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Monroe County CIB: Weddle Bros. to be construction manager for eastward convention center expansion

Monroe County CIB: Weddle Bros. to be construction manager for eastward convention center expansion

Weddle Bros. has been selected to be the construction manager (as contractor) for the Monroe Convention Center renovation and expansion project. The location of the project will be to the east of the existing convention center, across College Avenue, on land owned by Monroe County government. Both decisions were made

New jail: Monroe County council, commissioners hit rough patch, de-appropriation of money mulled

New jail: Monroe County council, commissioners hit rough patch, de-appropriation of money mulled

Monroe County’s council, the fiscal body for county government, is looking to send a signal that it’s not pleased with the recent approach the board of county commissioners has taken to the project to build a new county jail. On Tuesday, councilors took the chance at the start

Bloomington OKs 3-story, 110K-square-foot self-storage building in eastside neighborhood

Bloomington OKs 3-story, 110K-square-foot self-storage building in eastside neighborhood

A three-story 110,000-square-foot self-storage facility can now be built on the vacant lot at 4600 East Morningside Drive, on the eastern eastern edge of Bloomington, north of Bruster’s Real Ice Cream. Site plan approval for the building, which is proposed by owner Tyler Curry, was given by Bloomington’

17 new single-family houses on 5 acres OK’d with alley waiver from Bloomington plan commission

17 new single-family houses on 5 acres OK’d with alley waiver from Bloomington plan commission

Owner Darlene Meyer will be able to subdivide a 5-acre piece of land on the southeastern edge of Bloomington into lots to create 17 single-family houses and two common areas. That’s because Bloomington’s plan commission has waived the requirement that at least 67 percent of the lots be

Column: Farting around Kirkwood Avenue, the right hand of Kurt Vonnegut, fighting robots over donuts

Column: Farting around Kirkwood Avenue, the right hand of Kurt Vonnegut, fighting robots over donuts

Wrapping up its months-long schedule of events on Saturday was Granfalloon: A Kurt Vonnegut Convergence—the annual festival hosted by the Indiana University Arts and Humanities council. The B Square’s regular beat of local government coverage does not include cultural festivals like Granfalloon. I am not exactly a Vonnegut

New jail location: Monroe County OKs Phase 2 enviro study, hears opposition from Ellettsville

New jail location: Monroe County OKs Phase 2 enviro study, hears opposition from Ellettsville

This past Wednesday, Monroe County commissioners approved a second environmental study for North Park on West Hunter Valley Road, just north of the Bloomington city boundary. North Park is the location that commissioners are currently considering as a possible location for a new jail. The Phase 2 study comes after

Bloomington city council adopts letter to capital improvement board on convention center project

Bloomington city council adopts letter to capital improvement board on convention center project

On a unanimous vote taken Wednesday night, Bloomington’s city council adopted a letter to the Monroe County capital improvement board (CIB) about its views on 21 different specific topics related to the renovation and expansion project for the Monroe Convention Center. The topics range from use of on-site fossil