Tag: Leslie Brinson

Threat of lightning cancels Bloomington 4th of July parade, but not downtown red-tailed hawk

Red-tailed hawk perched on the WFHB antenna. (July 4, 2024)
Red-tailed hawk lands on the Monroe County courthouse dome. (July 4, 2024)

Bloomington’s Fourth of July parade has been canceled, due to the threat of lightning.

The map from LightningMaps.org  at 8:15 a.m. on Thursday morning showed an angry line of red and yellow dots arcing from St. Louis to Louisville, which looked like it would eventually move through Bloomington.

The National Weather Service forecast for Bloomington called for heavy rain and thunderstorms before 3 p.m. The NWS put the chance of rain at 90-percent.

If the forecast had just been for rain and not thunderstorms, the parade would have been held. That’s according to Leslie Brinson, who is Bloomington’s community event manager for parks and recreation. Continue reading “Threat of lightning cancels Bloomington 4th of July parade, but not downtown red-tailed hawk” →

Bloomington mayor calls Hopewell groundbreaking a “once-in-a-century opportunity to create a new neighborhood in the heart of our beloved city”

Hopewell West Primary Plat
Hopewell West Primary Plat

On Friday afternoon, a day with partly cloudy skies and a temperature around 80 degrees, about 60 local leaders gathered at the now empty grassy lot on the south side of 2nd Street, between Rogers Street and The B-Line Trail.

They were assembled to mark the groundbreaking for the Hopewell neighborhood, which will be constructed at the site of the former IU Health hospital, where the health care provider operated its facility until December 2021.

Delivering remarks on Friday were Bloomington mayor John Hamilton, followed by Cindy Kinnarney, who is president of Bloomington’s redevelopment commission, and by Mick Renneisen, who is president of the board for the nonprofit called City of Bloomington Capital Improvements, Inc.

Hamilton led off his remarks by saying, “We are here to break ground on this once-in-a-century opportunity to create a new neighborhood in the heart of our beloved city.” Continue reading “Bloomington mayor calls Hopewell groundbreaking a “once-in-a-century opportunity to create a new neighborhood in the heart of our beloved city”” →