The Meeting The meeting I attended was on March 9, 2023. The meeting was held over zoom with an in-person conference room. What was the point of the meeting? I attended a city council meeting on March 9, 2023. The meeting I attended was about current project that are ongoing in Bloomington regarding fiber optic… Read more »
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One of the Best Bike Lane Projects: 7-Line Project, increasing safety for Bicyclists and Pedestrians
Meeting Information The point of the meeting 7-line project update When March 20, 2023, 5:30 P.M.-7:00 P.M. Who was at the meeting Attendance: there were 20 people at the meeting. However, the people below are on the list of agenda. Other people might be the citizens who are also interested in this topic. Commissioners: Paul… Read more »
Historical Impact on a Smart Future
Community Forum If you live in a small town like Bloomington, you may have heard of the Historic Preservation Committee (HPC). But what exactly does this committee do, and why is it important for the community? The HPC is a group of dedicated volunteers who work to preserve and protect the historical and architectural heritage… Read more »
Is the Bloomington 7-Line successful in its mission?
What was the point of the meeting? The meeting was set up to discuss the current issues and successes of the 7-Line project in Bloomington, Indiana. While the 7-Line was the primary topic of discussion, there was also a lot of talk about traffic and accidents as a whole within the city of Bloomington. One… Read more »
Zoning Our Way to a Brighter Future: How Bloomington’s Zoning Laws Are Geared Toward Tomorrow
What Was The Point? The meeting that I attended was Bloomington’s monthly Board of Zoning Appeals meeting. The purpose of this meeting was to hear petitions from two development companies seeking to get variances to specific Bloomington zoning guidelines for their properties. Both of the petitions involved Bloomington’s zoning rules on parking for private-owned buildings…. Read more »
Bike Lanes – More Trouble Than They’re Worth?
The community meeting that I attended was Bloomington’s Traffic commission on Wednesday March 22nd. The overarching subject matter (after assuring the minutes from the previous meeting and denoting there is no further outstanding business) was a reviewal of the overall effectiveness of the implementation of the 7th street protected bike lane. Overall the attendance for… Read more »
Braking News: City of Bloomington Traffic Commission Reconsiders Four-Way Stops on 7th Street
Overview of the City of Bloomington Traffic Commission Meeting on 3/22/23 The point of The City of Bloomington Traffic Commission meeting was to reflect on the 7-Line Project and propose an all-way stop installation. To overview, “this project provided a protected east-west bicycle lane and improved bus corridor that connected the B-line, downtown, Indiana University… Read more »
Motorists & Cyclists & Stop Signs, Oh My! How the Traffic Commission Considers Safety Concerns Surrounding the New 7-Line Project
Introduction to the City of Bloomington Traffic Commission Meeting I attended the City of Bloomington Traffic Commission meeting on March 22, 2023 at 4:30 to learn more about how matters such as traffic safety and efficiency are handled in my community. The main point of today’s meeting was to discuss both the positive and negative… Read more »
Scooting Towards Progress: Inside the Bloomington City Council’s Discussions on Improving Scooter Parking
Introduction The community meeting I had the opportunity of attending was a common city council meeting for the city of Bloomington. While the meeting was open to any public discussion from residents, the city had planned topics of the merging of the utilities and public department office proposal and parking enforcement of public scooter-sharing services…. Read more »
From Two Wheels to Town Halls: Scooter-ing Through Bloomington’s Local Government
What was discussed during the meeting? The meeting that I attended was a general city council meeting that was held on March 8th. I have never been to a city council meeting, so it was an experience that I found very interesting. For the meeting, there were 3 major agenda items; there was a report… Read more »