Remember the days of friendly front porches and regular walks to the corner store? Remember when it was normal to see children riding bicycles almost anywhere? Well, if you've been to Springfield lately, that friendly culture is making its way back.

Though subdivisions, highways and shopping centers cover open fields and wooded areas once home to wildlife and exploring children, Ozark Greenways is setting aside miles of greenspace corridors for the public to enjoy. It’s hard to escape the American car ... (more)