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🐈 Tickets are officially on sale for our Meow Wolf show in Denver on Friday, September 27! Link in comments

Baltimore tonight at The 8x10 and then we close out Northlands Live tomorrow night!! Can't wait to see ya out there friends ✨️

The Tune-Yards will be reuniting with a few band members from their Nikki Nack era as a nod to the album's 10-year anniversary. The band will be playing fan favorites and debuting new material. This is their only concert in 2024. Y La Bamba kicks off this free concert at 6:30 PM EST. Everyone is invited. Bring your family, friends, coolers, lawn chairs, and blankets. Stick around and make a long weekend out of it.

Pizza Party with me! Come in and say “Hi!”Trailhead Pizzeria Bloomington on June 13th!

Do Korean Restaurant
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This week only! 50% off boneless thighs and bone-in Korean Fried Chicken Wings at Do Korean Restaurant. The promotion is valid from 5/26 to 5/31. Bone-in wings and boneless thighs are available for Korean Fried Chicken, and the deal also works for takeout orders if you call.

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This Indiana city has been named one of the 100 best places to live “If you go, you get it,” Livability writes on its website about why Bloomington, Indiana, is one of the best places to live.

Under the shadow of the cosmos—witnessing the awe-inspiring dance of the sun and moon.

Just caught nature's smile brightening up our very own Kirkwood Avenue. 🌈 It's not every day you find a pot of gold in Bloomington! "

At BadkneesTs

What a beautiful image of the Bloomington courthouse in spring! This picture captures the essence of the season with vibrant daffodils in full bloom, creating a picturesque foreground to the stately and historic architecture of the courthouse. It's a wonderful representation of how Bloomington merges its rich history with the beauty of nature. Thank you keeping Bloomington beautiful!!

Parks and Recreation grieves the loss of Peter LoPilato, founder of The Ryder Magazine and Film Series. Picture a summer evening in Bryan Park, sharing a picnic on a blanket with friends and family and looking up at a glowing screen; or sharing laughs during a comedy (or a collective gasp watching a Hitchcock classic). Peter has provided these moments, and so many more, for the Bloomington community for nearly 30 years through The Ryder's partnership with our Movies in the Parks series. Peter's love of film and film history has been a wonderful gift to Bloomington. Our thoughts are with Peter's family. He will be truly missed.

Black Lives Matter mural in front of the courthouse.

A software CEO ditched Chicago for a Midwestern college town and said the move was 'huge upgrade' for his whole family Ravi Bhatt said he sometimes pines for The Windy City but has found intellectual stimulation living near Indiana University. Work isn't any easier, though.

As seen through these events, March 24th has been a significant date in Bloomington's history, reflecting the city's growth and development over the years.

Kaytee Lorentzen is not only the Marketing & Communications Manager for the The Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce, but the designer behind the No Dishes logo!! We cover everything from her time working at Outback Steakhouse to owning her own photography business. Join us on the newest episode of No Dishes and discover all of the amazing things the Chamber does in our community as well as where Kaytee enjoys goin out to eat!!

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We just updated the Events Calendar page and we've got a hot event coming up on Friday, March 31st at BHSN. Go Cougars! Come out and enjoy the 10th Annual Spring Swing Dance at Bloomington High School North.

Events Calendar - Bloomington Online A calendar of upcoming meetings and events for the city of Bloomington, Indiana

Please share widely. Our Arts Alliance of Greater Bloomington has a grant for young people's art classes. I'll be offering 3 more this spring. More info on the AAGB website / calendar.

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Go Hoosiers! Indiana Basketball beat Purdue today!!

The Mill is making it happen!!

The City of Bloomington and The Mill today announced they have formalized a new partnership to expand Bloomington’s innovation economy, attract cutting-edge companies, and create high-paying jobs. According to the Innovation Partnership Agreement approved by the Redevelopment Commission (RDC) on January 23 (https://bton.in/nuuxS), The Mill will now manage the development and marketing of the Trades District, a 12-acre portion of the Bloomington Certified Technology Park.

The first priority will be establishing an executive director position for the Trades District and Tech Center, finalizing the vision for the Trades District Technology Center (https://bton.in/aI8lp), overseeing its construction, recruiting tenants, and building collaborations and furthering partnerships with the City, BEDC, Indiana University, and private sector leaders.

“Innovation-based startups and growth-stage companies are critical for building a dynamic economy that creates good jobs for our region,” said Mayor John Hamilton. “This partnership positions us to quickly move forward and build on the long-term work of many partners. Since opening in 2018, The Mill has transformed our tech sector economy. Their startup expertise, operational experience, ecosystem connections across the state, and programming resources align with what we need to develop the Tech Center and the Trades District into a thriving hub of innovation.”

The Mill, a nonprofit center for entrepreneurship and coworking, offers entrepreneurial community, training, mentoring, and capital. Since its launch in 2020, Flywheel Fund, The Mill’s micro-investment fund, has invested $1.6 million in 29 Indiana-based startups (flywheelfund.vc). That seed funding has allowed those small, fast-growing companies to attract $8.9 million in additional outside investment, according to The Mill. The Kauffman Foundation, a nonprofit that tracks entrepreneurial growth, regards access to early-stage capital as critical to increasing business starts and creating jobs.

