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Cycling Safely: Legislators looking at measures to address safer environment, infrastructure

As the weather gets warmer, and even as it doesn’t, people are turning on two wheels rather than four. Bicycling is embedded in the pathways of the southern Willamette Valley,…

6 Mar 2025

Cycling Safely: Legislators looking at measures to address safer environment, infrastructure

As the weather gets warmer, and even as it doesn’t, people are turning on two wheels rather than four. Bicycling is embedded in the pathways of the southern Willamette Valley,…

6 Mar 2025

Fun & games at Castle’s opening

SPRINGFIELD – It’s all fun and games on Main Street in Springfield with the arrival of Castle of Games in the Paramount Center. Kimberly Buckmaster, owner of Castle of Games,…

6 Mar 2025

Fun & games at Castle’s opening

SPRINGFIELD – It’s all fun and games on Main Street in Springfield with the arrival of Castle of Games in the Paramount Center. Kimberly Buckmaster, owner of Castle of Games,…

6 Mar 2025

Willamette Riverkeeper welcomes co-exec directors Emmons and King

Willamette Riverkeeper (WRK) is proud to announce a transformative step forward with the appointment ofMichelle EmmonsandHeather Kingas Co-Executive Directors and Upper and Lower Willamette Riverkeepers. This innovative co-leadership model represents…

6 Mar 2025

Willamette Riverkeeper welcomes co-exec directors Emmons and King

6 Mar 2025

Public invited to comment on future land use at Cottage Grove and Dorena reservoirs

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District (USACE), invites community members to participate in shaping the future of land management at Cottage Grove and Dorena reservoirs. Three in-person public…

6 Mar 2025

Public invited to comment on future land use at Cottage Grove and Dorena reservoirs

6 Mar 2025

Rangers stress caution for Springfield saplings

SPRINGFIELD – Not long after good news spread, lousy news came knocking. Just days after the Willamalane Park and Recreation District completed its final stages of replanting 35 acres…

6 Mar 2025

Rangers stress caution for Springfield saplings

SPRINGFIELD – Not long after good news spread, lousy news came knocking. Just days after the Willamalane Park and Recreation District completed its final stages of replanting 35 acres…

6 Mar 2025

FREE DOWNLOAD: Spring Coloring Contest: Ages 6-11

Chronicle Coloring Contest Spring 2025 – Download

5 Mar 2025

FREE DOWNLOAD: Spring Coloring Contest: Ages 6-11

Chronicle Coloring Contest Spring 2025 – Download

5 Mar 2025

Chamber honors ‘heartbeat of Springfield’ at Inspire Excellence event

Connected Lane County employees celebrate earning Employer of the Year by the Springfield Chamber of Commerce. PHOTO PROVIDED / SPRINGFIELD CHAMBER

Community members across scores of sectors on Feb. 20 gathered at the Wildish Theater during the annual Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce awards ceremony to celebrate the businesses, the business champions, and the people behind it all that “Inspire Excellence” locally.

The Chamber’s track record in 2024 reflects its commonly used mantra, “We Open Doors.” According to Vonnie Mikkelson, the Chamber’s CEO, president, and ceremony emcee, the organization conducted 24 ribbon cuttings and grand openings, offered 1,000 hours of business education through workshops, and saw visits triple online to its Small Business Solutions Hub.

She added that Chamber volunteers contributed over 1,700 hours to lead and serve on committees, “drawing up initiatives that shape our community’s future with the spirit of collaboration and curiosity that fuels constructive dialog.”

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