The Convention & Visitors Bureau helps local businesses promote themselves to travelers and locals through a variety of opportunities, including the city’s Official Visitors Guide, a website, displays at Springfield-Branson National Airport, etc. This month we welcome the following Springfield businesses: Vintage Suitcase Gifts & Tea Room 319 Event Center Multiple Mexican Villa locations: Mexican Villa [...]
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Arts Council Director Accepts Position at Drury University
Leah Hamilton will leave her position as the Executive Director of the Springfield Regional Arts Council in mid-July for a new role with Drury University. Hamilton, who has worked at the SRAC for seven years, including the past four as Executive Director, will be Drury’s new Director of Arts Administration beginning in August 2013. She will replace [...]
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Welcome New Advertisers!
The Convention & Visitors Bureau helps local businesses promote themselves to travelers and locals through a variety of opportunities, including the city’s Official Visitors Guide, a website, displays at Springfield-Branson National Airport, etc. This month we welcome: Whole Hog Cafe Brown Egg Cafe & Coffee House Sisters in Thyme Stained Glass Theatre in Ozark Indigo Sky [...]
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History Museum Seeking Route 66-Era Hotel Items
The History Museum on the Square is seeking Route 66-era hotel items for an upcoming exhibit. Items of interest would be old hotel beds, tables, water jugs, phones, ashtrays, etc. Anything with an old hotel name on it would be great. If you have items and would be willing to loan for this exhibit, contact [...]
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History Museum to Receive Route 66 Award
The History Museum on the Square will receive an award from The Route 66 Association of Missouri at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 16, 2013, at their new exhibit location on Route 66 at 155 Park Central Square. All are welcome to attend. The Route 66 Association of Missouri recognizes several preservation projects along Route 66 [...]
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Congratulations to Askinosie Chocolate!
Askinosie Chocolate was presented a highly-coveted 2013 Good Food Award for its Dark Milk Chocolate + Fleur del Sel Bar in San Francisco, Ca. The Good Food Awards recognize “tasty, authentic and responsibly produced” food in nine categories, according to the organization’s press release. Winners were selected in a blind tasting of over 1,366 entries [...]
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Zoo Attendance at Near Record Level in 2012
The year-end attendance numbers are in for Dickerson Park Zoo, and total attendance for 2012 was 226,009*. 2012 ranks as the second highest annual attendance in the zoo’s recorded history (dating back to April 1975). When comparing only daytime attendance figures, 2012 brought the highest daytime attendance to the zoo in its history. The series of years with attendance [...]
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Welcome New Advertisers!
The Convention & Visitors Bureau helps local businesses promote themselves to travelers and locals through a variety of opportunities, including the city’s Official Visitors Guide, a website, displays at Springfield-Branson National Airport, etc. This month, we welcome the following businesses that have partnered with the CVB: Omega Healthcare Pierce Arrow Theatre Precious Moments Springfield Art Museum [...]
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Congratulations to Askinosie Chocolate!
Askinosie Chocolate received three medals in the Americas round of the International Chocolate Awards, qualifying the company for a chance to participate in the World Finals. Competing against more than 200 entries from North America and South America, Askinosie Chocolate won a gold medal for its Dark Milk Chocolate + Black Licorice CollaBARation Bar in [...]
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Congratulations to Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield Selected “Best Civil War Battlefield in the Midwest”
In the July/August edition of the AAA Midwest Traveler, a travel magazine for members of the AAA organization, Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield was featured as the best Civil War Battlefield in the Midwest. This edition of the magazine lists their picks for Best of the Midwest 2012, including the best attractions, restaurants and favorite getaways [...]
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