“That’s a project that we’ve been planning for a long time. Right now, we have grant funding in the amount of $4.7 million towards it,” conveys CAO, Colleen Draper. “Phase One of the project will cost approximately $18 million. That consists of a community kitchen, a gym, a multi purpose room, an indoor playground, and administrative offices.” Phase two, which is hoped to begin over the next few years, will include a multi-use turf area. A DOWNTOWN VISION With so much to offer, this rural municipality is far from complacent. Springfield is actively planning for the future, and continued downtown development in the village of Oakbank is on the agenda. “We’re anticipating having some kind of a dialog with our community to see how we want to envision our downtown to be,” discloses Therrien.“We want to 271 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 05, ISSUE 11 SPRINGFIELD, MB
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