Take a look at this high traffic location at the corner of 60 and 5 hwy. This is a prime location for a truck stop, restaurant, and/or motel! Mansfield is the home of Laura Ingalls Wilder and only minutes from the Mo Fox Trotters World Headquarters, Bull Shoals Lake and Springfield Mo. The 13.4 acres also offers a 3 bed, 2 ba home, large stocked pond and barn. This site will not be available for long!!   $375,000Mansfield is not FAR from Springfield or other larger cities in the region. But the distance is far enough that Mansfield cannot be considered a suburb of the larger areas.  Traffic on the highways which intersect at Mansfield is not outrageous, but business impressive.   There are demographics to prove the value of Mansfield for locating a business.  I am ready to work with you... 05/04/2007

Mansfield's Town Square is important to the city concept, just as in many other Ozarks communities. The City of Mansfield has embarked on a renovation project that will make the Square an even prettier place to be. Presently, the center attraction is the sweet little gazebo. The gazebo will remain a highlight, but have some better steps and wiring for sound and lights. An attractive planting already dresses up one corner of the Square. Two flag poles wave the Red, White and Blue --This winter shot caught the flag waving over a Christmas celebration on the Square. A bust of Laura Ingalls Wilder sits amidst cement placques commemoratiang the Little House Books. There are plans for a small wall and seating around the memorial bust. The perimeter of the park will enjoy a walkway. Right now ... 04/28/2007

May 5, 2007 will see the 55th Annual Butter Days Celebration active on the Town Square in Mansfield. Sponsored by the Mansfield Lions Club, Butter Days celebrates the Dairy Industry around Mansfield. Agriculture is a major economic factor in the Mansfield area; dairies have been a big part of that. Dairying can get to be a challenge because of so little crop ground in the rough and rolling Ozarks Mountain Country. From candidates 3 to 5 yrs, a Butter Day Prince and Princess will be selected on Saturday morning. There will be games for the kids earlier in the morning with sack races, balloon tosses and terrapin races. At 1PM, there will be a parade from the school parking lot to the Post Office. Billie and the Rough Riders will be entertaining at the Square along with other music groups.... 04/28/2007

This week, a black bear visited a home along Rock Road about a mile south of Mansfield.  The home owner estimated the bear to weigh around 100 to 125 pounds. The residents of the home got a picture which was published on the front page of the Mansfield Mirror this week.  The bear was sited again by Mr. Butcher while he was turkey hunting.  According to the comments in the Mansfield Mirror, the conservation agent warns against feeding the bear and helping it become a nuisance.There is a lot of brush and timber covered country in the Ozarks that lend themselves to being habitat to interesting wildlife such as turkeys and black bear.I am ready to help you with your real estate needs in the Mansfield area or in nearby areas. We are natives of the area and familiar with the lay of the land. ... 04/27/2007

The Mansfield Area is served by an attractive and active community center at 205 Missouri St in Mansfield. Mansfield Community Center offers access to excellent and expansive equipment in the work-out room, plus availability of a personal trainer.The gymnazium is used by local amateur sports groups, by walkers during inclement weather and was invaluable to the Mansfield School System during the construction of a new facility last year. The management schedules exercise and fitness classes for all ability levels, including chair aerobics.Two ample rooms with kitchen facilities can host groups and meetings, both large and small. There is a catering service available through the Community Center as well.Visitors to the area are welcome to use the facility on a day rate. Think about how nic... 04/27/2007

One evening a couple summers ago, we stopped by the Town Square at Mansfield, Missouri, to enjoy a music evening. When we parked, we were right next to an elderly gentleman who is a Mansfield native staying in his vehicle while listening to the music. We never got our lawn chairs to the Square because we got to visiting with this gentleman. He knew so much about the community and made it all terrifically interesting. The one little item we liked the best was about Freeze Out and Freeze Out Church. It seems that our road -- Rock Road (well and appropriately named) was once the path of Hwy 5 and a church building if nothing else sat near where our home sits which was known as Freeze Out. There's not a sign on the spot, but if you see a sweet little red house in the valley, nestled among t... 04/25/2007

An early rule I read about for monitor viewing was "Every 20 minutes, Look at something 20 feet away for 20 seconds". This is supposed to ease the strain on your eyes from staring at the intriguing and interesting monitor.I have acquired some helpers outside my office window. If you call me, sometimes you can hear them. At a sunflower feeder, a thistle seed feeder and a syrup feeder intended for orioles, but claimed by hummers, all among the apple blossoms and lilacs, I have feathered friends to be the Something to Look at. Cardinals, Blue Jays, Goldfinches, House finchs, mockingbird, hummingbirds, towhee, indigo buntings, gold crown sparrows, redwing blackbirds, titmouse, and grackles all show off. A quarter turn of the chair opens the view for some of the feeders. I have to stretch or... 04/25/2007

