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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 plan commission OKs 4th Street replacement parking garage, target completion date now August 2021

Bloomington plan commission OKs 4th Street replacement parking garage, target completion date now August 2021

By August 2021, motorists in downtown Bloomington could have 537 more parking spaces to choose from. On Monday night, the city’s plan commission approved a design for a new garage at the same site, on the same footprint, where the old 4th Street parking garage stood, until it was

Trial closure for Lower Cascades road starts this Friday

Trial closure for Lower Cascades road starts this Friday

Starting this Friday, about 500 motorists a day in each direction, will need to find a different route through Bloomington’s Lower Cascades Park. The section of Old 37 Highway, which used to be the only way to get into Bloomington, will be closed to motorized traffic inside the park.

Tax increase forum | One table says: Spend climate action money directly to benefit low-income people

Tax increase forum | One table says: Spend climate action money directly to benefit low-income people

“Lift the people up. Once you’ve got a sustainable model that is working for the people at the bottom, then you can have my 50 cents.” That’s what Patrick Cortese, an educational publisher, told a Bloomington city official last Thursday night. The occasion was a community meeting about

Revised 4th Street garage design goes to Bloomington plan commission as parking gets more scrutiny in community

Revised 4th Street garage design goes to Bloomington plan commission as parking gets more scrutiny in community

After an unsuccessful attempt to use eminent domain to acquire land south of the now-demolished 4th Street parking structure, the city of Bloomington has now unveiled a design for the replacement garage. The new design is confined to the footprint of the old 352-space garage. On Monday, March

Council OKs Trinitas project, makes more than 2,200 bedrooms approved with special zoning in last 6 months

Council OKs Trinitas project, makes more than 2,200 bedrooms approved with special zoning in last 6 months

Back in 1991, Bloomington’s city council voted to rezone the property at the northwest corner of Kinser Pike and the SR 45/46 Bypass, so that it could be used for offices and the storage of semi-trailers. That 7–2 vote of the city council taken 30 years

Trash cart rate increase makes public works director think about the future of recycling: “Bloomington is a community that is known to be entrepreneurial…”

Trash cart rate increase makes public works director think about the future of recycling: “Bloomington is a community that is known to be entrepreneurial…”

Starting in the April billing cycle, Bloomington residents will pay more every month for trash and recycling service. That’s the result of a unanimous vote on the three-member board of public works at its regular meeting on Tuesday. In round numbers, customers will pay between $3.50 and

Big meeting makes little progress on convention center expansion agreement, smaller group to try again

Big meeting makes little progress on convention center expansion agreement, smaller group to try again

In three weeks, a group of four city and county officials will try to achieve what a larger group of 13 electeds could not accomplish on Monday night. Monday’s meeting was the third one this year that has tried to build on some momentum from December, when Bloomington and