Bloomington might donate $7M site for hotelI guess the hotelier has decided they can't afford it anymore? So the city will hand over to them that valuable real estate and ditch some design elements, a skywalk to the convention center and underground parking, that were lousy ideas and never should have been in there in the first place. The rooftop bar would have been nice though!bsquarebulletin.com/bloomingto@bloomington_in #UrbanPlanning

Bloomington considering creating a "Riverfront" districtGoal is to sell more alcohol near the stadium. But Sarah Alexander responds with this banger:“Perhaps if those who are in charge of outreach on this project had consulted with someone whose eyes weren’t exclusively focused on how to ‘magic’ a drainage feature into a river, so that they could more cheaply get more drunk drivers onto a stroad, we could have avoided all of this.”bsquarebulletin.com/city-counc@bloomington_in #UrbanPlanning

My last time at Upland Brewing@bloomington_in #beer

Bloomington doctor Mark Dayton killed when hit by a car while riding his bicycle"A preliminary police report indicates a 26-year-old Mitchell man driving a 2012 Chrysler 200 south on Ind. 37 drove through a red light at the busy intersection. The report said witnesses reported Dayton was riding west on Old Ind. 37 and had the green light as he was crossing the 4-lane highway."heraldtimesonline.com/story/ne@bloomington_in #cycling

Eight arrested for drugs at Seminary ParkOne was arrested for "Marijuana Possession" so I'm sure we will all sleep better tonight knowing that the person who smokes pot is off the streets!I do not understand Mayor Thomson's war on the homeless. She says, "we are intent on supporting prevention, treatment and recovery to address the root causes of these complex issues” but we only ever see arrests. It's not why we elected her.bsquarebulletin.com/eight-arre@bloomington_in #homeless

Transportation Commission now meetingSome administrative stuff - Barbara McKinney has resigned already - then going over 180-day orders that the city engineer has made. Apparently only one camera running; the engineer is talking but we can only see the commission.I think you should be able to agree with motions not only with "Aye" or "Yes" but also, "Yer rootin' tootin'!"Some confusion in how these 180-day orders become permanent, or cancelled.@bloomington_in #transportation

Introducing THREE 🆕 display monitors at the Downtown Transit Center!Oh, cool. I need to go down and have a look at this.Live tracking information for BT fixed-route buses is now visible both inside and outside the building.bsky.app/profile/bloomingtontr@bloomington_in #PublicTransport

Little 500 veteran killed in cycling crashSteven Ballinger was a competitive cyclist and biked on a team that placed second in the Little 500 in 2003. Details are sketchy, but he was killed in an incident with a vehicle in Santa Fe last week.santafenewmexican.com/news/loc@bloomington_in #cycling #Little500

Bloomington Transportation Commission now meeting for the first timeNothing surprising happening, mostly setting down rules and figuring out schedules and agendas.Still two vacancies on the commission, seven members have been named. Then they opened it up for public comment, and wow, three people got up to discuss the rules! And, unbelievable, somebody got up to discuss Hawthorne-Weatherstone 😂 We're going to be hearing about that for the next ten years.@bloomington_in #UrbanPlanning