Parks & Playgrounds
1400-1692 North College Avenue
- Case Date:
- 5/19/2014
The condition of Miller Shower park is getting worse day by day. It was clean and beautiful last fall but now it is covered with water plants and getting worse. Is it due to lack of funds that there is not maintenance?
- Case Date:
- 5/27/2014
Dear Ms. Granger,
I am writing to you again this year about the "encampment" of vagrants near Cascades Park in your council district. Located near the corner of N. College and Old 37 it is a threat to the health and safety of our community. Children play in the water downstream from this filth. Thank goodness the disabled child recently lost in Cascades did not wander into this place. The fact that this "encampment" is on a parcel of land owned by the state is hardly an excuse to allow it to exist so close to a city park frequented by families with children.
Please do something about this.
Cordially,
Ron Clees
2221 Browncliff Lane
Bloomington IN 47408
- Case Date:
- 7/2/2014
I am the philanthropy chair for a large organization on IU's campus and wanted to work with the city on finding a location where we could hold an event to benefit the boys and girls club.. An old baseball field would be perfect. Please feel free to email or call me so i can get in contact with anyone who could help.
- Case Date:
- 7/16/2014
Southeast Park tennis court
- Case Date:
- 7/21/2014
Park Ridge East tennis courts are looking fantastic! Thanks for resurfacing! When will nets be put back? Are other city courts scheduled to be resurfaced?
- Case Date:
- 7/21/2014
Park Ridge East tennis courts are looking fantastic! Thanks for resurfacing! When will nets be put back? Are other city courts scheduled to be resurfaced?
Parks & Playgrounds
3115 S Forrester ST
- Case Date:
- 8/19/2014
Hello there,
My name is Yuzhen, and I live in Kensington park. We have been enjoying the Schmalz Farm Park in the neighborhood. My son loved to play in the playground in the park. He is a big kid now, and he likes sport more. So do his friends in the neighborhood! It seems to me that most of the parks in Bloomington have some kind of sports facility (neat!). I wonder if the city has any plan for building sports facility in the Schmalz Farm Park (a basketball court would be lovely, but any kind of sports facility will be great:)).
Thanks much for your consideration.
Best,
Yuzhen Ye
- Case Date:
- 8/20/2014
At the Ferguson Dog Park there is a large puddle the size of a large bathtub located near the shade shelter. At the moment it is full of green water, after a week or so it becomes a mud wallow with mud the consistency of glue. This feature never dries out and remains a continuing dog magnet. Even with the hose it is not easy to clean them up after they roll in it. A pickup load of gravel or wood chips would be greatly appreciated by many dog owners. Thanks(it is a great park for the dogs!)
Parks & Playgrounds
601-699 West Howe Street
- Case Date:
- 8/25/2014
There are some very large holes on the north side, but almost centered on the large playing field. They are hidden from sight by the grass growing over them, but some are big enough for a foot/leg to fall into (as it happened today!) I assume an animal is busy digging these, but I know the city has filled them before, it would be great if someone could fill them again!
Thanks so much!
- Case Date:
- 9/2/2014
To whom it may concern:
I was dismayed to read in this morning's hotline that roundup is used in our parks and around our trails. Yes, this is the roundup civilians can buy in stores; however, that does not mean it is safe. I thought Bloomington was a progressive place on the cutting edge of environmental concerns - apparently not. Any amount of poison applied to our earth is dangerous to people and animals, among others. And when we have rains, the roundup runs off into our water systems. Look at all of the drains on streets which sport little stickers saying don't put any hazardous materials down the drains. Well, you are.
Let's think about the big picture. What is more important - having a safe environment in which we can be on the grass, drink safe water, etc. or getting rid of a few weeds, which, by the way, are also part of our creation. I know there are invasive weeds, but surely there are safer ways to eradicate them than by spraying them with poison that is hazardous to everything. You say you have professionals applying these poisons - I don't believe that makes the substance any safer.
I hope you will consult various organic farmers and landscapers in the area for advice before applying any more roundup.
Thank you.
Anne Fraker