Chris Colvard posted this over at Miff Muffered Moof:
Public is invited to talk parkingThe consultant studying downtown parking invites the public to comment and share ideas Thursday night at City Hall, 401 N. Morton St.
Walker Parking Consultants expects to present the completed study to the city next month.
People not able to attend the 5:30-7:30 p.m. meeting in council chambers can contact the public works department at 349–3411 to offer an opinion.
bands include Anna Saraceno, Nearest Nova, Totally Michael, Prizzy Prizzy Please and Muzaic
Critical Mass
All are welcome! Bring bikes, skateboards, skooters, rollerblades, banners, noisemakers, your friends, and be ready for a party in the streets!
This Friday January 26th at the sample gates. Meet at 4:30pm leave at 5:00pm! Bring your thoughts, ideas, and strategies to fight the construction of Interstate 69.
Critical Mass is a gathering of people on bikes, skateboards, rollerblades, their own feet adn more reclaiming the city’s streets to raise the consciousness of the community about the ecological, economic, social, political, and spiritual hazards of a life style dependent upon petroleum and internal combustion machines. Practice daily, Celebrate Monthly!
This years Bloomington screening will also feature a screenprinting workshop and art exhibition
Link to festival’s website for more information.
Featuring art and photography by Crab Jackson, Shannon Smif, Ginger Alford, Greg Harvester.
Bring your craft. Share and/or learn something. Get psyched this winter.
Chris Colvard pointed me to this HT article. The last sentence is pretty ominous for the future of development in Bloomington.
Prior to joining Finelight, he served as mayor of Bloomington from 1996 to 2003. During his two terms, he worked to bring millions of dollars in new investments downtown — most notably redevelopment of several apartment buildings.
First Capital Group’s president and founder Tim J. Mitchell and the other partners hope to take advantage of that experience.
“As a company, we plan to leverage his expertise in governmental relations as well as his vast knowledge of local, state and national economic incentives to expand First Capital nationally,†Mitchell said in a statement.
Update:
I was just looking through old posts, and I came to this one. I think another thing that I find really disturbing about this is just the total lack of accountability or responsibility by decision makers and the huge seperation between those who make decisions and those who are affected by them. Fernandez can be instrumental in a pretty destructive project and then just leave that business and move on to other things, whereas the implications of the process that he initiated will have a long-lasting impact on life in Bloomington.
Our wishlist with the Bloomington volunteer network is out of date. I asked Boxcar folks for suggestions: