Weekday Farmers' Market opens June 2 as a summer hub for food, music, and communityThe weekday edition of the Bloomington Community Farmers' Market returns to Hopewell Commons at 630 S. Morton St. June 2 from 4 until 7 p.m., creating a weekly gathering space where neighbors can shop local, share a meal, enjoy live music, and connect with the people who grow and prepare their food.
Tuesday Market is one of the regular public uses planned for Hopewell Commons as the City continues redevelopment work in the Hopewell neighborhood. The Hopewell Commons space for the Tuesday Market is enhanced with a stage for live music, easy pedestrian and bicycle access via the B-Line Trail, pickleball courts and ping pong tables, and ample space and seating for neighborhood gatherings. More about Hopewell Commons. Hopewell South, the first housing phase of the larger redevelopment project, is also moving forward. Following unanimous approval from the City of Bloomington Plan Commission and Common Council, the first 98 homes of the redevelopment are advancing, with groundbreaking expected in the coming months. The Kohr Building, a former hospital building being converted by the City and Bloomington Housing Authority into 38 income-restricted rental homes, is expected to open this summer.
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City of Bloomington to Begin West 2nd Street Modernization and Safety Improvement Project in June5/29/2026 The City of Bloomington will begin construction in the first week of June on the $6.3 million West 2nd Street Modernization and Safety Improvement Project. The project will improve West 2nd Street between the B-Line Trail and Walker Street. Planned work includes:
The project is intended to improve safety, replace aging infrastructure, and improve access for people walking, biking, riding transit, driving, and using mobility devices. The City of Bloomington has released its annual Public Safety Report, a summary of activity and outcomes for the 2025 calendar year, offering residents a clear look at public safety trends, service demand, staffing, facilities, training, and prevention efforts.
The report includes data from the Bloomington Police Department (BPD), Bloomington Fire Department (BFD), and the City’s Community and Family Resources Department (CFRD). It covers calls for service, crime trends, traffic safety, emergency response capacity, alternative response, crisis support, and resource navigation. It also highlights progress in staffing. BFD reached full staffing across all authorized positions in September 2025 for the first time in the last decade, while BPD swore in 11 new officers in June 2025, its largest single recruit class in more than three decades. “This report gives residents a clearer look at what Bloomington’s public safety system is handling and how the City is responding,” said Mayor Kerry Thomson. “Public safety includes emergency response, but it also includes prevention, staffing, training, facilities, and partnerships that help keep emergencies from repeating.” The report is available at bton.in/ps2025. Kick off your summer break with some relaxation and self-care! We will have light refreshments, chair yoga, mini facials, hand & nail treatments, aromatherapy bracelets, chair massages, spinal screenings, Zentangling, and wellness tips. Door prizes will be given! Get an extra entry for each guest you bring with you. Also, get an extra entry for commenting, liking, and sharing this post!
Spots are limited so please reserve ASAP by filling out BOTH the Jotform link and Square Payment link. ONLY $10 gets you allll of these activities! You can't beat that! And the best part, your registration fee will be going to a local charity. Pick your time to arrive (25 ppl per hour), but feel free to stay as long as you would like for you to get through each station. Constellation Stage & Screen, a Bloomington-based professional theater company, is thrilled to announce it has been awarded a $20,000 grant from the Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation (AWCCF). This grant will support general operations for Constellation’s upcoming 26/27 Season, its 5th season as a company.
