B There Vernal Pike & Sunrise Greeting Court The new Vernal Pike connector to Sunrise Greeting Court. The new Vernal Pike connector to Sunrise Greeting Court. (Geoff McKim, Sept 13, 2025)
CIB accepts downtown parcels, now seeks talks with Bloomington RDC on land swap to secure host hotel site The Monroe County capital improvement board accepted downtown parcels transferred from city and county governments, then proposed swapping the Seminary Pointe block south of the convention center for the city-owned College Square site. The swap is aimed at clearing the way for a host hotel.
April 16, 2026: Flock cameras, North Park jail, Student IDs, Host hotel, Apartment site plan, Trashion runway This edition includes reports about Bloomington’s non-renewal of its Flock camera contract, the North Park jail site dispute, a court ruling restoring student IDs as voter ID, a Greystar apartment approval, a convention center host-hotel land transfer, and the Trashion Refashion runway show.
Bloomington Flock camera contract expired March 5, mayor reveals non-renewal 6 weeks later Bloomington did not renew its contract with Flock Safety for automated license plate readers, mayor Kerry Thomson announced April 15—six weeks after the contract expired. The city says it is transitioning away from Flock while continuing to evaluate other vendors.
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