Parks & Playgrounds
2308 E Pierson CT
- Case Date:
- 9/8/2025
This evening at around 6:30pm there were three kids (seemed like maybe around eighth grade) riding electric bikes on the general purpose field north of the football field. They were intentionally sliding in grass and running the back tires while holding standing and holding the handle bars up. They took off north on The Strands Dr. I don't know what specifically could be done, but wanted to make someone aware in case damage of this type was on going.
Parks & Playgrounds
1522 S Hathaway CT
- Case Date:
- 9/7/2025
The Sycamore Knolls area tennis courts (off Hillside) is overgrown with weeds, both along the fence and on the court itself. Seems like the courts are not being kept up.
Parks & Playgrounds
1601 S Rogers St
- Case Date:
- 9/6/2025
Switchyard playground merry-go-round doesn’t rotate anymore
Parks & Playgrounds
3421 E Longview AVE
- Case Date:
- 9/5/2025
Poison ivy in mulched area on upper side of playground. Also, the chimes were installed backwards and do not match the pitch labeling.
Parks & Playgrounds
3421 E Longview AVE
- Case Date:
- 9/5/2025
Poison ivy in mulched area on upper side of playground. Also, the chimes were installed backwards and do not match the pitch labeling.
Parks & Playgrounds
320 W 8th St #113
- Case Date:
- 9/5/2025
Poison ivy in mulched area on upper edge playground near tube slide
Parks & Playgrounds
320 W 8th St #113
- Case Date:
- 9/5/2025
Poison ivy in mulched area on upper edge playground near tube slide
Parks & Playgrounds
3550 N Kinser Pike Bloomington, IN 47404
- Case Date:
- 9/4/2025
On Friday August 29, 2025, my car was hit very hard by an errant golf ball on Kinser Pike. Parks and Recreation needs to be aware of the hazard along Kinser Pike. About a month ago, my husband was riding his bike along the very same stretch of road and had a golf ball come within a foot of hitting him. Kids walk to school on the sidewalk, parents push babies in strollers, and bikers commute along the road bordering Cascades Golf Course. If an errant ball hit a pedestrian or biker at the same force as the one that hit my car, it would cause life-altering and possibly life-ending injuries.
There is a lack of netting and insufficient tree line to protect the public road from errant balls along Kinser Pike. Golf courses have the responsibility to protect against errant balls.
Please put up netting or improve the tree line along Kinser Pike bordering the Cascades Golf Course.
Parks & Playgrounds
320 W 8th St #113
- Case Date:
- 9/2/2025
Parks & Playgrounds
1601 S Rogers ST
- Case Date:
- 8/29/2025
On August 29, 2025 at approximately 6:30 PM, a City of Bloomington employee wearing a grey shirt labeled SECURITY was seen at Switchyard Park (under a shelter near benches, Northeast corner near the playground) using his cane to abuse a homeless person's dog with no prior exchange between the dog or owner and that employee witnessed. I was told by a bystander that the employee approached to hit the dog due to "complaints of the dog biting children," however, there were no children present near the dog at the time, and complaints like that should be handled by Animal Control. During this incident, I was informed that there are security cameras present in the area. I ask that if this is the case, footage is reviewed and the employee is educated on handling animal complaints in an appropriate and non-abusive manner.