In a move that signals a sharper focus on community well-being and recreational splendor, the city's inhabitants gave the thumbs-up to a new half-percent sales tax hike back in 2023, and they're now looking at a hefty $155million jackpot aimed to revolutionize their local hangouts and health hubs.
The hard-earned cash is earmarked for some serious upgrades including a state-of-the-art community health and wellness center, a much-needed facelift for the aging Bloomington Ice Garden, now in its 50th year, and then there's the greener side of the coin, with plans to revamp the Nine Mile Creek Corridor among other projects, as well enhancements to both Moir and Central Parks, gearing up to transform the landscape in ways both tangible and, for the nature aficionados out there, deeply soul-satisfying.
The folks over at City Hall aren't content to just sit on their laurels, of course, no—they're hitting the ground running this 2024 with an outreach campaign that's all about getting Joe and Jane Public in on the ground floor. Opportunities for community engagement are in the pipeline, which means that if you're a Bloomington local looking to have your say, keep your eyes peeled and your ear to the ground—or better yet, just pop over to bloomingtonforward.org to get the 411 straight from the horse's mouth.
