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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.

City council’s tighter parking space limits left alone by short-handed Bloomington plan commission

City council’s tighter parking space limits left alone by short-handed Bloomington plan commission

The maximum number of parking spaces allowed for restaurant parking in Bloomington will remain, for at least a while, at 10 per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area. That’s one main result from the Bloomington plan commission’s Tuesday morning special meeting. The other outcome from the

Huge population variance leads MCCSC to mull proposal for new board seat district map

Huge population variance leads MCCSC to mull proposal for new board seat district map

In 2024, anyone who wants to win election to a board seat for the Monroe County Community School Corporation (MCCSC) will likely be navigating by a district map that is different from the current one. That’s because some changes to MCCSC’s governing plan are set to get a

Lower Cascades road options to be heard by Bloomington city council

Lower Cascades road options to be heard by Bloomington city council

On the north side of Bloomington, there’s currently no dedicated non-motorized pathway between Miller-Showers Park, up the Old SR 37 highway through Lower Cascades Park up to Cascades Park. On Wednesday (July 26), Bloomington’s city council will get a presentation from planning and transportation director Scott Robinson with

Bloomington mayor calls Hopewell groundbreaking a “once-in-a-century opportunity to create a new neighborhood in the heart of our beloved city”

Bloomington mayor calls Hopewell groundbreaking a “once-in-a-century opportunity to create a new neighborhood in the heart of our beloved city”

On Friday afternoon, a day with partly cloudy skies and a temperature around 80 degrees, about 60 local leaders gathered at the now empty grassy lot on the south side of 2nd Street, between Rogers Street and The B-Line Trail. They were assembled to mark the groundbreaking for the Hopewell

2024 local govt budget season kickoff: Draft plan for Bloomington Transit includes $12M for land purchase

2024 local govt budget season kickoff: Draft plan for Bloomington Transit includes $12M for land purchase

This past Tuesday’s meeting of Bloomington Transit’s five-member board included a first look at the 2024 budget for the city’s public transportation agency. The biggest chunk of the draft 2024 budget is about $12.5 million for acquisition of land to expand BT’s bus storage and

Licensing for building trades pitched to Monroe County by plumbers and steamfitters union

Licensing for building trades pitched to Monroe County by plumbers and steamfitters union

Monroe County has a licensing and registration board that is responsible for testing, registration and licensing of electrical contractors doing work in the county. And the state of Indiana has a plumbing commission that administers a plumber’s license. But those two professional trades don’t come close to covering

Bloomington Transit looks to city council for legal authority to serve whole county

Bloomington Transit looks to city council for legal authority to serve whole county

Bloomington Transit (BT) wants to offer public transportation service anywhere in Monroe County. In order to offer service outside the city boundaries, BT would need approval from Bloomington’s city council. A request to Bloomington’s city council to enact such an ordinance won unanimous approval from BT’s five-member