 A Community Thrives is a grantmaking and crowdfunding program from the USA TODAY NETWORK, which includes USA TODAY and Gannett’s hundreds of local media brands. It was started because your great ideas for how to improve your community need a great big network of people to bring them to life. A Community Thrives offers a way to get your neighbors, friends, family, and peers excited to support your community-building ideas, and most importantly, a chance at +$2,000,000 in grants to get them off the ground and running.
A Community Thrives is a grantmaking and crowdfunding program from the USA TODAY NETWORK, which includes USA TODAY and Gannett’s hundreds of local media brands. The initiative is part of the Gannett Foundation and supports nonprofit organizations with projects focused on community building. Since 2017, the program has helped to distribute more than $17.7 million from donations and grants across the nation. For the 2022 A Community Thrives campaign, the application process will run from June 1st at noon ET through June 30th at 9:00 p.m. ET. The fundraising portion of the challenge will be on July 18th at noon ET and run through August 12th at 9:00 p.m. ET. For more information and to register, visit: https://acommunitythrives.mightycause.com/giving-events/act22
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 Graduates of the spring 2022 Code/IT Academy cohort on IT Administration celebrate in front of The Mill. The Mill, Bloomington’s nonprofit center for coworking and entrepreneurship, today announced that Code/IT Academy, a free upskilling program that prepares residents for high-paying jobs in the digital economy, has received a $25,000 grant from Duke Energy Foundation. Applications are now open for the next session of the program, focused on web development skills.
“This program is a wonderful opportunity for anyone who has been thinking about making a career change,” said Julie Sylvester, Program Manager at The Mill. “Web developers are in high demand, and Code/IT Academy is a risk-free way to explore whether this is a good career fit. You don’t need any previous experience, and there is no cost except the time and energy you put into it.” The Mill runs Code/IT to help build the talent pool to support Bloomington’s innovation economy, Sylvester noted. “It’s a win-win. Local residents need good jobs, and we need more skilled developers and coders here to fuel the growth of our local startups and attract tech companies.” Regency Multifamily acquired Meadow Creek Apartments, a 183-unit community in Bloomington, on Tuesday, May 24th. The purchase brings Regency’s total number of apartments owned and managed to 4,178 units, 1,665 of which are in the Bloomington, IN market.
Meadow Creek Apartments features a wide variety of 1, 2, and 3-bedroom apartments and townhomes featuring lodge-style architecture. The spacious apartments range from 615 to 2,000 square feet and include an in-unit washer and dryer, fireplace, and a patio or balcony. Property amenities include a swimming pool with pool house, community patio with fireplace and grills, dog park, and backyard park. The community is located near Jackson Creek in Southeast Bloomington, with walking paths nearby and ample green space on the property. “We have always enjoyed being in the Bloomington market and have been working towards growing our presence in the community,” said Teresa Kelnhofer, President and CEO of Regency Multifamily. “Meadow Creek’s location across the street from our existing property, Steeplechase Apartments, makes it a perfect fit for our portfolio.” For more information about Meadow Creek, go to MeadowCreekBloomington.com. Join Hurlow Wealth Management Group for a special webinar, The Golden Time of Life for Tax Planning5/27/2022  Join Hurlow Wealth Management Group for a special webinar, The Golden Time of Life for Tax Planning, with special guest Greg Geisler, PhD from Indiana University Kelley School of Business.
Topic: The Golden Time of Life for Tax Planning Description: According to Dr. Greg Geisler, ages 62 to 72 represents the Golden Time of Life for Tax Planning. Attend this presentation to learn: 1) How to avoid higher Medicare premiums both if you retired in the last two years and annually 2) Why paying income taxes after retiring and before you turn 70 is an excellent idea. 3) How to Decumulate all accounts tax-efficiently once retirement begins 4) How to make tax-efficient charitable contributions About the Speaker: Greg Geisler, Ph.D., is the Tax Committee Advisor for Hurlow Wealth Management Group and a Clinical Professor and Associate Chairperson of the Accounting Department at Indiana University's Kelly School of Business. Date: 06/22/2022 Time: 12 p.m. Eastern Standard Time/ 9 a.m. Pacific Standard Time To register: https://hurlowwealth.com/events Live webinar attendees are eligible for 1 hour of CPE credit. Hurlow Wealth Management Group, Inc. is a Registered Investment Adviser. Advisory services are only offered to clients or prospective clients where the firm and its representatives are properly licensed or exempt from licensure. This presentation is solely for informational purposes. No advice may be rendered by Hurlow Wealth Management Group, Inc. unless a client service agreement is in place. Our firm provides the information in this webinar presentation for general guidance only, and does not constitute the provision of legal, tax, or investment advice, accounting services, or professional consulting of any kind. Past performance is no guarantee of future returns. Investing involves risk and possible loss of principal capital.  Join Hurlow Wealth Management Group for an Estate Planning 101 Webinar!
