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Springfield'S Report Card Shows Progress on Key Problems; Others Persist
Foundation: Community Foundation of the Ozarks
"The goal behind this is focusing limited resources on unlimited needs in the community," Brian Fogle, president and CEO of the Community Foundation of the Ozarks, tells the News-Leader.
That's why the Springfield, Mo., group has released an interim report on the state of the community, focusing on 11 areas, including education, early childhood, housing, safety, recreation, transportation, health, economic development, and more.
Highlights from the Community Focus Report, which is a joint project of the CFO, United Way of the Ozarks, Springfield-Greene County Library District, Junior League of Springfield, and Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce: The number of mental health providers to patients has increased since being identified as a challenge in 2017.
The median rent in Springfield is $900 monthly, and both rents and housing values have jumped sharply since 2021.
Gun violence has increased, with officers responding to a higher number of gunfire reports.
Police confiscated more illegal guns and responded to more injured people in 2022 compared to 2021.
The number of overall crime reports, as well as numbers of vehicle thefts and homicides, are down in the same period.
However, housing costs have increased even more than before, opioid overdoses are on the rise, Springfield police deal with more shootings across the city, and
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