1,143-bedroom student apartment building OK’d in Bloomington’s student housing zoning district

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Beacon’s supportive housing site plan on 3rd Street gets OK from Bloomington, fundraising work remains

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Tuesday: Bloomington plan commission to vote on rezone rec for 140 acres in city’s southwest

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Bloomington resisting rezone to allow 2 group homes for treating addiction, but second hearing set

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Center for Recovery rezone request for West 1st Street stems from 2021 Bloomington map change

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Will Bloomington burn big bucks in payouts, if billboard ban is OK’d? Plan commission punts vote

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

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Plat for western part of new Hopewell neighborhood OK’d by Bloomington plan commission

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New studies could inform August plan commission review of 6,000-unit development in SW Bloomington

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