Dave Askins

The city of Bloomington’s 2025 budget could get approved on the same schedule that currently appears on the calendar—with a city council vote on adoption set for Oct. 9, after a public hearing on Sept. 25. That’s based on the back-and-forth that came on Wednesday between Bloomington

At its regular Monday meeting, Bloomington’s redevelopment commission (RDC) took care of three relatively low-cost items related to the Hopewell project, as it prepares to consider a public offering for some of the land. Those relatively low-cost items involved security patrols, a security fencing reconfiguration, and an electrical contract

Bloomington mayor Kerry Thomson’s formal presentation to the city council of the city’s 2025 budget will be made in about three weeks, on Sept. 25. The vote on the budget is currently scheduled for Oct. 9. It is the first city budget for Thomson, who was sworn into

At 11 p.m. on Sunday night, the first day of September, around 80 people gathered for a candlelight vigil at Indiana University’s Sample Gates, where Kirkwood Avenue dead ends at the western edge of the Bloomington campus. It was the second, now weekly, vigil that has been organized

Thursday was the fourth day in a row for the Bloomington city council to hear from different units within the city about their 2025 budget proposals. Bloomington mayor Kerry Thomson had released the proposed budget the previous week. The week’s presentations included all the departments of the city as

At a Thursday gathering that filled the event space at The Mill, leaders from Bloomington and Indiana University celebrated a $16 million award from Lilly Endowment Inc. The money is designated for collaborative projects involving The Mill, the Trades District, and Indiana University. The first announcement of the $16 million