Concrete to be poured for Bloomington convention center footings, city council OKs food and beverage tax resolution

Concrete to be poured for Bloomington convention center footings, city council OKs food and beverage tax resolution

The view from College Avenue to the convention center expansion construction site. (Dave Askins, Sept. 17, 2025)Since the demolition of the old NAPA Auto Parts building at the corner of 3rd and Walnut Streets in the third week of July, the block just south of 3rd Street, between College Avenue and Walnut, has been clanging with construction work on the Bloomington Convention Center expansion.Giving an update to Monroe County’s capital improvemen…