Grocery Store

Normal Mayor Chris Koos said adding specific protections from discrimination for transgender and non-binary people to the town human relations ordinance is a necessary public signal.

The Normal Town Council hasn't yet decided how to address the loss of grocery tax revenue included in the new state budget, said Mayor Chris Koos.

A report looking at the potential impact of eliminating Illinois’ grocery tax suggests most families would only see modest relief, while municipalities would face a “consequential” revenue shortfall.

Normal Mayor Chris Koos says a potential campus area grocery store may require both the university and town to help it succeed. And he said Tuesday that a lot more work needs to be done before such a project is ready to move forward.

A new working group met for the first time Monday with the shared goal of improving food access among college students – possibly by bringing a grocery store to Uptown Normal.

A group of Bloomington-Normal college students is trying once again to bring a grocery store to the Uptown Normal area.

The head of the West Market Street Council says the group continues to work on plans to acquire the former Fox Plaza West shopping center to open a grocery store in the west Bloomington neighborhood. Those efforts stalled recently when the property failed to sell at an auction.

The demolition of the former Fox Plaza in on Bloomington's west side has cleared the way for construction of the new Market Street Plaza.“This step frees…