The separate seasons are MODERATE, clear and wonderful in Ozark Mountain Country.. Fresh as spring, Hot as summer, Crisp as Autum and Chilly Winter are expressions that ring true in the Ozarks. Yet, each season will be unique from year to year, keeping an environmental mystique for us. 2007 was COLD, binding the land in ice during the winter with a early wake up and temperatures in late March and early April that made us think Spring was surely here in spades and maybe moving into summer. People, plants and wildlife all bought into the warm weather. Gardens were plowed and seeded, blossoms and leaves burst open every day while birds and small animals began their summer activities. Then, winter cracked one more shot at the land before true spring on Easter Weekend. When JudyAnn Lorenz to... 04/25/2007

I have had this topic cooking for months, but it just won't come together.  Perhaps it is not supposed to be TOGETHER!Just about one year ago, my husband, Richard, became a consultant and specialist for a program in two counties of Missouri for the construction of 10 homes using strawbale walls.He had been a masterful builder for years, building log homes in Wyoming.  There they utilized a waste product-- standing dead timber - for the logs, had their own small mill and developed a houselog that was beautiful, environmentally sound and very popular. Richard quickly became converted to strawbale construction.    We have a 25 acre parcel in Wright County which will be the site of a strawbale home when his project is finished and he has time to build.The current project is focused on Dougl... 04/22/2007

A couple years ago, some enterprising newcomers to Mansfield bought a building in great need of some TLC. They applied the care to meet that need in ample supply inside and out, creating a pleasant building for their customers. They opened their doors as A New Chapter Bookstore  Then, Sarah and Shirley stocked the shelves with excellent condition used books. They sell and buy some product online, but offer a cultural opportunity to us in Mansfield that is truly welcome. If we have some extra books that qualify, we can sell them and get the money or leave the credit there for the day we want to buy something. The books are in excellent condition and make good additions to some collections. The possibilities for gift giving is endless because of the great condition and prices. I know one ... 04/18/2007

Mansfield was established because someone saw opportunities with the railroad with made this town the mail & freight distribution for several miles north and clear to the Arkansas line to the south.. Founder, F.M. Mansfield was an attorney from Hartville, MO. Hartville was a part of the puzzle of the Civil War with a Class C battle carried on right in the town proper. The area soils and climate of the time was inviting to the production of apples and there were thousands of acres of orchards in the vicinity in the late 1800's. Laura Ingalls Wilder saw an advertisement encouraging people to come be apple growers in the Land of the Big Red Apple and in 1985, she and her husband, Almanzo bought a small acreage and 1,000 apple saplings and moved to Mansfield. Years later, she began writing ... 04/18/2007

We are fortunate to live in a beautiful area that still has an appealing cost of living. People want to move here, so we are in contact with buyers for the property we're marketing. Buyers from all over the United States. Mansfield is located in a prime spot at an intersection of busy Highway 5 and busier Highway 60. We are close enough to Springfield, Kansas City and St. Louis (to name only a few) to have access to services. But, we are far enough away that we have a smaller community character. Recently I was told that the Mansfield School is one of the schools along the Highway 60 corridor with increasing enrollment. Increasing enrollment means more opportunity and diversity for very important education.But, we know better than to let the real estate carry itself. We are in a people ... 04/15/2007

A large 'herd' of my pets are making dirt 24/7. For 7 years I have had bins in my basement at one house or another which are inhabited by one variety of worms or another. They eat my garbage and my junk mail, turning out beautiful black soil, laced with nifty seeds. Last year I had some wonderful volunteer tomatoes and one struggling little canteloupe vine. The Easter box turtles who roam my garden ate the melons before they could become interesting to people.When we lived in Wyoming, the climate was too cold or too dry to make compost piles something I could keep up with. All my efforts did was attract skunks, raccoons, badgers and whistle pigs, all of which smell kind of mousy at their best! I would wake up in the night and know who was snooping around in the compost. Then, I read abo... 04/15/2007

