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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.

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

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

$9.25M expansion of municipal footprint in Bloomington city hall building gets initial OK

$9.25M expansion of municipal footprint in Bloomington city hall building gets initial OK

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

Column: Independent of politics, drawing new city council districts for Bloomington is not easy as pie

Column: Independent of politics, drawing new city council districts for Bloomington is not easy as pie

“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

$9.25M real estate deal pending, could put HQs for Bloomington police, fire in same building as city hall

$9.25M real estate deal pending, could put HQs for Bloomington police, fire in same building as city hall

In a Friday mid-morning news release, the city of Bloomington has announced that it made a $9.25 million offer to purchase the 64,000-square-foot portion of the Showers building that is currently owned by CFC Properties. CFC has accepted the offer, according to the release. CFC

$500 “goodwill gesture” goes to Johnson’s Creamery smokestack owner from Bloomington historic group

$500 “goodwill gesture” goes to Johnson’s Creamery smokestack owner from Bloomington historic group

On Thursday, Peerless Development received a $500 grant award from Bloomington’s historic preservation commission (HPC)—in connection with an engineering study that found the Johnson’s Creamery smokestack to be structurally unsound. Peerless owns the historic smokestack, along with the creamery building, which is located off 7th Street on

Bloomington’s redistricting commission finally meets for first time

Bloomington’s redistricting commission finally meets for first time

On Monday, Bloomington’s five-member redistricting commission met for the first time, about 18 months after it was supposed to be established. Key takeaways from Monday’s gathering included the setting of the next two meeting dates: July 25 (7:30 p.m.) and Aug. 9 (9:30 a.