Office of the Mayor's Major Projects and Initiatives

Recover Forward Bloomington is a multi-year initiative to help our community rebound and thrive, moving toward more racial, economic, and climate justice as we do.

Palo Alto, California and Bloomington, Indiana Propose First-Ever Domestic Sibling City Relationship.

Mayor Hamilton's administration emphasizes experimentation and innovation with pilot approaches to increase affordable housing options within our community.

Announced April 22, 2019, this task force has been convened to consider the feasibility of a renewable energy initiative involving the addition of an anaerobic digestion process at the Dillman wastewater plant.

The conservation and development of the city’s artistic resources are essential to its social, educational, and economic growth.

In August 2016, the City undertook an initiative to help our downtown look, feel and become safer.

Sustainability and livability are our guiding principles and are the foundations of quality, long-lasting economic and community development.

CDFIs are financial intermediaries that provide capital and services to underserved populations - low-income, low-wealth and other disadvantaged groups and areas.

Switchyard Park construction will be substantially completed, and facilities open and operational, by November 2019. Final completion, including seasonal plantings, is scheduled for May 2020.

This group was tasked with reviewing and subsequently offering recommendations to enhance the City's interactions with its citizens and improving its internal efficiencies

The mandate of the Wage Growth Task Force was to develop an action plan to accelerate wage growth in the Bloomington/Monroe County Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Announced in January 2016, the task force was charged by Mayor Hamilton with reviewing fiscal operations, systems, protocols and resources in the City.

Investment in our city’s infrastructure has doubled over the past three years in comparison to the previous three.

In order to expand community engagement and government transparency, Mayor Hamilton regularly hosts Facebook Live Town Hall meetings covering a wide range of important issues affecting our community.

Upon opening the new IU Health Regional Academic Health Center in 2020, IU Health will transfer the property and other nearby parcels to the City for its development in the community’s interest.

The Trades District is at the heart of the 65-acre Certified Technology Park in downtown Bloomington that is home to several high-tech businesses.

Bloomington's digital infrastructure will play a central role in our community's economic prosperity development and our residents' quality of life.

An expanded convention center will be a new anchor in the cultural life of Bloomington, put us on the map as a national destination, and boost our local and regional economy.

Believing that providing safe drinking water to all of our customers is mandatory, Mayor Hamilton set forth a plan which greatly decreased the amount of DBPs in Bloomington water.

Indiana University and the City are coordinating through the City’s task force to rename both segments of Jordan Avenue.