Two businesses open in Kerasotes Building

An email newsletter blasted out Friday from Downtown Springfield, Inc. began like this: “The reports of our demise are greatly exaggerated.”The statement, a play on writer Mark Twain’s famous expression, refers to the general rumblings about the state of downtown amid the COVID-19 pandemic.Though some prominent longtime staples have closed for one reason or another, more businesses have actually opened in the business district this year, according to DSI. […]