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Bloomington city council rules committee off to rough start

Bloomington city council rules committee off to rough start

A meeting of the Bloomington city council rules committee on Monday evening was postponed to some other time, after less than 10 minutes of conversation. The council’s administrator/attorney, Dan Sherman, questioned whether the meeting had been properly noticed, and that led to some sharp exchanges between him and

Sept. 3 start for $1.48M demolition of Bloomington’s 4th Street parking garage

Sept. 3 start for $1.48M demolition of Bloomington’s 4th Street parking garage

At Monday evening’s meeting of Bloomington’s Redevelopment Commission, a guaranteed maximum for the demolition of the city’s 4th Street garage was approved: $1,482,393. The timeline for demolition was also laid out, which includes a start date of Sept. 3, the day after the Labor Day

Hey, Wait a Minute | “I’m leaving this meeting at 10:30, regardless of how long it goes…”

Hey, Wait a Minute | “I’m leaving this meeting at 10:30, regardless of how long it goes…”

Note: “Hey Wait a Minute” is an occasional B Square Beacon series that highlights meeting minutes and other documentation of local government meetings in the Bloomington, Indiana area. At the most recent meeting of Bloomington’s city council, on July 31, councilmember Allison Chopra offered some candid commentary on the

Substitute farmers market behind Bloomingfoods helps fill in for first missing Saturday

Substitute farmers market behind Bloomingfoods helps fill in for first missing Saturday

The first of two non-market Saturdays is now in the books for the farmers market facility on Morton Street in downtown Bloomington, next to city hall. Substituting for the usual location yesterday were several alternate spots. Of those, probably the most prominent was the parking lot of the former Kmart

Bloomington press conference on farmers market covers First Amendment, gun laws, possible exclusion of a vendor

Bloomington press conference on farmers market covers First Amendment, gun laws, possible exclusion of a vendor

After announcing on Monday (July 29) that Bloomington’s farmers market would be suspended for the next two Saturdays, Mayor John Hamilton held a press conference on Wednesday morning to address the situation. Monday’s press release gave the general background for the market closure: “Since the recent public discussion

Bloomington Comedy Festival’s Round 2 wraps up, seasoned with farmers market sass

Brad Wilhelm, emcee of the summer-long Bloomington Comedy Festival, introduced Wednesday’s competition with a joke that traded on news that had broken two days earlier—the cancellation of the city’s farmers market for the next two weeks, over public safety concerns. There at the Comedy Attic, Wilhelm said,

Ribbon cut for Monroe County family planning clinic entrance art

Ribbon cut for Monroe County family planning clinic entrance art

Speaking into a PA microphone Friday afternoon, standing just south of the 7th and College intersection in downtown Bloomington, Penny Caudill said, “We walk into work and we smile!” Caudill, who’s Monroe County’s health administrator, was talking to artist Gypsy Schindler, who just recently completed a mural on