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City proposes to add more areas to Court Square Urban Renewal Plan

skyline of downtown Springfield, Massachusetts
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A larger area of downtown Springfield, Massachusetts would become part of the Court Square Urban Renewal Plan under a proposal being considered by the City Council.

After three years of work, a new blueprint has been drawn to guide development in a large area of downtown Springfield, Massachusetts.

The Court Square Urban Renewal Plan, which was first created more than 50 years ago, has been updated to encompass a larger area.

New additions are the Worthington Street area where buildings were heavily damaged in a gas explosion in 2012 and the Roderick Ireland Courthouse which the state is considering replacing.

The Springfield City Council is holding public hearing tonight about the new plan.

WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill spoke with Amanda Pham, Executive Director of the Springfield Redevelopment Authority.

The record-setting tenure of Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno. The 2011 tornado and its recovery that remade the largest city in Western Massachusetts. The fallout from the deadly COVID outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers Home. Those are just a few of the thousands and thousands of stories WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill has covered for WAMC in his nearly 17 years with the station.