Housing Project

A plan to revitalize some long-vacant properties on the south end of downtown Bloomington gained unanimous approval from the city council, albeit with some reservations about the amount of surface parking it will create.

A measure to remove the requirement for two youth members on Bloomington’s Public Safety and Community Relations Board failed Monday in a split vote of the city council.

As new proposals to ease the Bloomington-Normal housing shortage move forward this spring and summer, city and town council members will weigh in on what they think. There’s already diversity of thought among council members on the issue.

Numerous housing developments aimed at helping to close the gap in Bloomington-Normal’s ongoing housing shortage have failed to get off the ground in recent years, but Central Illinois property management company Christian County Development Corporation and Domera Development LLC are defying the odds.

ISU President Larry Dietz said he is pleased with the pace of student acceptances of admission during this early part of the college selection season.This…