By: Diane Benjamin

Link to tonight’s agenda Agenda: https://bloomingtonil.portal.civicclerk.com/event/4102/files/agenda/12569

I bet some local business is kicking themselves for not jumping on the naming rights for the Coliseum. You could have gotten free advertising forever—nobody else seems to want their name on the building. Just pay for a few years, cancel the contract afterward, and your name stays emblazoned on it into perpetuity, even if you stop paying or go out of business.

Grossinger Motors really needs to reclaim the dealership name locally and grab all that free advertising. They made a big mistake by going out of business.

The City normally just calls the place “arena”, documentation for tonight’s meeting reverts to this:

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That line is from the agreement to sell the Market Street Garage to Connect Transit for $10. Connect gets to tear it down for the new transfer station: https://bloomingtonil.portal.civicclerk.com/event/4102/files/report/5082

Bloomington thinks people will take the bus to arena and BCPA events. Limit parking and they won’t be taking the bus, they just won’t go.

For $10 a year Bloomington get this, a much stripped down version of the original plan:

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I wonder why the transfer station needs additional Police Security? 🤔

Next year’s budget will also be approved and the Chief will present the police department’s annual report. Drug arrests seem to be WAY up, lots of meth. The chief’s report is in the documents linked above.