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The former NAPA Auto Parts store, more recently the election operations building for Monroe County, gets demolished to make way for the expansion of the Bloomington Convention Center. The demolition started a bit after 8 a.m. and the building was flat in under two hours.

The former NAPA Auto Parts store, more recently the election operations building for Monroe County, gets demolished to make way for the expansion of the Bloomington Convention Center (formerly the Monroe Convention Center). The demolition started a bit after 8 a.m. and the building was flat in under two hours. (Dave Askins, July 232025)

The former NAPA Auto Parts store, more recently the election operations building for Monroe County, gets demolished to make way for the expansion of the Bloomington Convention Center (formerly the Monroe Convention Center). The demolition started a bit after 8 a.m. and the building was flat in under two hours. (Dave Askins, July 232025)

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