a 20% match funded through the city's 1/8th-cent transportation sales tax. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
10-03-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Springfield launches Clean Green initiative on St. Patrick's Day
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The Clean Green Springfield initiative is back this year starting on St. Patrick's Day. On Mar. 17 from 8 a.m. to noon, the City of Springfield and volunteers will kick off the cleanup initiative on Commercial Street. According to a press release, volunteers willing to help spread mulch and plant flowers around the Commercial Street Historic District are encouraged to register and check in at 8 a.m. at the C-Street Market Pavilion (321 E. Commercial Street). Clean Green began as a community litter and beautification initiative in 2021 that has continued as a series of city-wide cleanup activities focused around the months of April and May. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
09-03-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Truro café serving healthy coffees and smoothies opens
A new café serving healthy coffees and smoothies has opened in Truro. Luxe, run by Leeann Griffith, specialises in natural skin and body treatments and has now expanded with a ground-floor bar. The café puts an "adaptogenic and nootropic twist" on hot and cold drinks. Adaptogens, found in plants and fungi, are said to help the body manage stress, anxiety, and fatigue. Common examples include ginseng, turmeric, and ashwagandha. Nootropics such as ginkgo biloba and fish oils, often referred to as cognitive enhancers, are believed to improve thinking, learning, and memory. Leeann has been working from the first floor of the building in New Bridge Street since March last year, offering natural and medical-grade skin treatments, as well as food intolerance and hormone testing, especially for fertility and menopause. Her interest in natural skincare began while working as a dental nurse. She said: "My boss sent me for training in Botox and fillers, but by the time I'd qualified, he'd changed his mind about offering them. "I didn't particularly like Botox, but had started to research natural treatments, did more courses and found a new job with a surgery that wanted to offer aesthetics." Having decided to go solo after the pandemic, Ms Griffith settled into her new premises and created a menu of hot and cold drinks aimed at boosting physical and mental wellbeing. These are available to all customers, not just those receiving treatments. Shakes include the high-protein Choc-o-Luxe, containing banana, avocado, nut butter, collagen, and raw cacao nibs. There is also the Matcha Power with blueberries and Clean Green with kale and mango. A range of adaptogenic black coffees and superfood lattes contains ingredients such as collagen, lion's mane fungi, beetroot, and peppermint. Leeann borrowed £4,000 through a Start-Up Loan for cashflow and to cover the cost of an employee to staff the bar. She said: "I'm a single mum-of-two, so I needed a bit of extra help. "Bank interest rates were really high. "SWIG was a good experience. "Jo was lovely and it was nice to have a more personal approach, rather than an algorithm."
