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Last year, the city paid $750,000 for an engineering firm to design the plan that includes improved walkability, lighting, expanded public art and significant infrastructure improvements.
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McLean County Board Chair Catherine Metsker suspended meetings for the behavioral health advisory committee. She's given little detail about what that might mean for committee members or the public. Here's what WGLT knows so far.
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As Bloomington mayor, Judy Markowitz led a successful campaign to add sexual orientation to the city's anti-discrimination ordinance in 2002.
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Bloomington City Manager Tim Gleason is the finalist for a job in Florence, Arizona. The Florence Town Council has an executive session scheduled about Gleason's candidacy Friday morning.
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The mayor of Normal said a potential ban on more smoke shops in Uptown relates to the purpose of the district. Mayor Chris Koos said the idea behind Uptown is to have an area that gets used 18 hours a day, and not just by university students but by the community. That requires a mix of businesses.
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The City of Bloomington may want more out of the sales tax money it sends to McLean County.
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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.