Bloomington council OKs $318M budget, approves major redevelopment projects

Bloomington council OKs $318M budget, approves major redevelopment projects

A busy Monday night meeting saw the Bloomington City Council approve a balanced budget for the fiscal year starting May 1, and move forward with redevelopment agreements at two prominent locations in the city.

Bloomington Transit board OKs steps towards land for new operations facility, fixed route rides continue to slip

Bloomington Transit is around six weeks away from reaching an agreement with the owner of a property where it plans to build a new operations facility, to replace the one at Grimes Lane.That's the takeaway from the regular monthly meeting of BT's five-member board of directors on Tuesday evening. BT is staying mum on which specific property is being considered, until a deal is in place. For now, all the written materials describe the land as "th…