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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: Yes on historic designation for hospital building, No on restaurant

Bloomington city council: Yes on historic designation for hospital building, No on restaurant

The Kohr Administration Center at IU Health’s hospital, at 1st and South Rogers streets, was given historic designation by Bloomington’s city council on Wednesday night. The vote about the Kohr building by the nine-member city council was unanimous. Also unanimous was the council’s decision at the

Monroe County passes half million dollar mark in CARES Act distributions

Monroe County passes half million dollar mark in CARES Act distributions

At its regular Wednesday meeting Monroe County’s three-member board of commissioners approved federal pandemic relief for five more area businesses, pushing the total amount awarded to over a half million dollars. At their Wednesday meeting, county commissioners approved another $48,698 in reimbursements to five different businesses, bringing

Trades District gateway art gets OK from Bloomington RDC

Trades District gateway art gets OK from Bloomington RDC

No later than the end of 2021, and probably earlier, a new sculpture will appear at the intersection of 10th and Madison streets, as a gateway to the area known as the Trades District. At its Monday meeting, Bloomington’s five-member redevelopment commission approved the roughly $90,000 contract

No formal bids for parking garage ground-floor retail, but econ development director says: “I am confident that the spaces will be appealing.”

Click to view slideshow. No formal bids were received by the city of Bloomington for the leases of the ground floor space in either of the two parking garages that are now under construction. That was the anticlimactic news from Monday’s meeting of the city’s redevelopment commission (RDC)

87-acre site once mulled as new home for ST Semiconductor may get negotiated rezoning by Bloomington city council

87-acre site once mulled as new home for ST Semiconductor may get negotiated rezoning by Bloomington city council

After nearly becoming a new home for ST Semiconductor in 1988, an 87-acre parcel at the northeast corner of Fullerton Pike and the I-69 has sat undeveloped for more than three decades. The lack of any development on the site during that time has led owner Bill Brown

Monroe County COVID-19 update: Vaccine distribution, infection rates show good relative trends, absolute picture still not ideal

Monroe County COVID-19 update: Vaccine distribution, infection rates show good relative trends, absolute picture still not ideal

Monroe County’s two COVID-19 vaccination clinics are able to deliver almost all of the vaccine they’re being allocated by the state of Indiana into the arms of the county’s residents. That’s the latest word from Brian Shockney, president of IU Health’s south central region.

Monroe County commissioners OK rezone, which could mean 330 more housing units on edge of Bloomington

Monroe County commissioners OK rezone, which could mean 330 more housing units on edge of Bloomington

A rezoning for 38 acres of former farmland on the western boundary of Bloomington was approved at the regular Wednesday meeting of Monroe County commissioners. That clears the way for the developer to submit to the county planning department a site plan for a development that would include 330 new