Bloomington prevails in court, gets extra time for abatement of Davis’s Washington Street property

Emily Salzmann, Joe Davis, Desiree DeMolina, B Square, Monroe County, Bloomington, Washington Street, HAND, Housing and Neighborhood Development, Monroe County circuit court, board of public works, BMC 6.06.020, Catherine Stafford, Kara Krothe, Indiana Court of Appeals, city of Bloomington, at-large county council seat, 2025 city budget, mayoral candidate, abatement order, city code violation, appeal notice, construction materials, art installations, garbage, rubbish, abatement extension, temporary emergency injunction, legal proceedings, code enforcement

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Next week: Bloomington gateway project back on board of public works agenda

Kyla Cox Deckard, Elizabeth Karon, James Roach, Reed & Sons, bo-mar Industries INC, Goodmark Nurseries LLC, Reed And Sons Construction INC, Rundell Ernstberger Associates INC, Bloomington, College Avenue, Walnut Street, SR 45/46 bypass, Miller-Showers Park, Callery pear trees, Pyrus calleryana, Bloomington gateway project, limestone blocks, horizontal backlit lettering, city right-of-way, site improvements, gateway installation, dredging project, detention ponds, board of public works, board of park commissioners, public backlash, vertical design, traffic plan, two one-way streets, two-way streets, site improvement work, online financial records.

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$873K contract for greenway, other work awarded by Bloomington board of public works

E&B Paving, Bloomington, board of public works, Hawthorne-Weatherstone, 3rd Street, Hillside Drive, Kerry Thomson, mayoral administration, state fire code, asphalt speed cushions, asphalt trail, concrete curb bump outs, rectangular rapid flashing beacons (RRFBs), Neil Kopper, BPSC (Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Commission), Miller Drive, Henderson, Olive Street , Elm Heights Neighborhood Association, Betty Rose Nagle, Virginia Southern, Eric Ost, Zoom video-conferencing platform, purchase offer, 3rd Street police station, Bloomington redevelopment commission, Showers West renovation, International Fire Code (IFC), Indiana Administrative Code (IAC), fire apparatus access roads, vertical clearance, width, traffic calming devices, emergency service access

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To sell or not to sell Bloomington’s police station building: Board tees up vote for city council

Third Street Park, The Waldron Hill and Buskirk Park, deed, reversion clause, John Hamilton, Nat U. Hill, Philip Hill, Bloomington city council, police station, sale, Showers West, board of public works, Kyla Cox Deckard, Elizabeth Karon, Beth Cate, Sue Sgambelluri, Matt Flaherty, David Sabbagh, Paul Post, Jeffrey Rodgers, Kerry Thomson

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Purchase offers for Bloomington police station: Board of public works to mull proposals on Friday

Third Street Park, The Waldron, Hill and Buskirk Park, deed, reversion clause, John Hamilton, Larry Allen, Nat U. Hill, Philip Hill, Herald-Times, digital archive, image archive, Bloomington city council, police station, sale, Showers West, Mark Kruzan

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Bloomington mayor looking to next week for city council vote on police station sale

Third Street Park, The Waldron, Hill and Buskirk Park, deed, reversion clause, John Hamilton, Larry Allen, Nat V. Hill, Philip Hill, Herald-Times, digital archive, image archive, Bloomington city council, police station, sale, Showers West, Mark Kruzan, letter, Kerry Thomson, mayor-elect, mayor, John Hamilton, Showers West, transition, city council, Bloomington, Dave Rollo, Susan Sandberg, Matt Flaherty, 3rd Street, police station, sale, renovation, construction contracts, bid, CIB, capital improvement board, convention center expansion, hearing, published notice

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Two kinds of code, zoning vs. garbage: Bloomington man’s appeal of zoning citation set for this week

Title 6, garbage, Joe Davis, board of public works, notice of violation, Joe Davis, scattering, garbage, planning and transportation, zoning, storage, vehicle, unimproved surface, parking, fine, appeal, court, administrative review, Title 6, Title 20, HAND, Housing and neighborhood development department, garbage, parking ticket

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Public works board: No action on ‘garbage’, or gateway, or Griffin Realty services for police HQ sale

220 E. 3rd Street, Bloomington police station, board of public works, redevelopment commission, appraisal, Showers West, redevelopment commission, Larry Allen, John Hamilton, Title 6, garbage, Joe Davis, board of public works, notice of violation, Joe Davis, scattering, garbage, planning and transportation, zoning, storage, vehicle, unimproved surface, parking, fine, appeal, court, administrative review, Title 6, Title 20, HAND, Housing and neighborhood development department, garbage, parking ticket, Kyla Cox Deckard, Jennifer Lloyd, Elizabeth Karon, board of public works, Adam Wason, planning and transportation, Scott Robinson, Tim Street, Parks and Recreation, obelisk, monolith, Miller-Showers, wildlife, light pollution, bicentennial celebration, right-of-way, Jane Kupersmith

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Bloomington gateway delayed again by board of public works

Kyla Cox Deckard, Jennifer Lloyd, Elizabeth Karon, board of public works, Adam Wason, planning and transportation, Scott Robinson, Tim Street, Parks and Recreation, obelisk, monolith, Miller-Showers, wildlife, light pollution, bicentennial celebration, right-of-way

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Skirmishing over “garbage” between homeowner, city of Bloomington set for next week

Joe Davis, scattering, garbage, planning and transportation, zoning, storage, vehicle, unimproved surface, parking, fine, appeal, court, administrative review, Title 6, Title 20, HAND, Housing and neighborhood development department, garbage, parking ticket

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