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Bloomington Approves 4th St. Garage Funds

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:04 — 2.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Bloomington Redevelopment Commission has approved a $29.5 million bond to fund a new Fourth Street parking garage. A review by structural engineers earlier this year revealed serious structural issues with the garage. The city has already spend more than $20,000 in emergency repairs. Instead of spending …

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Study: Parking Meters Profitable for City

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 9:15 — 6.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreJim Blickensdorf is a downtown Bloomington business owner, who admits he was at first skeptical of the metered parking. Blickensdorf recently chaired the first Bloomington Parking Commission and, as he tells WFHB News Director Wes Martin, his views have definitely changed. Blickensdorf talks about the Commission’s first …

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Daily Local News – November 20, 2017

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 23:10 — 15.9MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe State’s Alcohol Code Revision Commission is recommending the sale of alcohol at convenience and grocery stores from noon to 8pm on Sundays. The Indiana Department of Natural Resources is seeking nominations for six openings on the state’s Trails Advisory Board. The conservative Political Action Committee backing …

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New Parking Commission to Create Policy

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 20:17 — 18.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreLast week, the Bloomington City Council passed an ordinance creating a parking commission to develop a comprehensive parking policy for the city. The commission will have nine members. They include two merchants and one member of a nonprofit — each housed within the downtown meter zone — …

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