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Springfield, MO
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Springfield, MO
Mary Lilly Smith is considered a wealth of institutional knowledge at City Hall. A city employee since 1982, the director of planning and development works with a team of 30 people and spends most of her time jumping from at least four meetings a day and responding to over 100 emails. She’s spent the last month on the city’s next comprehensive plan since agreeing to a $657,000 contract with a Chicago consulting firm.
A safe room and classroom addition at Willard Central Elementary School will be used by the music, arts and athletic programs for a district that had 4,536 students last year, according to Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education figures, but school officials say enrollment is projected to grow.