Come See the Missouri Good Neighbor Week Table at Celebrate Springfield!


Missouri Good Neighbor Week is coming to Celebrate Springfield, and I hope you’ll stop by our booth!

The 5th Annual Celebrate Springfield is a free community event designed to bring neighbors together while showcasing the people and organizations that make Springfield a great place to call home. There will be live music, local organizations, food trucks, activities and plenty of opportunities to connect with others.

And the timing couldn’t be better: Celebrate Springfield falls on the final day of Missouri Good Neighbor Week!

📅 Sunday, October 4, 2026
⏰ 1:00–4:00 p.m.
📍 Route 66 Stadium Front Plaza
🎟️ FREE admission
🚗 FREE parking

At the Missouri Good Neighbor Week booth, we’ll be talking about simple ways each of us can become a more engaged neighbor and help build stronger neighborhoods throughout Springfield and Missouri. Stop by, take our 60-second “How Neighborly Are You?” challenge, make a neighboring commitment, and learn how small actions can create stronger connections where we live.

Missouri Good Neighbor Week is celebrated Sept. 28–Oct. 4, so Celebrate Springfield provides a fitting way to wrap up the week: by getting out, meeting people and celebrating community together.

Celebrate Springfield organizers say it well: we'll be “gathering with neighbors, discovering local organizations … and celebrating everything that makes Springfield such a great place to call home.”

Learn more about Celebrate Springfield at celebratesgf.com and learn more about Missouri Good Neighbor Week at missourigoodneighborweek.com.

Come meet a neighbor. Make a connection. Start something good.


WRITTEN BY

David L. Burton

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