Officials in Springfield Massachusetts on Friday will honor volunteers who cleaned-up and restored a park that was hit hard by the June 1st, 2011 tornado.
Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno said a lot of clean up and rebuilding has occurred in the two years since the city was hit by the powerful tornado.
Although most single family homes were rebuilt, and most small businesses came back to the tornado impacted part of downtown, recovery in low income neighborhoods has lagged. Sarno said some projects have snagged on bureaucratic red tape. The city was only recently awarded $21 million in federal housing funds for rebuilding projects.
