Grant Beach Association & Neighborhood Home Page
Welcome to the Grant Beach Neighborhood Website. Grant Beach Neighborhood is located in Springfield, Missouri. The Grant Beach Neighborhood Betterment Association is a group of citizens working together to maintain and improve the quality of living in our area. We meet monthly on a regular basis to address neighborhood concerns, and encourage residents to start smaller neighborhood watch groups in their block. Here you can find news about your Springfield neighborhood. You can get a calendar of upcoming events and stay in touch with your neighbors.
This is the brand new website of Grant Beach Neighborhood in Springfield, Missouri. You will find many new sections, many new features, and a whole new layout and look. It is our desire that this new website becomes a truly useful tool for the residents of Grant Beach. PLEASE, use the drop down menus above and surf around and check our our new features.
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Mission Statement: "Improving the quality of life in our neighborhood"
- Area of Benefit: The Grant Beach Neighborhood Association (GBNA) benefits the area within the boundaries of Boonville on the East, Kansas Expwy. on the West, the railroad tracks just North of Commercial street, and Chestnut Expwy. on the South, located in Springfield, Missouri.
- Purpose: We believe that people should actively participate as citizens in a democracy and as neighbors in in a community. We are a group of citizens interested in working together to maintain and improve the living quality of our neighborhood, motivate the city to address our concerns, be a spawning ground for neighborhood watch programs and build a sense of community among us. Working together, there is little that cannot be done, working apart there is little that can be done.
- Membership: Membership in the Grant Beach Neighborhood Association is open to any resident, landlord, or representative of any business or organization that is 18 years of age or older, located near Grant Beach Park in Springfield, Missouri.
- Membership Dues: Household: $5.00 per year - Business: $25.00 per year Memberships expire on December 31st no matter what the date of membership purchase is during the year.
- Monthly Meetings: Regular monthly meetings are held on the 3rd Monday of the month. We start off with a Potluck Dinner and Social Time at 6:00 PM; and the meeting begins at 6:30 PM. During the school year the monthly meetings are held at Weaver Elementary School, 1461 N. Douglas Ave., Springfield, Missouri, in the All-Purpose Room. During the Summer months, the monthly meetings are held at the Pavilion at Grant Beach Park. (The times remain the same.)
SPECIAL EVENTS:
The GBNA sponsors and co-sponsors many different events every year. Some of them include:
- The annual Spring and Fall Neighborhood Clean-Ups
- Annual Neighborhood Pet Show
- Youth Community Service Program
- Annual Pumpkin Decorating & Costume Contest
- Afternoon In the Park
- National Night Out
- Block parties (the GBNA even helps out with the expense and organization)
- GBNA Volunteer Recognition Banquet
- Good Neighbor Service Bank
- Weaver Walking School Bus
Neighborhood Features:
- Grant Beach Neighborhood Association
- Monthly neighborhood newsletter
- Monthly neighborhood meetings
- Great Schools: St Joseph, Weaver, Pipkin & Central
- Boys & Girls Club
- Bridges For Youth
- Grant Beach Park: playground, pavilion, baseball & soccer fields, tennis courts, basket ball courts, swimming pool
- Wonderful churches: Central Assembly of God, St. Joseph Catholic, Fransican Villa, Grant Avenue Baptist and more
- Grocery Stores: Wommack's, Price Cutter