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In this webinar, run through a checklist to determine when you need a will, a trust, the types of trusts, basic questions to ask your attorney, other estate planning documents, what happens during probate, and why you want to avoid it! This presentation is for anyone without an estate plan, or those whose estate is five years old or more. Date: 06/08/2022 Time: 12 p.m. Eastern Standard Time/ 9 a.m. Pacific Standard Time Register : https://hurlowwealth.com/events Hurlow Wealth Management Group, Inc. is a Registered Investment Adviser. Advisory services are only offered to clients or prospective clients where the firm and its representatives are properly licensed or exempt from licensure. This presentation is solely for informational purposes. No advice may be rendered by Hurlow Wealth Management Group, Inc. unless a client service agreement is in place. Our firm provides the information in this webinar presentation for general guidance only, and does not constitute the provision of legal, tax, or investment advice, accounting services, or professional consulting of any kind. Past performance is no guarantee of future returns. Investing involves risk and possible loss of principal capital.  Celebrate the 90s through trivia at Cardinal Spirits! This event is to support the Cancer Support Community of South Central Indiana (CSCSCI) and will be hosted by Josh Johnson of Bloomington Pub Quiz. All proceeds from ticket sales go directly to the CSCSCI.
Food, drinks, fun, trivia, prizes!!! This is a 21+ event. Please have your ID upon arrival. Teams participating are limited to 8 members. Additional donations to CSCSCI are welcome. Limited dinner and full cocktail menu available. Tickets are non-refundable. Doors at 6 pm. Trivia starts at 7:15 sharp!  Indiana University First Lady Emerita Laurie Burns McRobbie has joined Noon Edition, WFIU Public Radio’s weekly public affairs program, as a new rotating host. She will co-host the program once or twice a month with either Sara Wittmeyer, WFIU/WTIU News Bureau Chief, or Bob Zaltsberg, WFIU/WTIU News Special Projects Editor.
“My interest in being a co-host comes from my respect for the quality of Noon Edition over the years and how responsive it is to the issues that people in the WFIU listening area care about. I also love talking to interesting people and learning from our guests and the interactions among them,” said McRobbie. McRobbie has previously appeared on Noon Edition, most recently co-hosting discussions about increases in domestic violence during the pandemic and higher property taxes for Monroe County homeowners. She will return on June 3 to co-host another episode of Noon Edition. The City of Bloomington Office of the Common Council is accepting additional applications through at least June 10th, 2022 to fill vacant positions on the Citizens’ Redistricting Advisory Commission. The application process has been open since February 2021, but the membership qualifications have been recently revised to allow more individuals to apply. Individuals who have previously applied need not apply again. For more information on membership qualifications, please visit https://bloomington.in.gov/council/redistricting.
The purpose of the Commission is to advise the Council on redrawing Councilmember district boundaries pursuant to redistricting requirements under state law following the 2020 Census. The Commission will be an independent, politically-balanced body, consisting of two republicans, two democrats and one independent and will include two full-time Indiana University-Bloomington students. The Commission must hold meetings at least every other month until its work is complete, but may choose to meet more often.  The Mill, Bloomington’s center for entrepreneurship, announced today that Finniva won the 2022 Crossroads Collegiate Pitch Competition, sponsored by Velocities. Co-founder and CEO Andrew McMaster, a student at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University Bloomington, took home a $2,500 investment from Flywheel Fund and access to their network of investors and mentors.
Finniva is building a streamlined marketplace for large multi-family and commercial real estate developers to source materials directly from the supplier. Finniva helps developers efficiently locate the best materials for each project’s specs—keeping the work on time and on budget. McMaster founded the company with Kelley grad Michael Wayne, who is also CEO of Detroit Riverside Capital, a real estate investment firm with focus on constructing mixed-use communities. The market opportunity is substantial. According to McMaster’s winning pitch, the US construction material market was $650 billion in 2021. Finniva has targeted Michigan for their initial launch, with a focus on doors: a $500 million market in itself. They’ve already begun working with developers at Counterpart to build the platform and are populating it with suppliers. Finniva expects to launch in January 2023. Flywheel Fund, a member-managed capital fund run by The Mill, today announced a $50,000 investment in Folia, as part of a $2 million seed round led by IU Ventures, with participation from the IU Angel Network and the IU Philanthropic Venture Fund, as well as Elevate Ventures. Folia’s digital collaboration platform and tools improve organizational productivity and security while reducing economic and environmental costs.
Brian Hatton, Venture Partner for Flywheel Fund, said, “Folia solves a long-standing organizational challenge that’s been exacerbated by the rise of remote work: how to build shared knowledge. Folia’s tools allow organizations to assemble and share valuable information from a wide range of sources, while also collecting team insights on that information in real time, in a secure, user-friendly interface. One result, of course, is you get this terrific content repository. But what you’re really building is a powerful, paperless workflow of research, analysis, dialogue, decision-making and continuous improvement. Folia’s already got significant traction in the market, and we think they’re well-positioned for expansion.” Folia’s iAnnotate tool already has more than million users across sectors such as education, legal, and finance. Folia’s ability to track comments revisions across versions also attracts users in creative fields such as screenwriting and design. |
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