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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 to get 85 apartments in place of 85 hotel rooms on North Walnut

Bloomington to get 85 apartments in place of 85 hotel rooms on North Walnut

A project that will convert the 85-room Wingate by Wyndham hotel on North Walnut Street to a multifamily project with the same number of apartments received approval from Bloomington’s plan commission on Monday. The vote was unanimous. Monday’s session was the regular monthly meeting for the plan

Column | Register for April 29 Red Cross blood drive, a great way to do a good turn

Column | Register for April 29 Red Cross blood drive, a great way to do a good turn

Please consider registering for the April 29 blood drive that will be held at the Monroe County Convention Center. That hyperlink should take you directly to the Red Cross website where you can register. Running a public service announcement like this means driving a little outside of The Square Beacon’

COVID-19 update: Upward surge of cases continues, but vaccinations accelerate

COVID-19 update: Upward surge of cases continues, but vaccinations accelerate

Friday’s report of 54 new cases of COVID-19 for Monroe County cases is the highest number since Feb. 3. But the rate of fully vaccinated county residents that are being added to the daily total has risen in the last couple weeks, to around 500 per day. That’

Bloomington ban on red-light turns in downtown a good step, pedestrian advocate says, but more work needed

Bloomington ban on red-light turns in downtown a good step, pedestrian advocate says, but more work needed

At nearly 80 new spots in Bloomington’s downtown and Indiana University campus area, it will be illegal for a vehicle operator to make a turn after stopping at a red light. On a 9–0 vote on Wednesday, Bloomington’s city council approved the ordinance adding to the list

April 14 special session likely for some first readings of Bloomington zoning revisions

For Bloomington’s city council, a first glimpse of a 10-ordinance package of revisions to the city’s unified development ordinance (UDO, and the citywide zone map, will come at a Friday (April 9) noon work session. The city plan commission wrapped up its work on the package on

Bloomington paves way for park-side mixed-use residential project with rezone for warehouse

Bloomington paves way for park-side mixed-use residential project with rezone for warehouse

At its Wednesday meeting, Bloomington’s city council approved a rezone request that will allow the redevelopment of a warehouse—two-thirds of it, anyway—that sits just to the west of Switchyard Park and the B-Line Trail. The approved rezone was a change to the existing planned unit

Monroe County property taxes due: May 10

Monroe County property taxes due: May 10

“Bills are out and we are really busy right now,” Monroe County treasurer Jessica McClellan told the Square Beacon on Wednesday. That means property owners are sending in the taxes they owe, in response to the bills that were due to be sent out a week ago. The deadline for