Someone with a loving hand set shrubs, trees and bulbs so that we have a continuous rotation of something blooming.The first beauties include the jonquils and the dramatically fragrant hyacinths.  The tulips are peeping out here and there, literally scattered about for bright surprises. Wild flowers like violets and dutchman's britches (bleeding heart) compete for the tiny view. The FUCHIA of the redbud trees   will be repeated later in the mimosa and double rose of sharon. The peach tree has safely bloomed with no damaging frost or hail. The apples are preparing to imitate that blossom performance. While the redbuds have been shedding their brilliance along with the wild plums, the dogwoods are posing with their layered blossoms. We have a seasonal appointment with neighbors to drive t... 03/31/2007

Mansfield began Spring and Easter Holiday celebrations today with an Easter Egg Hunt on the Town Square. The Chamber of Commerce made a deal with the Easter Bunny for 2000 eggs, some with a candy inside and some with a toy inside. A New Chapter Book Store, Estrada's Mexican Restaurant, Xanadu Games and Engrave-a-Crete sponsored over 160 prize eggs. There were books, food, games and dollar bills. The plans have been going on for months. The eggs have been in my dining room since January. The gift certificates and notes have been printed out and made ready. Yesterday, I got caught in a downpour while canvasing the Town Square to make sure there was no dog poop for the kids to get into. Today, the Chamber President and owner of Engrave-a-Crete, surveyed again. The hunt was to begin at 1:30... 03/31/2007

Duke, (airdale) has been rototilling the garden and the green space around it where he can reach in pursuit of moles. He vern gets them, and does more damage to the ground than the dreaded armadillos. Being the family dog, he gets a bit of a pass.Today, there is mole activity in the row of baby sassafras trees that DH is nurturing I hope they don't hurt the trees. If Duke had two more feet of cable there would be no moles, no sassafras and then perhaps, no Duke. In an effort to ease his anxiety, I moved my pinwheel mole fence down just above the sassafras row, with the intent of chasing the moles toward the dog. Get 'em. Spring brings everybody out. I have the window open because of the joy of the song birds. There are mice in the basement again. I designed a sticky trap barn out of a 1... 03/13/2007

It's a New Ball Game in Every League -- Mansfield Chamber of Commerce Marketing LuncheonMansfield Area Chamber of Commerce hosted a winter (indoor) picnic luncheon on February 14, 2007. The program was a marketing presentation by Paul Delfino. Business/members which were directly involved in production included Mansfield Community Center catering team, Engrave-A-Crete and Xanadu Games, LLC.Best marketing results today are WORD OF MOUTH -- over 42% rated as the most influential media in 2005 in electronics purchasing decisions.Paul Delfino, of Opportunity, Inc presented models for marketing to give businesses specific tactics that are available for marketing      media advertisingvisabilityunderstanding the need of the target marketlayered marketing to provide more than one product or se... 02/17/2007

Estrada's Mexican Cuisine is a family enterprise gracing the Town Square in Mansfield, Missouri.  We are so fortunate to have, in the midwest, an opportunity to have an eating choice that is both delicious and generous.  Karen and Dwight Estrada and their three boys offer great customer service in their quaint spot along with the very good food.                                                                                                                                 My extreme favorite is the Huge Chicken/Rice Burrito WET with the most scrumptious green chili.  After that, the Shredded beef and Bean Burrito WET with that same lime-y green chili is the next choice.  Although, the enchiladas would never be turned down.  We stopped last week and planned for each of us to have one of t... 02/07/2007

Winter-Winter-Winter.  Please accept my concerns for the people in Florida who are suffering through the storms.When I lived in Wyoming, the dry, cold winters were long, but we hardly ever got a school day. When the temps dipped to fifty below, we started our vehicles every few hours and went to school.  When the house water wasn't working, my sons frosted their faces hauling working water in buckets from the almost frozen river, but everyone still went to school.  When we had icy roads, we drove with great care.  A neighbor who was a brand inspector often had to leave out early in the mornings driving on the rumble bars along the edge of the highway for traction.  Once the wind literally blew my son's car off the road because of ice, but he missed a gully and landed in a barrow pit tha... 02/02/2007

   On February 14, The Mansfield Area Chamber of Commerce at Mansfield, Missouri will be hosting a luncheon with dynamic guest speaker Paul DelPhino at the Mansfield Community Center. Paul is willing to share his knowledge with the business and interested people of the Mansfield area. This is the first of we hope many networking opportunities that will be provided to Mansfield Chamber members.            Paul DelFino is a partner in Opportunity Inc. He has over 30 years experience in finance, organizational development, and management. His areas of specialization are in marketing, human resource management, mergers and acquisitions, and customer service.             Paul has significant experience as a functional unit head in marketing, human resources, and development in various compan... 02/02/2007