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Trash fee increase take two: Bloomington city council to take up new proposal on Aug. 2

Trash fee increase take two: Bloomington city council to take up new proposal on Aug. 2

A new proposal to increase trash cart fees got a first reading at Wednesday’s meeting of the Bloomington city council. The initial proposed increase, starting Jan. 1, 2024, would average about 35 percent across the three different cart sizes. In the five years after that, the yearly change settles

Convention center expansion: Bloomington city council looking to make CIB pick by early September

Convention center expansion: Bloomington city council looking to make CIB pick by early September

The Bloomington city council’s one appointment to a new seven-member capital improvement board (CIB) could be made at the council’s Sept. 6 meeting. That’s the timeframe that city council president Sue Sgambelluri announced on Wednesday. The CIB, which was created under state law by Monroe County commissioners

July 27–28 heatwave in Monroe County: 9 cooling stations set for service

July 27–28 heatwave in Monroe County: 9 cooling stations set for service

Monroe County’s emergency management agency is responding to a National Weather Service heat advisory that has been announced for a big area of the midwest—by opening nine cooling stations on Thursday and Friday. Located in area fire stations, the cooling centers will be opened for Thursday, July 27,

City council’s tighter parking space limits left alone by short-handed Bloomington plan commission

City council’s tighter parking space limits left alone by short-handed Bloomington plan commission

The maximum number of parking spaces allowed for restaurant parking in Bloomington will remain, for at least a while, at 10 per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area. That’s one main result from the Bloomington plan commission’s Tuesday morning special meeting. The other outcome from the

Huge population variance leads MCCSC to mull proposal for new board seat district map

Huge population variance leads MCCSC to mull proposal for new board seat district map

In 2024, anyone who wants to win election to a board seat for the Monroe County Community School Corporation (MCCSC) will likely be navigating by a district map that is different from the current one. That’s because some changes to MCCSC’s governing plan are set to get a

Lower Cascades road options to be heard by Bloomington city council

Lower Cascades road options to be heard by Bloomington city council

On the north side of Bloomington, there’s currently no dedicated non-motorized pathway between Miller-Showers Park, up the Old SR 37 highway through Lower Cascades Park up to Cascades Park. On Wednesday (July 26), Bloomington’s city council will get a presentation from planning and transportation director Scott Robinson with

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

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

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