Planning & Development

The Department of Planning and Development provides services related to the physical development of the community. We work with citizens and other departments to plan orderly growth in our community. Springfield is committed to managing growth, to efficiently and effectively using public and private resources, and to achieving a balance between public and private development goals.

Jordan Valley Concept Plan

Jordan Valley, and specifically Jordan Valley Park, is an enormously successful initiative and project that has garnered community support and national attention. With local, state, and federal backing the area known as Jordan Valley is now home to a professional baseball stadium, an ice park, an exposition center, a park with an amphitheater gathering space, an outdoor classroom, art sculpture, the Creamery Arts Center, Founders Park, a Greenway trail, the Jordan Valley Innovation Center, the addition of a parking garage and private sector investments in a drug store, loft apartments, a hotel, and general downtown revitalization.

Download theJordan Valley Concept Plan (49.6 mb) for more information on the future of this project.