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The Bloomington Planning Commission will take up a proposal next week for a 51-unit apartment project on the site of the old Coachman Motel at Washington and Gridley Streets downtown. The Laborer’s Home Development Corporation (LHDC) has asked for a variance to reduce the amount of required parking.
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The City of Bloomington has begun condemnation proceedings on the long-vacant Front N Center building downtown. The former Montgomery Ward department store building has been deteriorating for decades and been a matter of concern during the administrations of the last three mayors.
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The City of Bloomington and Town of Normal will spend about $101 million over the next decade to remove lead water pipes leading to people's homes, most of that in Bloomington.
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The mayor of Bloomington acknowledged in a WGLT interview that the city's Human Relations Commission needs new people on it. The terms of all but two of the current seven members have expired.
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Bloomington Police officers were dispatched to a shots-fired report in the 1000 block of West Market Street around 3:43 p.m. Thursday, where they found a 17-year-old gunshot victim.
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The Bloomington-Normal Area Convention and Visitors Bureau received $180,400 from an additional $3.3 million in grants awarded for Route 66 projects throughout the state, ahead of the Mother Road's centennial anniversary in 2026.
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The plans, rolled out during an open house last October, are intended to make Bloomington's downtown more friendly for pedestrians and bicyclists.
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Now that the City of Bloomington has a new anchor tenant for Grossinger Motors Arena, the city is looking for a new name for the downtown venue.
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In August, Lakeshore Recycling Systems submitted an application to develop a second waste transfer center in Bloomington, a facility the company says will meet a growing demand within McLean County. A series of public hearings on the matter concluded in December.
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Grossinger Motors Arena was built for hockey, and professional hockey is set to return, with the newly-named Bloomington Bison joining join the ECHL next season starting in the fall.