NOTE: This news article featuring Senior Director of Government & Community Relations, Christopher Emge, was originally published by Indiana Public Media, WFIU on Noon Edition by Patrick Beane on Friday, April 11th, 2025. Trees have been cut down, parking barriers installed, and plans are underway for construction to begin in June on the expansion of the convention center in downtown Bloomington.
Even the name has changed, from the Monroe Convention Center to the Bloomington Convention Center. It’s taken almost a decade to get the expansion project to this point. The plan includes a 61,000-square foot building across College Avenue from the current convention center, along with renovations to the current building. That includes a full-service kitchen that could serve close to 2,000 people, a bus pull-off with Third Street corridor alignment, a loading dock ramp, relocation of utilities, and a climate-friendly green roof.
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NOTE: This interview with Director of the Chamber's Foundation & Internal Operations, Katie Sensabaugh, was originally aired by WFIU's Noon Edition on Friday, February 16th, 2024. Write up is by Nathan Moore. The Mill is once again hosting the Crossroads Pitch Competition. The Crossroads Pitch Competition is an annual competition that promotes some of the best entrepreneurs in Indiana. Winners of the competition receive investments to help further their business ideas.
The Crossroads competition began in 2017 and has gained many notable sponsors including Indiana University, who hosted last fall’s competition. Last fall’s competition winners featured two educational-based apps. One app called Pocket, a platform used to teach students band and orchestra, received $10,000 from the Flywheel Fund, a not-for-profit fund. The other winner, Integrate School, a curriculum building software, received $20,000. This year’s competition begins this Friday and applications are due by February 14. This week on Noon Edition, we will speak with experts about the Crossroads competition and Bloomington’s entrepreneur scene. Guests Katie Sensabaugh - Director of the Chamber's Foundation & Internal Operations for the Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce Pat East - Executive Director of The Mill & Managing Partner of the Flywheel Fund Laurie McRobbie - One of the Judges of this Spring's Crossroads Pitch Competition |
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