Springfield boards, commissions become flashpoint in quest for diversity

On paper, Dean Graven would seem to be the ideal candidate to sit on a commission about city housing policy.The 64-year-old Springfield resident has decades of experience as a home builder, developer and banker. He’s currently a zoning commissioner and has served as chairman of the Development Policy Council — a group of local developers, engineers, Realtors and government officials — for more than a decade.Not to mention he played a lead role in […]