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Early Monday morning a new tree sprouted in Clare’s Main street, located in the space outside Clare Post Office. As part of the original Clare and Gilbert Valleys Council (CGVC) ‘Clare Streetscape Plan’ and after community consultation, it provided a concept of a ‘gathering tree’ representing the location as a key gathering point for the township, in this instance, the Clare Post Office. The artist, South Australian artist and sculptor Gerry McMahon, was later engaged and built on the original concept with some input from the local community for the words on the ‘leaves’, which ...

The Revive 66 Campground doesn't open until 8 p.m., but on Thursday a handful of people were waiting outside the gates by 7 p.m. Some said they had been there for a few hours to make sure they got a trailer. There are currently 10 teardrop trailers and three units that are accessible to those with disabilities on the property, which are rented on a first-come, first-serve basis. More trailers will be delivered this week and in the coming weeks. The campground is open Monday through Friday but that will switch to seven days a week as soon as there are enough trailers to make it financially ...

'It's a safe place to go': Revive 66 Campground proving popular among homeless Jackie Rehwald, Springfield News-Leader The Revive 66 Campground doesn't open until 8 p.m., but on Thursday a handful of people were waiting outside the gates by 7 p.m. Some said they had been there for a few hours to make sure they got a trailer. There are currently 10 teardrop trailers and three units that are accessible to those with disabilities on the property, which are rented on a first-come, first-serve basis. More trailers will be delivered this week and in the coming weeks. © Andrew Ja...

The end of the cold weather season is approaching, hopefully bringing an end to an especially difficult winter with regard to safely sheltering the homeless on freezing nights. Due to the pandemic, existing crisis cold weather shelter spaces had to operate at limited capacity to allow for social distancing. In late January, those spaces were nearing capacity with more and more homeless people seeking shelter on freezing nights. In response, the city announced it would allocate to the Ozarks Alliance to End Homelessness an additional $95,000 in emergency funding to help provide for crisis...

'It feels like a miracle': Donors, volunteers and churches help hundreds find shelter from cold Jackie Rehwald, Springfield News-Leader © Nathan Papes/Springfield News-Leader Eden Village resident Mirenda Barrows makes coffee as she volunteers in the emergency shelter set up at Eden Village on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. As temperatures plummeted this past week to lows not seen in decades, donors and volunteers throughout the Ozarks pitched in to make sure everyone who sought shelter had a warm place to sleep. There are currently seven crisis cold weather shelter sites through...