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Dave Askins

Dave Askins

Bloomington, Indiana

Dave Askins is editor and publisher of The B Square Bulletin. A Hoosier native with a background in math and linguistics, he previously co-founded the Ann Arbor Chronicle with his wife, Mary Morgan.

Convention center: CIB takes steps to contract with architect, to include input from arts, entertainment

Convention center: CIB takes steps to contract with architect, to include input from arts, entertainment

Two big pieces of news came out of Wednesday’s meeting of Monroe County’s capital improvement board (CIB). First, the CIB chose Weddle Bros. as the construction manager for the convention center expansion project. Second, it will be the real estate to the east of the current convention center

City council declares Bloomington a ‘safe haven’ for gender-affirming healthcare

City council declares Bloomington a ‘safe haven’ for gender-affirming healthcare

Bloomington’s city council has declared the municipality a “safe haven” for gender-affirming healthcare. The 8–0 vote on the resolution came at the council’s regular meeting on Wednesday night. The tally did not come to 9, because Isak Asare was absent. The resolution will need Bloomington mayor Kerry

Monroe County CIB: Weddle Bros. to be construction manager for eastward convention center expansion

Monroe County CIB: Weddle Bros. to be construction manager for eastward convention center expansion

Weddle Bros. has been selected to be the construction manager (as contractor) for the Monroe Convention Center renovation and expansion project. The location of the project will be to the east of the existing convention center, across College Avenue, on land owned by Monroe County government. Both decisions were made

New jail: Monroe County council, commissioners hit rough patch, de-appropriation of money mulled

New jail: Monroe County council, commissioners hit rough patch, de-appropriation of money mulled

Monroe County’s council, the fiscal body for county government, is looking to send a signal that it’s not pleased with the recent approach the board of county commissioners has taken to the project to build a new county jail. On Tuesday, councilors took the chance at the start

Bloomington OKs 3-story, 110K-square-foot self-storage building in eastside neighborhood

Bloomington OKs 3-story, 110K-square-foot self-storage building in eastside neighborhood

A three-story 110,000-square-foot self-storage facility can now be built on the vacant lot at 4600 East Morningside Drive, on the eastern eastern edge of Bloomington, north of Bruster’s Real Ice Cream. Site plan approval for the building, which is proposed by owner Tyler Curry, was given by Bloomington’

17 new single-family houses on 5 acres OK’d with alley waiver from Bloomington plan commission

17 new single-family houses on 5 acres OK’d with alley waiver from Bloomington plan commission

Owner Darlene Meyer will be able to subdivide a 5-acre piece of land on the southeastern edge of Bloomington into lots to create 17 single-family houses and two common areas. That’s because Bloomington’s plan commission has waived the requirement that at least 67 percent of the lots be

Column: Farting around Kirkwood Avenue, the right hand of Kurt Vonnegut, fighting robots over donuts

Column: Farting around Kirkwood Avenue, the right hand of Kurt Vonnegut, fighting robots over donuts

Wrapping up its months-long schedule of events on Saturday was Granfalloon: A Kurt Vonnegut Convergence—the annual festival hosted by the Indiana University Arts and Humanities council. The B Square’s regular beat of local government coverage does not include cultural festivals like Granfalloon. I am not exactly a Vonnegut