Springfield Business Journal_2020-09-14

Engage with other business leaders at these key SBJ events. Nominate or Buy Tickets Today! EVENTS E VENT: Oct. 9, 2020 Buy webcast tickets by Oct. 8 SBJ.net/MIW TICKETS E VENT: Oct. 7, 2020 Find event info at SBJ.net/GrowthSurvey REGISTER EVENT: March 2021 Nominate at SBJ.net/4040 NOMINATE 34 · SBJ.NET SEPT. 14-20, 2020 WEEK ON THE STREET provided by CONVOY OF HOPE Send photos to sbj@sbj.net provided by SPRINGFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN SESSION Springfield Public Schools officials on Sept. 3 ceremonially cut the ribbon on the Adah Fulbright Early Childhood Center. The school is named after a longtime SPS teacher who graduated from the district in 1891. Superintendent John Jungmann, right, welcomes guests at the ceremony for the nearly $12.7 million project. It was funded as part of the $168 million bond issue dubbed Prop S. HURRICANE HEROES In the aftermath of Hurricane Laura, international humanitarian relief nonprofit Convoy of Hope has provided more than 1.5 million pounds of food and supplies to people affected by the disaster as of Sept. 9, says Stacy Lamb, senior director of U.S. Disaster Services. The Springfield-based organization has established a field distribution center in Lake Charles, Louisiana, right. Between Texas and Louisiana, 32 deaths are blamed on the storm that came ashore as a Category 4 hurricane in southwest Louisiana near the Texas state line on Aug. 27.