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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.

Bloomington budget notebook: Outcome-based budgeting, city council salaries

Bloomington budget notebook: Outcome-based budgeting, city council salaries

Next Wednesday (May 29), Bloomington’s city council will hold a work session to discuss budget priorities for 2025. Possibly part of the conversation will be the concept of outcomes-based budgeting, which is a notion that was given some discussion at an April 24 budget work session. Outcomes-based budgeting focuses

Linda Thompson’s 2 decades of service honored by Bloomington’s environmental commission

Linda Thompson’s 2 decades of service honored by Bloomington’s environmental commission

On Thursday, senior environmental planner Linda Thompson attended her final meeting of Bloomington’s environmental commission (EC) as the city staff member who supports the group. Thompson’s last day on the job is Friday, which ends two decades of service, starting in 2004. Before starting with city government, Thompson

Bloomington Transit to launch new micro-transit service with slogan: ‘BLink and you’ll be there!’

Bloomington Transit to launch new micro-transit service with slogan: ‘BLink and you’ll be there!’

Starting July 15, Bloomington Transit (BT) plans to start offering a new zone-based on-demand service that is meant to help connect riders to the fixed-route bus system, or even provide the whole trip. The program is branded as BLink—which is pronounced “blink” not “bee-link.” The pronunciation squares up with

Monroe Convention Center expansion notebook: Interviews for construction manager set for June 4

Monroe Convention Center expansion notebook: Interviews for construction manager set for June 4

On the morning of June 4, representatives from three construction firms will be interviewed by Monroe County’s capital improvement board (CIB) for the job of construction manager for the convention center expansion project. Shortlisted from the original six that responded to an early 2024 RFQ (request for qualifications) are

April 2024 food inspection reports for Monroe County released by health department

April 2024 food inspection reports for Monroe County released by health department

Monroe County’s health department has released the reports for inspections of food service operations that were conducted in April 2024. More than half of the places that were inspected in April (38 of 70) had no violations. Recording at least one non-critical violation, but no critical violations were 10

U.S. Dept. of Energy tied to lease OK’d by Bloomington for parking garage office space

U.S. Dept. of Energy tied to lease OK’d by Bloomington for parking garage office space

A lease agreement is finally in place for the ground floor commercial space that was constructed as a part of Bloomington’s Trades District parking garage project, which was completed in 2021. At its regular Monday meeting, Bloomington’s redevelopment commission approved the terms of a lease that will allow

150-bed hotel deal moves ahead in Bloomington’s Trades District with OK from redevelopment group

150-bed hotel deal moves ahead in Bloomington’s Trades District with OK from redevelopment group

Sometime in the second half of 2026, a new 150-room upscale hotel could be open for guests in Bloomington’s Trades District north of 10th Street, just across from the parking garage. That’s if all goes according to the plan laid out in a letter of intent (LOI) signed