APRIL 22-28, 2024 SPRINGFIELD BUSINESS JOURNAL · 31 47% No 40% Yes 13% Sometimes NEXT QUESTION: Does parking availability impact your decision to visit downtown Springfield? Vote at SBJ.net/poll Total votes: 416 | Collected: April 10-17 This poll is not a scientific sampling. It offers a snapshot of what readers are thinking. NOW LIVE Take the 2024 Springfield Business Journal Economic Growth Survey at SBJ.net/EGS and help generate strategic insights that reflect the greater Springfield community. MAY 1 Deadline to nominate area companies that are making an impact on the local economy! Nominate at SBJ.net/EIA. MAY 9 | 5:30 PM Join us at Oasis Convention Center as SBJ celebrates Dynamo Award winner O’Reilly Automotive Inc. and counts down the area’s fastest-growing companies. Get event information and purchase tickets at SBJ.net/D12. MAY 21 | 3:30 PM Join us at The Backlot at Alamo Drafthouse for a live interview with Mark Burgess, owner of Ozarks Lunkers and managing partner of Burgess Aircraft Management. Get event information and purchase tickets at SBJ.net/12People. JUNE 27 | 5:30 PM Join us at Oasis Convention Center as SBJ celebrates local champions of health care! Get event information and purchase tickets at SBJ.net/HealthCare WEEK ON THE WEB LOOK AHEAD WEEK ON THE STREET POLL Does your office follow a written dress code? TAWNIE WILSON provided by OZARK SCHOOL DISTRICT ◀ Development Discussion Affordable housing developer Debbie Shantz Hart of DHTC Development LLC discusses her current workload and career with Springfield Business Journal Executive Editor Christine Temple. Hart was interviewed April 16 for SBJ’s 12 People You Need to Know interview series at The Backlot, Alamo Drafthouse Springfield’s restaurant and bar. New to the Board ▶ Dustin Kirkman, left, and James Griffin are sworn in April 11 as new members of the Ozark School District Board of Education. They were elected on April 2. SEND YOUR PHOTOS TO SBJ@SBJ.NET BY THE NUMBERS Bass Pro Shops founder Johnny Morris’ estimated net worth, according to Forbes World’s Billionaires List $9.5B @sbjnet SBJ.net/enews Facebook.com/SBJ.net @sbjnet linkedin.com MOST READ 1. 2024 Men of the Year 2. Officials break ground on Republic warehouse 3. Attendance hits low point at Cardinals game 4. Curb Appeal: 23 high-end homes hit market 5. Gold Mechanical makes key hires 6. Moxy Momentum: Officials expect new downtown hotel will open within a month 7. Guaranty parent company reports executive compensation 8. Aquatic center fronting Sports Town in the works 9. Irish company to close KC plant 10. Johnny Morris ranks No. 249 on global billionaires list SBJ FILE Arvest appoints new member to Springfield board EDITOR’S PICK April 17—Arvest Bank has appointed a new member to its Springfield board. Joining the board is Algerian Hart, assistant to the president for inclusive engagement at Missouri State University. Hart’s addition to the board grows its ranks to nine members. Hart, a kinesiology professor at MSU since 2019, previously served as an administrator and professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and he’s a professor emeritus at Western Illinois University.
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy