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Bloomington estimates $900K from feds for community grants, RDC OKs recommendations

Bloomington estimates $900K from feds for community grants, RDC OKs recommendations

At its Monday meeting, Bloomington’s redevelopment commission (RDC) signed off on recommendations for spending $1.1 million of federal community development block grant (CDBG) money for 2022. The recommendations came from a citizens advisory committee. The money will go to more than a dozen different non-profits—for social services

Bloomington plan commission: Former Player’s Pub site OK’d for 34 beds in 4-story building

Bloomington plan commission: Former Player’s Pub site OK’d for 34 beds in 4-story building

A four-story building with 34 apartments, to be constructed on South Walnut Street just a bit north of Seminary Park, was approved by Bloomingoton’s plan commission at its Monday night meeting. It’s the site of the former Player’s Pub, and before that Boxman’s Restaurant. In early

Plat near former hospital OK’d by Bloomington plan commission, city council must approve alley vacation

Plat near former hospital OK’d by Bloomington plan commission, city council must approve alley vacation

Getting unanimous approval from Bloomington’s plan commission on Monday night was a new plat for most of the area bounded by 1st and 2nd streets on the north and south, and Morton and Rogers streets on the east and west. A plat is a map that shows how the

Column | Post-storm reflections in Bloomington: Not all the snow has turned to water

Column | Post-storm reflections in Bloomington: Not all the snow has turned to water

The snow, which landed on top of an icy mix, stopped falling Friday morning. Among Bloomington’s vital bits of infrastructure that were left frozen: downtown parking meters. By Saturday they had not thawed, and some drivers resorted to leaving notes on their windshields. The quickly jotted out messages were

Hopewell: Name of new neighborhood to be built on former hospital site announced

Hopewell: Name of new neighborhood to be built on former hospital site announced

When some Bloomington residents came together to engage the public process connected to the city’s rezoning effort a couple of years ago, they called themselves the Hopewell Group. They took the moniker from the hospital that was opened about 120 years ago by the Local Council of Women at

[Updated: From orange to yellow] Monroe County after-storm notebook: Travel status goes from red down to orange; Bloomington property owners must clear sidewalks

[Updated: From orange to yellow] Monroe County after-storm notebook: Travel status goes from red down to orange; Bloomington property owners must clear sidewalks

The winter storm that closed down Bloomington and Monroe County government offices on Thursday and Friday left around 5 inches of snow on top of a layer of frozen crud that began falling late on Wednesday. The National Weather Service snowfall map put Bloomington in the 4-to-6-inch band of snowfall

Zero conditional use requests for duplexes after 6 months under Bloomington’s new zoning, plan commissioner named

Zero conditional use requests for duplexes after 6 months under Bloomington’s new zoning, plan commissioner named

Since Bloomington’s most recently updated unified development ordinance (UDO) was signed into law by mayor John Hamilton on July 12 last year, no conditional use applications have been filed to build duplexes in older residential neighborhoods. That was the report to the Bloomington city council’s Wednesday meeting by