Housing

As Illinois State University celebrates its largest incoming class of first-year students, some students say they feel a disconnect between the positive messaging and their experiences on a crowded campus.

A developer wants to create 58 attached townhouses on currently unincorporated land on the southwest side of Bloomington.

The Lift the Ban Coalition held a town hall-style meeting at the Bloomington Public Library on Saturday to garner community support for its efforts to change a state law related to the cost of rent.

Three groups, including the Revivalists, shared what they think are the most innovative ways to getting more units into the neighborhood, including infill, a community land trust and cohousing.

A massive 12-ton 3D printer has arrived in Cairo to construct a duplex on vacant land behind the town’s city hall. The towering gantry system stretches into the sky as the machine, guided by a computer rendering, layers a specialty concrete mix like toothpaste squeezed from a tube.

Speed problems on the Constitution Trail are rising as e-bikes become more common. Normal Mayor Chris Koos said more enforcement is needed.

“It’s all trial and error right now,” said Greg Bernal, a two-year resident of Phoenix Towers in Bloomington.

One of the wrinkles in the downtown Bloomington Tax Increment Financing District the city council has just created is that if it doesn't perform, half the property tax money generated will go back to taxing bodies like Bloomington schools.

A majority of Bloomington city council members want to offer some financial relief to home builders to help jumpstart construction, according to city manager Jeff Jurgens.

While many small towns are seeing populations decline and businesses leave, Lexington is growing.