“We’re thrilled to be working with the AWCCF for the first time this coming season,” says Gabe Gloden, Managing Director of Constellation. “We anticipate this is the beginning of a long and fruitful relationship as both organizations are in alignment on our commitment to grow our thriving Central Indiana arts community.” Based in Indianapolis, the Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation was incorporated in 1990, to maintain the legacy of Allen Whitehill Clowes (1917–2000), a local philanthropist, civic leader, arts patron, and foundation/business executive. The primary mission of the foundation is to support charitable organizations that promote or preserve the Arts and Humanities and those that were supported by Mr. Clowes during his life or are similar to those supported by Mr. Clowes. While the foundation’s giving is focused primarily in Marion County, Constellation has become one of the few non-Marion County organizations to receive their support, an acknowledgment that the health of Bloomington’s arts economy directly impacts the greater Indianapolis region. Constellation is proud to be joining other prominent arts and culture leaders, like the Indiana Repertory Theatre, Phoenix Theatre, Naptown African American Theatre Collective, and Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art as recent recipients.  On Friday, June 12, 2026, at 6:00 p.m., Scout’s Honor will present the 18th annual Tails on the Town benefiting Monroe County Humane Association. The event will take place at Woolery Mill, 2250 W. Sunstone Dr., Bloomington, IN.
This signature fundraising event brings together animal lovers, community members, and local businesses for a high-energy evening that supports MCHA’s services and programs as we recover from February’s tornado. The night celebrates resilience and invests in a stronger future for MCHA and the animals we serve. Guests will enjoy a night of delicious eats, sweet treats, cocktails and mocktails, and an exciting lineup of activities — including lots of carnival games, a caricature artist, photo booth, raffles, live and silent auctions, and a bidding frenzy. Catch up with friends and fellow guests while local legend DJShawnD sets the perfect soundtrack, then step onto the dance floor and keep the celebration going. Every guest will receive a complimentary signature cocktail provided by Tito’s Handmade Vodka.  Whether you are a true beginner or an experienced artist looking to hone your skills, the Center for Lifelong Learning has a range of visual arts classes this summer that will help you on your way! Offerings range across painting, drawing, and mixed media disciplines with a variety of scheduling options throughout the summer term. Topics include introductory classes, as well as more intermediate skills including Portrait, Perspective, and Light & Shade Drawing, Mixed Media and Experimental Drawing, Journaling with Watercolors, Introduction to Color Theory, and more. Class details and registration for Visual Arts classes and all Center for Lifelong Learning Continuing Education programs are available at ivytech.edu/CLL.
The Exchange Club of Northside Bloomington is taking the next step with our Blue Ribbon Action Alliance. John Graham from Susie’s Place is leading a training session for anyone who missed the live presentations at the convention. This is the kind of high-impact training we need to bring back to our local communities.
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The Exchange Club of Northside Bloomingtons' goal with the Blue Ribbon Action Alliance has been to enable each club to bring the training our communities need through partnerships with kNot Today. This district has nineteen communities that can help educate to protect our most precious resources, our children. Let’s stay equipped and lead this fight.  Bloomington-based Write Design Group has launched Funder Ready, a new service designed to help nonprofits and other mission-driven organizations prepare for grants, major partnerships, and other high-stakes opportunities.
Funder Ready helps organizations strengthen the systems behind clear, credible communication, including the materials, language, evidence, and public presence that funders, partners, and sponsors use to understand and evaluate their work. The service is built on Write Design Group’s OPTIC² model, a framework that organizes organizational clarity into six connected layers: Operations, Public Presence, Trust, Identity, Credibility, and Communications. The model helps identify gaps, reduce misalignment, and build a stronger foundation for grants, proposals, and other important asks. The City of Bloomington has issued a will-serve letter for Monroe County Airport, supporting infrastructure readiness and future aviation-related economic development at one of the region’s key public assets.
Monroe County Airport supports business travel, emergency response, visitor access, aviation services, and connections to regional employers and institutions. By clarifying that sanitary sewer service can be considered for airport-related uses, the City is helping make the airport more ready to attract businesses, create jobs, and bring more investment to Bloomington and Monroe County. “This is what economic development looks like before the ribbon cutting,” Mayor Kerry Thomson said. “It is infrastructure, partnership, and planning that make future jobs and investment possible. Monroe County Airport is a regional economic resource, and this step helps make sure Bloomington and Monroe County are ready to compete for opportunities that strengthen our community.” |
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