Celebrate Ellettsville and Monroe County with a free lunch on us, gifts and prizes at the Hoosier Hills Community Appreciation Day on September 23 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Look for the tent and signs at our HHCU Service Center, 3590 SR 46. Register to win a $250 prize. See you there.
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Event: Bloomington Speedway Centennial Celebration
Date: 31 August & 1 September 2022 The Monroe County History Center celebrates 100 years of the Bloomington Speedway with two free events supported by the IU Credit Union! August 31 – 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm, 202 E 6th Street Hear from Hall of Fame Race Announcers Pat Sullivan and Brad Dickerson about the founding of Bloomington Speedway in 1923. Past and present drivers will contribute stories of the history of racing in Monroe County. September 1 – 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm, 202 E 6th Street & 6th & Lincoln City Parking Lot Get an up-close look at racecars throughout the years! Have your picture taken with drivers and their cars during a family-friendly event. Design your own racecar and see racing memorabilia in the museum galleries. Free event parking will be available at the First Presbyterian Church (221 E 6th St) during both events. If you have students, employees, customers, clients, family members, co-workers, or friends who need a high school credential or would like to improve their English skills, please share the attached flyers with them. We would love to be a part of their journey!
Our next session of classes begins the week of September 19th and registration is open now on our website. www.mccsc/adulted. Ditch capacity limits and meet audience expectations by livestreaming your event. This free webinar will cover what you need to know if you are considering livestreaming so that your event can be enjoyed by a live, virtual audience. The webinar will include tips on optimizing your event from livestreaming pros and a conversation about effective hybrid event planning. Wednesday, August 24th, 12pm The webinar is free, but registration is required. Hosted by Thing in a Pot Productions and sponsored by Lambert Consulting Register at www.thinginapot.com/blog/leverage 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. 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. |
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