Tag Archives: affordable housing

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 10:25 — 7.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreHEADLINES The Indiana Department of Transportation will not meet their Interstate 69 construction deadline of August 31; Sen. (D-IN) Joe Donnelly will meet with President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court pick, Brett Kavanaugh, tomorrow; A 240-unit student residential project, planned for East Third Street and State Road 446, divided …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:58 — 22.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreMCCSC administrators looked to the community last night for input on whether to add metal detectors to their school safety strategy; The Urban Land Institute has just released a draft of their recommendations for the redevelopment of the IU Hospital site on Second Street. At the top of …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:39 — 2.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Urban Land Institute released a draft of their recommendations for the redevelopment of the IU Health Bloomington Hospital site on Second Street. At the top of its list is housing. Bloomington’s housing market has the highest prices in the state. But it lacks workforce housing, and …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:43 — 20.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreCriticism over the city of Bloomington’s use of private information led officials to call a meeting, today; The City of Bloomington received its new armored truck over the weekend; The Ellettsville Town Council is voicing support for increasing a tax break it gave affordable housing developers, last …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:09 — 5.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Bloomington City Council approved a 10-year tax break for an affordable housing development, during their session last week. Under the agreement, the developers would get a 98 percent tax break for ten years. Southern Knoll, a 31-unit affordable apartment complex, will be located on West Third …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 31:01 — 21.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis year’s fourth of July celebrations in Bloomington will be happening tonight, July third; Hot weather is causing complications for the Monroe County Fair; Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill is being accused of groping a lawmaker and three legislative staffers at a party, earlier this year; The …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 32:06 — 22.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIndiana Attorney General Curtis Hill is praising the Department Of Justice for not defending Obama Care; Attorney General Hill’s office is joining a campaign launched by Indianapolis Fraternal Order of Police in May to better comply with law enforcement; Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton says the city opposes …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:49 — 3.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreDevelopers of a proposed affordable housing complex are asking the City of Bloomington for a ten-year tax break. Brian Payne, the city’s Assistant Director of Small Business Development, presented the proposal to the City Council last night. Payne says the tax break is needed for developer Milestone …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:42 — 20.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreAn affordable housing development planned for the former Thomson plant property is moving forward, and Commissioners declared Friday, May 11th as Housing for Hoosiers Day. The National Association of Letter Carriers’ annual “Stamp Out Hunger” campaign takes place this Saturday, May 12, and benefits the Hoosier Hills Food …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:09 — 2.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreAn affordable housing development planned for the former Thomson plant property, located off South Rogers St, is moving forward. Monroe County Commissioners approved an agreement yesterday transferring up to 14 acres of the 84 acres property to Habitat for Humanity of Monroe County. According to County Attorney …