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Mayor Chis Koos said the $5.4 million settlement to end Alan Beaman's civil lawsuit against the town and its police over a wrongful murder conviction is solely related to risk.
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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 lack of housing and affordable housing means Bloomington-Normal is losing out on some of the economic benefits created by Rivian. The shortage also is increasing the number of unhoused people in the community and has the potential to cause an exponential growth in homelessness.
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Bloomington-Normal leaders have different views whether or how government should be involved in breaking the logjam of factors that has slowed the pace of new housing construction.
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There will be major progress this year toward the creation of an industrial park on the southeast side of Bloomington.
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Democratic members of Illinois’ congressional delegation are urging the IRS to move ahead with plans for a new print and mail management facility in Bloomington. A congressional staffer told WGLT that the project was targeting downtown Bloomington and could create several hundred jobs.
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You don't usually find Democrats picking up the gauntlet to weaken provisions of a law originally intended to prevent the concentration of capital into hereditary wealthy elites. But State Sen. Dave Koehler of Peoria said there's a sound economic development reason to do so.
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Eight months ago, a housing coalition in Bloomington-Normal asked for help, and a share of Town of Normal and City of Bloomington pandemic relief money to support as people go through rental assistance, eviction avoidance, and affordable housing programs. But the lack of housing and affordable housing is a much broader issue than one advocate can solve.
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Developers can build an $18.5 million housing development at the former Coachman Motel property, after the Bloomington City Council approved he project Monday night.