6th Street & Walnut Street
Two eggs laid in nest early morning. By afternoon the parent pigeons had come to incubate them.
Dave Askins
RDC clears path for closing on Trades District hotel real estate deal, project history reviewed
Bloomington’s RDC prepared for a final procedural step toward closing on a Trades District hotel site, authorizing officials to sign documents through April 10. The routine move comes as a 160-room project, approved earlier this year, advances toward a $1.2M closing.
Monroe County attorney gives update on activity related to choice of new jail site, financing, and ACLU feedback
Monroe County appears to be treating the Thomson PUD as its current focus for a possible new jail site, even as financing questions and legal pressure from the ACLU keep the overall picture far from settled. A joint executive session of commissioners and councilors is set for March 30.
March 16, 2026: Branding contract questions, displaced tenants in county-owned apts, editor’s note
This edition includes a report on a branding contract for Bloomington that looks like it was paid in full, without having all the deliverables, even four months after the last payment.
Sunday Funnies: Hawk v. Fish
Hawk: The rabbits I hunt have changed tactics this spring. Now they link arms and hop backwards whenever I fly overhead. How does Fish explain this to the Hawk?
Editor’s Notebook: A pair of hawks, another year of The B Square, things are looking up
A Saturday search for Bloomington’s red-tailed hawks led from the courthouse square to a pine by Franklin Hall—and to a reflection on spring, local rhythms, and the readers who keep The B Square Bulletin aloft a year after its relaunch.
Bloomington paid full $95K branding contract, key deliverables still not finished 4 months later
Bloomington paid the full $95K CivicBrand contract last November, but two major parts of the branding project remain unfinished. The episode raises broader questions about the city’s payment practices, compliance with federal accessibility rules, and how public records are shared.