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The Bloomington City Council on Monday approved a new Tax Increment Finance [TIF] district located around the downtown area, a new project labor agreement for public works projects and outlined several new priorities to address housing.
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The Bloomington City Council discussed a possible resolution Monday that would set priorities and give direction to city staff and officials in their efforts to address housing issues in the city.
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The Bloomington City Council on Monday approved the purchase of the former site of Owen Nursery to house its Public Works Department that has long needed a new home.
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Jeff Jurgens, Bloomington's new city manager, expects to move expeditiously to address the Twin City housing shortage. Jurgens said in a Sound Ideas interview there will be a council meeting early next month to talk about barriers to creating new housing and sharing ideas of what the city can do.
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The Normal Town Council approved several measures Monday having to do with the pedestrian underpass project at the train station in Uptown.
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The McLean County Board unanimously approved the new installation to the east of Bloomington-Normal. Landowners supported the plan they say will diversify the use of their farmland.
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The McLean County Regional Planning Commission has finished its Regional Housing Recovery Plan to address shortages in housing, workforce housing, mixed use housing, affordable housing, and housing for the housing challenged.
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McLean County has community leaders ready to collaborate and solve some of the city's most pressing issues, including affordable housing and access to mental health services. An outside consulting group wants to leverage this momentum into tangible change.
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The McLean County Regional Planning Commission is moving to put its housing recovery plan into practice. After briefing the Bloomington and Normal councils, and soon the county board, commission director Ray Lai said an implementation committee will be formed with more than just governmental stakeholders.
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The Bloomington City Council heard reports Monday on the affordable housing situation in McLean County, and on progress being made in the first phase of the downtown streetscape plan the council approved last month.