Dave Askins

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

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

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

“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

Last Friday, the city of Bloomington announced that its $9.25 million offer to purchase the western part of the former Showers furniture building, had been accepted by CFC Properties. City hall occupies the eastern part of the building. Friday’s announcement was followed on Monday by an initial approval

“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.” That’s a famous quote from the late Carl Sagan, an astronomer who popularized scientific thought on topics like the place of the human species in the universe. It is somewhat surprising that of