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Belongings of people experiencing homelessness lie in the grass on Monday at Seminary Park. The Indiana Daily Student fact-checked some of the claims about unhoused people made by members of the Bloomington Chamber of Commerce in a press release last month in opposition to a city council ordinance that would have granted new protections to the unhoused community.
The Bloomington City Council struck down a proposed ordinance that would protect homeless encampments by a vote of 4-4 Thursday. Nine days earlier, the Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce announced in a press release that it opposed the ordinance based on overwhelmingly negative survey feedback from more than 100 of its members.
Kamala Brown-Sparks experienced homelessness in Bloomington as a teen.
The Bloomington City Council struck down a proposed ordinance 4-4 that would protect homeless encampments early Thursday morning. The decision came after a nine-hour meeting including public comment and debate, marking the longest council meeting since at least 2004.
Under Mayor John Hamilton’s administration, Bloomington is opposing and is poised to reject a city council ordinance which would offer some protections to the homeless community.
Brown County State Park is now the largest historic district in Indiana after recently being added to the National Register of Historic Places, according to a DNR press release.
The Bloomington Police Department released body camera footage of welfare checks in the hours before the Dec. 24, 2020, death of JT Vanderburg, a 51-year-old man experiencing homelessness whose death shook Bloomington’s unhoused community. The release came in response to a records request filed by the B Square Beacon, which published the footage March 2.
Eight varieties of Girl Scout cookies are available for delivery on Grubhub in Bloomington after a partnership with the Girl Scouts of America launched this weekend.
The Bloomington City Council considered legislation to protect homeless encampments Wednesday, months after city officials began enforcing rules that require anyone setting up tents in a public space between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. to have a permit. The renewed enforcement has facilitated the displacement of people experiencing homelessness who were staying at Seminary Park twice since December.
The Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce, an organization stacked with some of the city’s richest and most influential people, released a statement Tuesday detailing just how much they hate poor people.
The Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce announced Tuesday in a press release that based on overwhelming feedback from members, it opposes a proposed amendment to the Bloomington Municipal Code. The amendment would create several procedures the city would have to follow before evicting people experiencing homlessness from certain public spaces.
Belongings of people experiencing homelessness appear Jan. 12 in Seminary Park. The Bloomington Chamber of Commerce released a statement Tuesday opposing an ordinance that would create greater protections for people staying at homeless encampments.
Due to a winter storm, Bloomington received more than 7 inches of snow last week with temperatures as low as 17 degrees on Feb. 15.
Protestors march down First Street. toward Mayor John Hamilton’s house Jan. 18 in response to the evictions of people experiencing homelessness from Seminary Park on Jan. 14. The Bloomington City Council heard arguments on a new bill regarding Bloomington's unhoused population and the actions that must be taken before evicting people from a public area from both the bill’s authors and Mayor Hamilton’s administration Wednesday.
Sometimes when junior Daisy Luck is walking to or from COVID-19 mitigation testing, she has to stop to catch her breath.
CDFI Friendly Bloomington has helped finance community development projects in Bloomington since its founding in 2018, providing an alternative to conventional bank loans. The nonprofit is financing several projects due to complete this year, according to its website.
A Black Lives Matter mural is seen Feb. 14 in People's Park.
Though live performances have been halted by the coronavirus pandemic, the Lotus Education & Arts Foundation has hopes to bring back the energy and community spirit of their annual Lotus World Music & Arts Festival in 2021.
Indiana has more to offer than cornfields when it comes to natural landscapes. The forests and lakes scattered across the state are stunning and can promote ecotourism.
As he sat under the awning of A Friend’s Place, an overnight shelter, and leaned back against the wooden chair he was sitting in, Randy Haler sighed. In the freezing January air, he could see his own breath.
