$1M needed to restore belltower struck by lightning in Springfield

530 city leaders joined members of the Saint George Greek Orthodox Church to announce restoration funding for the church community after a lightning strike damaged the building last year. A lightning strike damaged the historic bell tower in 2023, which serves as a central place of worship for the Saint George congregation. This building has been a piece of history in Springfield for more than 100 years. Now, the city and church community is announcing a capital fundraising campaign towards completing the ongoing restoration and repair work. We spent the money for the Coachella Center. We bought from Springfield, as you know, a year, years ago for a dollar, but it's very expensive to maintain. We have the church to maintain also, and we need assistance because we don't have to go to ask the parishioners for so much money. The repairs are going to cost about $1 million. There is more work that is needed to complete the rebuilding efforts.