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Bloomington says no more free parking at 150 on-street spaces, new wrinkle is pay-by-phone only

Bloomington says no more free parking at 150 on-street spaces, new wrinkle is pay-by-phone only

Bloomington is adding around 150 more spaces to its on-street pay-to-park system, according to a news release. That addition bumps by about 10 percent the number of on-street parking spaces where an hourly rate is charged. The city currently has about 1,500 parking meters, which

Rezone for replacement of Brownstone Terrace gets plan commission recommendation, now goes to Bloomington city council

Rezone for replacement of Brownstone Terrace gets plan commission recommendation, now goes to Bloomington city council

On Monday night, a project that would replace the predominantly student-rented Brownstone Terrace with a larger student-oriented development called The Standard got a unanimous recommendation of approval from Bloomington’s plan commission. The specific request was for a rezoning. That’s why it now requires approval by Bloomington’

Robinson confirmed as head of Bloomington’s planning and transportation department

Robinson confirmed as head of Bloomington’s planning and transportation department

On Monday night, Scott Robinson was confirmed by the city plan commission as director of a Bloomington city department that, for the time being at least, is called the planning and transportation department. The unanimous vote by plan commissioners came after a rare appearance by the mayor at a plan

Week 1 of early voting in Monroe County in the books: 3,662 in-person ballots cast

Week 1 of early voting in Monroe County in the books: 3,662 in-person ballots cast

At the end of the first week of early voting in Monroe County, Indiana, the tally of ballots cast in person stood at 3,662. With Election Central open from 8 a.m to 6 p.m. starting Tuesday, that total, averaged over 40 hours, works out to a throughput

New COVID-19 testing site for Monroe County looks to launch in late October

New COVID-19 testing site for Monroe County looks to launch in late October

A press release issued by Monroe County’s health department on Thursday announced the planned opening, later this month, of a new COVID-19 testing site for the county. The new site will be housed in an IU Health building across the B-Line trail from the Seminary Park Kroger.

Commission staves off demolition of former Boxman’s Restaurant, aka Player’s Pub building

Commission staves off demolition of former Boxman’s Restaurant, aka Player’s Pub building

Getting a reprieve from demolition on Thursday night was the building on the 400 block of South Walnut Street in Bloomington, just north of Seminary Park, which most recently was home to The Player’s Pub. A vote by the city’s historic preservation commission (HPC) to end the 90-

Bloomington city council completes routine maintenance on public safety income tax rate, total still 0.25 percent

Bloomington city council completes routine maintenance on public safety income tax rate, total still 0.25 percent

At its meeting on Wednesday, Bloomington’s city council completed its annual adjustment to the public safety local income tax (PS-LIT) rate. The total rate that residents of Monroe County pay on their income for public safety stays the same, which is 0.25 percent. But the way the