The Community Foundation of the Ozarks granted $180,000 to eight collaborative projects in Springfield and Greene County through the Collective Impact Grant Program. The projects will address “Red Flags” identified in the 2021 Community Focus Report by leveraging the perennial “Blue Flag” of collaboration.
Watershed Committee of the Ozarks: $21,060 for the Watershed Natives program in partnership with Springfield Public Schools and Ozark Empire Fairgrounds. The program will teach special skills to Hillcrest High School students and expand the native plant nursery, located at the fairgrounds, that was first started in 2020 with a previous Collective Impact grant and funding from the Darr Family Foundation.