In 2022, Flywheel and The Mill helped propel Bloomington to #15 in the Midwest Startup City rankings, despite Bloomington being the smallest city in the top 20 and one of the smallest in the list as a whole. TechPoint, Indiana’s nonprofit industry group for the tech sector, named Bloomington Indiana’s Rising Tech City Award in 2021 and singled out The Mill as instrumental.

“To accomplish the economic development goals for our region, the Tech Center must become not merely a physical space but a hub of connectivity that sparks innovation and opportunity and attracts talent and investment. We’ve seen at The Mill how clustering tech companies in close proximity has a compounding effect on innovation. Multi-disciplinary, private/public partnerships will be essential in that network of connections,” said Pat East, Executive Director for The Mill. “The City and RDC have made a deep, visionary investment in the Trades District, and with the Bloomington Economic Development Corporation (BEDC) secured critical federal funding for the Tech Center, now is the time to take action and turn vision into reality.”

Construction on the Tech Center is expected to begin in the fall of 2023. In 2021, the Economic Development Administration awarded the RDC and the BEDC a $3.5 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance Grant to build the Tech Center. Acting on behalf of the City, the RDC will match the federal investment with a $1.6 million pledge to the project. The EDA projects that the grant will create 530 jobs and generate $51 million in private investment in the region.

“We're excited for this next stage of the Trades District and Tech Center development, which The Mill is very strongly positioned to carry forward,” said Jennifer Pearl, President of the BEDC. “It builds on our earlier work with the City and other partners to foster an innovative economy while redeveloping the Trades District for our community’s future.”

Since the designation of the 65-acre Certified Technology Park in 2005, of which the 12-acre Trades District is part, the site has seen the transformation of the historic Dimension Mill into a business incubator and co-work space. Infrastructure improvements in the form of new streets, walkways, and other environmentally friendly amenities, and a new 350-space parking structure (the first in Indiana to achieve Parksmart certification, a sustainability credential) have made the area a benefit to Bloomington and friendly to visitors utilizing various modes of transportation.

Recently, in December 2022, the Showers Administration Building at 601 N. Morton Street (https://bton.in/_QO1n) was sold to Eurton Qualified Opportunity Fund, LLC, who is performing a preliminary restoration of the building’s interior and intends to solicit potential technology and innovation tenants this year. In November 2022, the Showers Brothers Furniture Factory Kiln Building at 642 N Madison Street was sold to The Kiln Collective (https://bton.in/XP3Pb), who will renovate the structure and occupy it with their respective ventures.

About The Mill
The Mill is the heart of southern Indiana’s startup ecosystem and its largest coworking space. A 501(c)3 nonprofit, its mission is to spark Bloomington’s innovation economy by launching and accelerating startups, and its vision is to become Indiana’s center of gravity for entrepreneurship. Learn more at dimensionmill.org

About the Trades District
The Trades District, a 12-acre portion of the Bloomington Certified Technology Park, is envisioned as a place of innovation, attraction, and job creation for the City of Bloomington. The Bloomington Certified Technology Park encompasses 65 acres of downtown and is adjacent to many cultural attractions, downtown restaurants, core neighborhoods, and downtown housing. The B-Line Trail (https://bton.in/wKq3F), the City's multi-use urban trail, runs through the area, further linking the Certified Technology Park to other areas of Bloomington's historic, vibrant downtown and to parts beyond. Learn more at bloomington.in.gov/trades.

About the Bloomington Economic Development Corporation (BEDC)
The BEDC is a nonprofit dedicated to economic development strategy and the retention, development, and attraction of quality jobs across Monroe County, Indiana. It has close to 100 members representing the private, local government, nonprofit, and educational sectors. The BEDC is funded through memberships and grants from private industry, the City of Bloomington, the Town of Ellettsville, Monroe County, Indiana University, and Ivy Tech Community College-Bloomington. Learn more at bloomingtonedc.com.

Thanks to the Hilton Garden Inn Bloomington Indiana for giving away caramel apples yesterday at Freezefest. We had a great time and enjoyed lots of activities.

https://bloomingtononline.com/events/freezefest-2023-annual-bloomington-winter-festival/

This year, Freezefest was home at the Dimension Mill and it was the perfect place to have spent a day taking in the sights of this unique event. The event was for 2 days on January 20th and 21st. On Saturday, from 10 am to 3 pm, visitors found live ice carving demonstrations by internationally-recognized sculptors, family activities, food trucks, and more!

Check out our post with photos by Dave Martin.

Freezefest 2023 - Annual Bloomington Winter Festival - Bloomington Online This year, Freezefest was home at the Dimension Mill, and it was the perfect place to have spent a day taking in the sights of this unique event. The event

Help Me is available on all streaming services, and I truly believe that this is one of the best tracks I ever got to work on with a gorgeous sax intro by Greg Ward - help us celebrate Janiece: stream, download, share, celebrate - this is the Spotify Link, but it’s on all services https://open.spotify.com/track/1ZCfzKrh8fO5EfJzLdXGts?si=yb6jP8W1RLGX4_POK1vDkw