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Rising interest rates have blocked the hoped-for start of construction this spring on a flagship development project in Uptown Normal.
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Town of Normal Finance Director Andrew Huhn said during a daylong budget workshop for the town council that a lot of the increase will be funded by projected double-digit revenue growth, mainly in sales and income tax receipts.
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Bloomington and Normal issued a combined 244 permits for new home construction in 2022. That’s up 51% from the year before, with more building planned for 2023.
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Normal Mayor Chris Koos is conditionally endorsing doing away with bus fares in the Twin Cities, but says he still wants to see a concrete proposal before fully committing.
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The issue of whether three people can run for offices in Normal that are currently non-elective is now in the hands of the McLean County Circuit Court.
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Bloomington-Normal could soon see the opening of its third cannabis dispensary, and then a fourth.
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The head of Bloomington-Normal's bus system said his organization will forgo nearly $1.4 million in funding from the City of Bloomington and Town of Normal next budget year. Those are dollars for capital projects David Braun said Connect Transit doesn't need right now.
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Phoenix Investors doubled the facility's size as part of a more than $60 million project. Electric automaker Rivian has leased the existing building for storage, and plans to occupy the half-million-square-foot addition.
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The new $1.7 trillion federal spending plan just signed into law includes millions in earmarks for projects in McLean County, including Illinois State University’s nursing college, a new pedestrian and bike path along College Avenue, and a sewer project in Heyworth.
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It could be time to discuss one of the proposals in a 2019 Connect Transit special working group report, says Normal City Manager Pam Reece, because it's an unusual development — an organization asking for less money instead of more.