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Aug 15, 2020 · The existing stop signs for traffic on 7th Street at the intersection of Dunn Street are now included in Bloomington’s city code, after they were physically re-installed a year and a half ago.. The codification of the 7th-and-Dunn stop signs came on a unanimous vote of Bloomington’s city council at its Wednesday meeting. The tally was 7–0, as Sydney Zulich and Dave Rollo were absent.
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Appearing on the Monday meeting agenda for Bloomington’s redevelopment commission (RDC) is a $1.2-million land deal in the Trades District, north of city hall.. Under the terms of the agreement, Alluinn IU Trades District Hotel, LLC would pay $1.2 million for the land—which are parcels included in the public offering that was made by the RDC in June 2023.
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Oct 21, 2024 · A Friday evening email from Monroe County election supervisor Kylie Farris delivered the daily totals for the first week of early in-person voting in Monroe County for the Nov. 5, 2024 election. Those daily totals added up to 4,249 ballots cast over four days, starting Tuesday (Oct. 8). Based on B Square reporting from 2020, the total of early ...
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Oct 24, 2024 · At its Wednesday meeting, Bloomington’s traffic commission was briefed on the city’s draft Safe Streets and Roads for All Safety Action Plan.. The document describes “programs, policies, and projects that aim to eliminate serious
Convention center expansion update: Favored hotelier named, …
Oct 10, 2024 · On Wednesday, several aspects of the planned expansion of the Monroe Convention Center came into sharper focus. An afternoon meeting of the Monroe County capital improvement board (CIB) included a vote to give the nod to Dora Hospitality LLC over Garfield Public/Private LLC and MHG Hotels LLC as the preferred hotelier for the convention center expansion project.
Bloomington’s annexation restart shows a couple of wobbles, still …
May 20, 2021 · At its regular meeting on Wednesday, Bloomington’s city council restarted the process, which had been suspended in 2017 by action of the state legislature, to annex eight separate areas into the city. The re-start comes after Indiana’s Supreme Court ruled in a 3–2 split decision late last year that the state legislature’s action was unconstitutional.…
The B Square Beacon: Local news experiment goes month-to …
Dec 2, 2020 · The monthly goal of $3,333 in total revenue is based on income of $35,000 with $5,000 more to cover expenses. Expenses include website hosting, broadband connection, data plan for cell phone, laptop computer, cell phone, camera, ball point pens, note pads, etc. The monthly pledges of around $1,950 a month will work out to an annual income of ...
City Council – The B Square
Sep 6, 2024 · On Wednesday, two weeks after Bloomington officials cleared a homeless encampment south of town, some of the residents who lived there addressed a meeting of the city council, which was also attended by the mayor.. At least a dozen people, who either lived in a displaced encampment, or were there to advocate on behalf of the residents, sat in council chambers through the first part of the ...
A look ahead to 2022: Bloomington area local government stories
Jan 1, 2022 · North Walnut Street Lamp on Christmas Eve. Last year’s lead art for The B Square’s look ahead to 2021 featured this caption: “These numerals began life as a photograph of the sidewalk around the courthouse square in downtown Bloomington, where the crows like to crap. It was that kind of year.” Arguably a worse year was 2021. So this year’s art includes an actual crow and a built-in ...
Indiana University – The B Square
Around 10:41 p.m. on Oct. 6, 2024 at Sample Gates, Indiana University Bloomington. Starting around 10:30 p.m. on Sunday night was the weekly protest at Sample Gates in Bloomington against Indiana University’s new “expressive activities” policy, which was effective Aug. 1. Sample Gates is the spot where Kirkwood Avenue dead ends at …