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The Community Foundation of Bloomington and Monroe County (CFBMC) awarded six nonprofit organizations with Heading Home grants this summer. A total of $200,000 has been awarded as part of this funding program, CFBMC’s second competitive grant cycle for the 2021-2022 fiscal year.
The Community Foundation’s Heading Home competitive granting program focuses on advancing housing security through projects and programs aligned with solutions outlined in the recently released Heading Home Plan, A Regional Plan for Making Homelessness Rare, Brief, and Non-Repeating. The Heading Home Plan was developed collaboratively in 2021 by local and regional partners, including service providers, government officials, community members, funders, and people with lived experience. The plan is serving as a community guide to support long-term initiatives with strategies to address the many contributing factors to housing insecurity, ranging from financial and legal challenges to emotional, physical, and mental health-related matters.
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The City of Bloomington, following the lead of The Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce, Visit Bloomington, and Downtown Bloomington, Inc., has submitted a proposal to the Monroe County Board of Commissioners and County Council for activating the Convention Center expansion.
Deputy Mayor Don Griffin will join Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Eric Spoonmore at the Monroe County Council meeting on Tuesday, August 9 at 5:30 p.m. to formally present the City’s proposal and answer councilmember questions. As part of its proposal, the City would take full responsibility for the expansion in exchange for the County transferring ownership and management of the Convention Center and supporting properties. Come set foot on the two runways of the Monroe County Airport. Due to lighting updates on our primary runway, both runways will be unavailable to aviation on August 27th. That allows the Airport to invite the public to come set foot on and experience both of our runways. Activities will include a runway 5K in the morning, afternoon cruise-in, food trucks, aircraft static displays, aerial displays, hot air balloons, and live music. We'll close out the day with a viewing of the original Top Gun movie. See you then! See more information at: https://www.facebook.com/events/2818703715101557?ref=newsfeed  As we gear up for IU students to return we have decided to host our own job fairs this month for One World Enterprises at Lennie’s on Kirkwood by the Sample Gates on Tuesday, August 9th and Tuesday, August 16th from 11am to 5pm. We will be holding open interviews inside the restaurant and will be handing out free pizza, drinks, and swag outside with music. This will be a fantastic opportunity for anyone looking for a part-time or full-time job to meet our general managers and interview day-of for positions at Pizza X, Lennie’s, Hive, and One World Catering. We may also do a third Tuesday in August on the 30th depending on how these first two job fairs go.  Today The Mill, Bloomington’s nonprofit center for entrepreneurship and coworking, announced that applications are open for Crossroads Fall 2022, one of the largest statewide pitch competitions for startups. The fall event marks the debut of separate tracks for companies at the earliest, pre-seed stage of development and companies at the seed stage with a viable product.
“We’ve created two tracks to level the playing field for competitors,” said Andy Lehman, Head of Accelerator Programming at The Mill. “We’ve also simplified the application a bit and set up a pre-registration option so that founders can get reminders of the deadline. We’re really hoping to discover some exciting new startups from diverse founders across Indiana.” Two tracks will create two sets of finalists, Lehman explained. The seed winner will receive a $20,000 investment from Flywheel Fund, as well as priority consideration to pitch at Elevate Ventures’ regional Nexus Pitch Competition for the chance to win up to $80,000 more. The pre-seed winner will also receive priority consideration for Nexus, as well as a $10,000 investment from Flywheel Fund.  Ivy Tech Community College’s Bloomington campus has named Kimberly Roach, RN, MSN, the new Dean of the Marchant School of Nursing effective August 1. Roach most recently served as Department Chair and Interim Dean. She replaces former Dean Montra Rienhardt who retired March 2022.
Roach has worked at Ivy Tech for 12 years and was employed as an oncology nurse in the 22 years prior. She began teaching at Ivy Tech as adjunct faculty in Health Sciences and Nursing before joining the Marchant School of Nursing full time in 2014. “I look forward to leading Ivy Tech Bloomington’s growing nursing program and working collaboratively with college and community partners,” she said. “In the coming year, the program is anticipated to grow nearly 19% in order to fulfill the state’s need for qualified, career-ready nurses.” The City of Bloomington Office of the City Clerk is accepting applications to fill vacant positions on the Community Advisory on Public Safety Commission.
The Community Advisory on Public Safety Commission’s goal is to increase the safety of all Bloomington community members, especially those often marginalized due to race, disability, gender, sexual identity, or sexual orientation. The CAPS Commission will perform research and gather data on the perceptions and preferences about public safety from community members, with specific focus on data gathered from minority community members, individuals who are disabled, and other often marginalized community members. The CAPS Commission will research evidence-based alternatives to traditional policing, identify best practices in public safety globally and evaluate the efficacy of such practices for implementation in Bloomington, and will make recommendations to the Common Council, the Board of Public Safety, and/or the Mayor or the Mayor’s designee on policies and programs that enhance public safety for all community members. The CAPS Commission will be composed of eleven voting members appointed by the Common Council. Each member shall have one vote and shall serve without compensation. The Commission typically meets on the fourth Tuesday each month. Committees convene as needed. There is no compensation for serving on the Community Advisory on Public Safety Commission. There are four vacancies. For more information, please see the Bloomington Municipal Code 2.12.120: https://library.municode.com/in/bloomington/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT2ADPE_CH2.12BOCOCO_2.12.120COADPUSACO Dedicated to improving the health of Monroe County citizens by preventing and reducing the use of all tobacco products among youth and adults. Currently, we are working towards adding e-cigarettes to the Monroe County ordinance. If you would like to be involved, please reach out to Kristen Terry at khearth1@iuhealth.org.
After guiding the 66-year-old organization since 2017, Efrat Feferman will be stepping down as Executive Director of United Way of Monroe County this winter. Feferman is running unopposed for Bloomington Township Trustee in this November’s general election.
Feferman’s tenure saw the expansion of the organization’s impact in Monroe, Owen, and Greene counties through new partnerships and programming, as well as the deployment of three disaster response efforts. The most recent effort was the COVID-19 Relief Fund which raised and distributed over $2.4m to area nonprofits. United Way continues to lead the community in rebuilding post-pandemic, recently launching a targeted $4m initiative to make homelessness rare, brief, and non-repeating. “I am incredibly proud of everything the United Way team and community has accomplished in the past few years,” Feferman shared. “We strengthened the impact of United Way, responding to our community’s most pressing needs by mobilizing and convening conversations, advocacy, fundraising, and volunteer power. I am very optimistic about our community, knowing that United Way is working to rebuild post-pandemic, and that so many people – agency partners, volunteers, donors, staff, board members, government officials, and more – are passionately involved in this work.”  Ivy Tech Community College’s Bloomington campus is offering a 12-week Certified Medical Assistant (CCMA) training course at no cost for eligible students that starts Aug. 23. Grant funding with the state’s Next Level Jobs Workforce Ready Grant covers costs for qualified participants.
The CCMA course is a short-term, non-credit workforce training opportunity that quickly prepares graduates to qualify for local, high-demand jobs in the field. Classes are held in the evenings from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from Aug. 23 to Nov. 10, with a one-week break. For individuals who may not qualify for funding, the cost of the course is $2,599 and includes course materials, instruction, and the certification exam to qualify for employment. For questions or to get registered, contact Ivy Tech Bloomington’s workforce training office at 812-330-6042 or bloomington-workforcetraining@ivytech.edu. For more information about short-term, non-credit training opportunities, visit www.ivytech.edu/bloomington/ccec. Ivy Tech Community College offers more than 70 career and four-year transfer programs, with courses that start multiple times per year for quicker entry and graduation. |
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