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Bloomington Convention Center expansion moves ahead with design and bidding, bonds sold at just under 5% rate

Bloomington Convention Center expansion moves ahead with design and bidding, bonds sold at just under 5% rate

On Wednesday afternoon, the Bloomington Convention Center expansion project took another step forward. The Monroe County capital improvement board (CIB) gave a green light for owner's representative JS Held to release for bidding the second of the GMP (Guaranteed Maximum Price) construction packages. GMP 2 covers the structural

Tariffs, due process, and protest: Todd Young visits Bloomington chamber luncheon

Tariffs, due process, and protest: Todd Young visits Bloomington chamber luncheon

On Tuesday, a visit to Bloomington by Todd Young was a chance for Cook Medical's president, Pete Yonkman, to ask Indiana's senior U.S. senator about President Donald Trump's tariffs. Yonkman described how Cook, headquartered in Bloomington, is a U.S.-based manufacturer, which

Delayed notice for Bloomington water shutoff leaves one CBU customer dry, questioning reconnection fee

Delayed notice for Bloomington water shutoff leaves one CBU customer dry, questioning reconnection fee

If you don't pay your water bill, the City of Bloomington Utilities (CBU) will eventually disconnect your service. That was not a surprise to one B Square reader who recently had his water shut off. But he was surprised that he didn't get the kind of

Leaning century-old wall at The Mill in Bloomington's Trades District deemed unsafe, event space temporarily shut down

Leaning century-old wall at The Mill in Bloomington's Trades District deemed unsafe, event space temporarily shut down

The south wall of the former Showers Brother Furniture building that houses The Mill in Bloomington's Trades District is unstable—because it's as much as 4 inches out of plumb. That means the event space next to the wall is temporarily shut down, and no one

Hopewell East bids received from 5 firms, redevelopment group OKs due diligence on former convalescent center as police HQ

Hopewell East bids received from 5 firms, redevelopment group OKs due diligence on former convalescent center as police HQ

At Monday night's meeting of Bloomington's redevelopment commission, five bids were opened for the public offering that was made in November 2024 for land in the future Hopewell neighborhood. That's the former site of the IU Health Hospital, and the area around it. The

Ground floor office space in Bloomington public parking garages close to full occupancy

Ground floor office space in Bloomington public parking garages close to full occupancy

The ground-floor office spaces in both of the city of Bloomington's two relatively new parking garages—at 4th Street and in the Trades District at 10th Street—could soon finally be occupied. In the Trades District, Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) moved into the ground-floor space at the start

Mayor: New installations paused for Bloomington's high-speed fiber network

Mayor: New installations paused for Bloomington's high-speed fiber network

A question emailed on March 10 by The B Square to the city of Bloomington about the status of the city's fiber network buildout got an answer late Friday afternoon (April 4): "The subcontractor failed—plain and simple." The quote came from Bloomington mayor Kerry Thomson