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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 city council redistricting notebook: What might have been 10 years ago?

Bloomington city council redistricting notebook: What might have been 10 years ago?

Bloomington’s redistricting advisory commission will meet for a second time on Monday (July 25), in the McCloskey Room at city hall, starting at 7:30 p.m. To preview the commission’s meeting, The B Square took a look back to the council’s work a decade ago, which

Caught in the artistic act: Two installations in downtown Bloomington on Saturday, a third to come

Caught in the artistic act: Two installations in downtown Bloomington on Saturday, a third to come

Early Saturday afternoon, on a quick trip to Brilliant Coffee Company for a cup of gelato, The B Square chanced on Joel Shields, who was adding some color to a parking sign post at 6th and Morton. Shields lives in Venice Beach, California, but is Bloomington born and raised. He

Property acquisition notebook: Appraisals of former Showers building, also done 3 years ago

Property acquisition notebook: Appraisals of former Showers building, also done 3 years ago

Last Friday, the city of Bloomington issued a news release announcing a potential real estate purchase. The city has made a $9.25-million offer to CFC Properties to buy the west part of the former Showers furniture factory building, which is home to city hall. While city hall has a

Booming Bloomington Transit budget in 2023: Will more than double, from $15M to $34M

Booming Bloomington Transit budget in 2023: Will more than double, from $15M to $34M

The Bloomington city council’s approval of a local income tax increase earlier this year, which is supposed to earmark about $4 million a year to support public transit, is already reflected in the first draft of Bloomington Transit’s 2023 budget. Bloomington Transit board members reviewed the draft budget

Johnson’s Creamery developer pitches swap of alley location, city council puts off decision

Johnson’s Creamery developer pitches swap of alley location, city council puts off decision

Just this week, a plot twist has emerged in connection with the potential future development of the northern part of the 7th Street parcel where the Johnson’s Creamery building sits. The twist: Peerless Development has added a corresponding offer to its request for an alley vacation Now, Peerless says

Based in Venice Beach, but Bloomington bound: Artist installs temporary panels

Based in Venice Beach, but Bloomington bound: Artist installs temporary panels

In March, some downtown Bloomington pedestrians might have noticed, alongside the spring bulbs, a crew of Barbie dolls who were waving from the planters that border the courthouse square. Given expectations of midwestern politeness, some passers-by might have waved back. The Barbies were part of a guerrilla art installation created

IU Poplars: Bloomington board closes streets so public stands clear when walls come crumblin’ down

IU Poplars: Bloomington board closes streets so public stands clear when walls come crumblin’ down

“You have a beautiful neighborhood that we want to assist in improving ever further by the removal of the IU Poplars Building.” That’s a line from a July 12 heads-up letter that was hand-delivered by Renascent, Inc. to neighbors of the Indiana University Poplars Building on 7th Street, west