Dave Askins

At a special meeting on Wednesday, Bloomington’s five-member redevelopment commission (RDC) approved an additional $3.8 million in funding to construct a technology center. The 3-story 22,000-square-foot building—which will stand in the southeast corner of the Trades District, just south of The Mill coworking space—is supposed

By late September next year (2024), an Academy Sports + Outdoor store could be open for business on the east side of Bloomington, north of 3rd Street off Kingston Drive. The outdoor sporting goods store would operate out of the building that has sat vacant since 2017, when it was home

Bloomington’s current police station on 3rd Street is now officially up for sale—for a minimum of $3.2 million. Bids for the property can be made starting on Oct. 13, through Dec. 12. Approving the notice for sale at its Tuesday night meeting was Bloomington’s board of

Bloomington’s director of parks and recreation, Paula McDevitt, is retiring after three and a half decades of service to the city. The announcement of McDevitt’s retirement was made at the start of Tuesday’s board of park commissioners meeting, by board president Kathleen Mills. McDevitt’s final day

After Tuesday’s meeting of Bloomington’s board of public works, it’s now not clear when work will start on the installation of a new gateway monolith at the north end of Miller-Showers Park. In connection with the monolith, public infrastructure improvements are planned in the general vicinity of

In the city council’s information packet for this Wednesday’s (Sept. 27) special meeting, Bloomington mayor John Hamilton’s administration  has provided responses to several questions  from councilmembers about the proposed 2024 budget The special meeting is the occasion of the formal first reading of the 2024 budget. Right