Tag Archives: City Convention Center

A Quick Guide to the Monroe Convention Center Expansion

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 19:52 — 27.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreFeature by Tom Muckerheide In February of this year, the members of the Capital Improvement Board, in a meeting with community stakeholders, unanimously approved to change the name of the Monroe Convention Center to the Bloomington Convention Center. While it may seem small, this change of name …

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Support for Proposed Convention Center

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:30 — 1.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreFinancial advisers hired by the City of Bloomington have concluded the City can financially support funding a proposed Convention Center expansion with bonds. As currently proposed, a 60 thousand square foot expansion would cost roughly 44 million dollars, and would include a 30 thousand square foot exhibit …

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