SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Organizations came together in downtown Springfield on Sunday to address the possibility of a whites-only community coming to Missouri.

This comes after the whites-only group ‘Return to the Land’ told KY3 earlier this week they had plans to build settlements in Missouri.

Pastor Tracey Wolff with Springfield’s NAACP said Springfield has come so far in the past 30 to 40 years.

“I went to school here in the 80s, and it was a totally different Springfield than the Springfield I came to in 2019. What I’ve seen, what I’ve experienced today is a much more inclusive Springfield than what I experienced in the mid to late 80s,” Wolff said. “We want to see that continue and grow so that everybody feels welcome and our city thrives.”

‘Return to the Land’ already owns 150

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