IDEA Commons
![An entrepreneur ascending the staircase within the Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise Center.](/Partnerships/_Files/maybe_web.jpg)
Innovation, Design, Entrepreneurship, Arts
A Vision Led by Missouri State University
IDEA Commons is Missouri State University’s vision for an urban innovation park in downtown Springfield. It’s a collaborative
community effort where people from all walks of life can live, shop, learn, create
and work.
![Colorful mural with a message. Community is who we are. Forward is where we are going.](/Partnerships/_Files/IdeaCommonsMural.jpg)
Building community
A community focused on creating what’s next
IDEA Commons is more than a collection of buildings and people. It’s a community rooted
in history but has eyes fixed to the future. It’s the catalyst for innovation in southwest
Missouri and beyond.
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A state of the art, seven-story hub for innovative research and development in southwest Missouri.
![Display of colorful artwork within the Brick City Gallery.](/Partnerships/_Files/IdeaCommonsBrickCity.jpg)
Brick City
A cluster of buildings that house the university’s Art & Design programs, collaborative Pharm D program with UMKC, and a portion of efactory programs.
![Students collaborating within eFactory space designated for cultivating ideas.](/Partnerships/_Files/IdeaCommonsEfactory.jpg)
Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise Center
Home to efactory, the collaborative engineering program with Missouri S&T and printing & postal services.
![Missouri State drone shot of downtown Springfield.](/Partnerships/_Files/IdeaCommonsJVIC.jpg)
Enriching Springfield
A bustling and thriving downtown community
IDEA Commons is also home to eclectic merchants, beautiful galleries, incredible resources and modern dining and living spaces, like:
- The Lofts at Inspired Commerce
- Obelisk Home
- The Jordan Valley Community Health Center
- The Missouri State Highway Patrol Crime Lab
- National Audio Company
- Andy’s Frozen Custard corporate headquarters
- And so much more