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Springfield BID Board Supports Keeping Hampden County Courthouse within Business Improvement District of Downtown Springfield

September 28, 2026/in Leadership Voices/by Justin

Board emphasizes courthouse’s role as essential civic and economic infrastructure within the Springfield Business Improvement District SPRINGFIELD, MA — September 2026 — The Springfield Business Improvement District’s Board of Directors is unanimous in its position that the Hampden County Courthouse should remain within the core of the Springfield Business Improvement District “The Springfield Business Improvement […]

Selected courthouse site isn’t right for city | Letters to The Republican

August 12, 2026/in Leadership Voices/by Justin

The state conditionally approved the Liberty Junction proposal for the new Regional Justice Center to replace the Roderick L. Ireland Courthouse – a location not in the central business/residential center, but the far side of the railroad tracks – requesting a re-design of the building to only 220,00 square feet – to reduce the cost. […]