Dave Askins

Before Monday, it had been nearly six months since Bloomington and Monroe County officials last appeared in a public setting, to talk about the proposed expansion of the Monroe Convention Center. The city council’s first meeting of the year, in early January, was the occasion when the city council

A new report on street pavement and sidewalk conditions in Bloomington was reviewed for Bloomington’s city council last Wednesday by public works director Adam Wason. The report included some encouraging news about sidewalks. Wason told the council, “The good news here is the condition of our sidewalks community-wide are

Street closures for this year’s Fourth of July parade were approved this past week by Bloomington’s three-member board of public works. The route is the same one as last year, following a thin rectangle starting at 10th Street and College Avenue, heading south to Kirkwood Avenue, then east

On Friday, Bloomington’s five-member economic development commission (EDC) approved a report from city staff  on about a dozen tax abatements  that have been granted to companies over the years, as well as a couple of tax abatements that have been approved, but not yet claimed. The pending abatements are

On Wednesday night, Bloomington’s city council chambers were packed so tight that the upstairs balcony had to be opened to fit everyone. The big crowd was there for two reasons. First, the council’s meeting was the occasion when Bloomington’s human rights commission announced its annual awards. One

At its Monday meeting, Bloomington’s redevelopment commission (RDC) took incremental steps on two of its projects. First, the RDC approved a $479,000 contract with U3 Advisors to serve as the owner’s representative for the redevelopment of the Hopewell neighborhood—which is the former site of the IU