Arts & Culture Red Flags

• Sustainable funding
• Capacity issues
• Limited full-time opportunities
• Diversity

Organizations and projects working toward solutions: 

• Around the World - arts and culture project
• Robberson Community School programming
• OTC’s Adult Literacy partnership

Business & Economic Conditions Red Flags

• Shortage of skilled workers
• Slowing population growth
• Lack of development-ready sites

Organizations and projects working toward solutions: 

• VITA Program
• Immersion Trips
• Walkable Springfield Project
• Urban Roots Farm
• SGF Community Gardens

Citizen Participation Red Flags

• Fluctuating registered-voter numbers
• Low voter turnout
• Giving methods in transition

Organizations and projects working toward solutions: 

• Walkable Springfield Project
• Public Affairs Week Voter Registration

Community Health Red Flags

• Access to medical care
• Access to dental care
• Mental health and substance abuse

Organizations and projects working toward solutions: 

• Vision Screening Program
• Women’s Medical Respite
• Community Health and Fitness
• Healthy Bears
• Urban Roots Farm
• Walkable Springfield Project

Early Childhood Red Flags

• Child abuse and neglect
• Economic disparities of access
• Suspension/expulsion in programs

Organizations and projects working toward solutions: 

• Robberson Community School
• Vision Screening Program
• Around the World

Education Red Flags

• Achievement gaps
• Graduation rate disparity

Organizations and projects working toward solutions: 

• Robberson Community School
• OTC’s Adult Literacy
• Vision Screening Program
• The Fairbanks Community Center
• Around the World
• Bear Power

Housing Red Flags

• Lack of flexible support
• Costs outpace funding
• Affordability

Organizations and projects working toward solutions: 

• Safe and Sanitary
• Eden Village/The Gathering Tree

Natural Environment Red Flags

• Competition for community resources
• Erosion of environmental protections and local control
• Long-term regional water supplies

Organizations and projects working toward solutions: 

• SGF Community Gardens
• Urban Roots Farm
• Walkable Springfield Project
• Immersion Trips

Public Order & Safety Red Flags

• Stagnant federal funding for disaster preparation/relief
• Increasing drug-related problems
• Increase in fires in abandoned structures

Organizations and projects working toward solutions: 

• Nixa CASC
• Walkable Springfield Project
• Safe and Sanitary

Recreation, Sports & Leisure Red Flags

• Green space preservation
• Obesity
• Parks and trails funding

Organizations and projects working toward solutions: 

• Community Health and Fitness
• Healthy Bears
• SGF Community Gardens

Transportation Red Flags

• Insufficient funding
• Decline in bus ridership
• Safety and congestion

Walkable Springfield Project