Eight neighborhood associations in Springfield’s Ward Six have big plans for the money they received as the first grants are awarded from a fund established by Alderman Cory Jobe.
Jobe held a block party for the ward Sunday to announce the eight one-thousand-dollar grants. Jobe donated half of his aldermanic salary to start the fund, which has since grown through various fundraising events.
The money will be used for projects ranging from new signage to tree planting to removing poison ivy from a neighborhood boulevard.
