closed #189226
Parks & Playgrounds
501 E Kirkwood AVE
- Case Date:
- 7/1/2024
Someone has set up what looks like a junk store on the east side of People's Park up against the bike shop wall.
Someone has set up what looks like a junk store on the east side of People's Park up against the bike shop wall.
Homeless people are again living in People’s Park. They’re using drugs, fighting, leaving trash everywhere, screaming and yelling, urinating and defecating and have taken over most of the benches and tables. It also appears that they are sleeping there overnight. We bought ice cream across the street and expected to have a nice Sunday afternoon in the park for thirty minutes or so… we tried sitting on the steps of a business on the opposite side of Dunn Street but the shrubbery nearby was probably soaked in urine based on the stench. We simply left at that point….. No other Indiana city of the same size and population has a homeless population of 1 % of that of Bloomington and that is directly attributable to the fact that Bloomington attracts these people by virtue of feeding them and enabling them unlike anywhere else in Indiana. I’ve lived in and near Bloomington since 1974 and this has simply gotten totally out of hand.
There is a small sandy-colored dog tied to a post in People's Park that looks undernourished/neglected.
Complaint of consistent flooding on sidewalk near the corner of Cottage Grove Ave. and Dunn St. Didn't give exact location, but I have attached the image that was given to us. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DATEF9FXkAENs0R.jpg
please sort
Please sort
Trash in the yard.
Trash bags lying by road after collection time. No trash bins in sight.