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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.

County’s side of convention center interlocal accord OK’d, now to Bloomington city council, mayor

County’s side of convention center interlocal accord OK’d, now to Bloomington city council, mayor

On Wednesday morning, final approval of a key four-way agreement for the expansion and renovation of the Monroe Convention Center took another step forward. At their regular Wednesday morning meeting, the three Monroe County Commissioners gave unanimous approval to the interlocal agreement that addresses the way that the Monroe

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

January 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 January 2024. Of the 30 places that were inspected in January 2024, 23 (77 percent) had no violations of any kind. Recording at least one non-critical violation, but no critical

Bloomington keeps tabs on building at 1st and Rogers for possible Hopewell demolition

Bloomington keeps tabs on building at 1st and Rogers for possible Hopewell demolition

In the second week of February, the demolition of several buildings along the south side of Bloomington’s West 1st Street got started. By Monday (Feb. 19) the building at 607 W. 1st Street had been mostly reduced to a pile of rubble. The point of the demolition is to

Column: How do you get food justice (or anything) on the Bloomington city council’s agenda?

Column: How do you get food justice (or anything) on the Bloomington city council’s agenda?

Bloomington city councilmember Isak Asare spent part of his Saturday talking about food justice—the idea that everyone deserves access to nutritious and affordable food. Asare was not the only one. He was one of five people who participated in a panel discussion hosted by the People’s Market, and

Bloomington parking ticket notebook: 2023 set record for citations, same for appeals

Bloomington parking ticket notebook: 2023 set record for citations, same for appeals

In the first week of February, Bloomington’s elected city clerk, Nicole Bolden, stood at the mic in city council chambers, to give the council an update—which included some numbers on parking ticket appeals. The roughly 8,000 appeals that were made in 2023 were the most since she

Elections 2024: Thomas, Iversen square off for builders in Dems primary for county commissioner

Elections 2024: Thomas, Iversen square off for builders in Dems primary for county commissioner

Appearing on Thursday in front of around 130 people at the monthly meeting of the Building Association of South Central Indiana (BASCI) at the Bloomington Country Club were Julie Thomas and Peter Iversen. The two are candidates in the Democratic Party’s primary race for Monroe County commissioner District 2.

Imminent interlocal accord gives boost to convention center expansion, but project timeline looks longer

Imminent interlocal accord gives boost to convention center expansion, but project timeline looks longer

The likely signing of a key agreement by the end of February has given a little bit of impetus to the plan to expand the Monroe Convention Center at 2nd 3rd Street and College Avenue. But the aggressive timeline that Monroe County’s capital improvement board (CIB) had hoped to