Liberty Junction Is the Wrong Site, Poorest Design, and a Bad Choice The public argument over the Springfield Regional Justice Center centered on location, cost and the city’s long wait. A memorandum prepared by court personnel asks a different question: what it is like to work in, and be served by, each proposed building. Comparing […]
In August 2026, Kimley-Horn completed an economic and community impact assessment of relocating Springfield’s courthouse, the future Springfield Regional Justice Center. Its central finding: “the primary economic risk associated with courthouse relocation is not the loss of courthouse activity from Springfield, but its redistribution within the city.” A courthouse drawing 1,200 to 1,500 people a […]
In 2007, the Urban Land Institute’s Boston District Council delivered “Downtown’s Report,” a Technical Assistance Panel study requested by the City of Springfield. Its core finding: Downtown Springfield’s layout is a “textbook” example of good urban design — compact, walkable, and home to a diversity of retail, cultural, civic and business uses. Many of the […]