City Life Bloomington

The work now underway is concentrated in the 600 block of North Main Street, right where it hits East Street as it curves in front of the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts. The plaza in that area will be reimagined, including a lighted ring hovering above a new outdoor activity/performance space.

The struggling Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts and Grossinger Motors Arena came under new shared management over a year ago. Director of Arts and Entertainment Anthony Nelson was given a strict mandate to start turning a profit. Recent sellouts at the BCPA are signs of a turnaround.

Andrew Held decided to devote his life to youth outreach after witnessing two troubling incidents in Bloomington during 2011.Shots rang out as Held, then…