City Provides SportsPlex Information Online, Encourages Public Input

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 5, 2009

For more information, contact:
Mick Renneisen, Director, City of Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department, 349-3711
Danny Lopez, Communications Director, City of Bloomington, 349-CITY, [lopezd@bloomington.in.gov|mailto:lopezd@bloomington.in.gov]





Bloomington, IN - Four public meetings will be held to discuss the City of Bloomington's intent to purchase the Bloomington SportsPlex. The meetings will be an opportunity for the public to comment and ask questions related to the facility and the proposal, and City staff and financial consultants for the project will be in attendance.

The meeting schedule:

• Wednesday, March 11 - Board of Parks Commissioners Meeting - Council Chambers, 401 N. Morton Street - 4 p.m.
• Monday, March 23 - Board of Parks Commissioners Meeting - Council Chambers, 401 N. Morton Street - 4 p.m.
• Wednesday, March 25 - City of Bloomington Common Council Meeting - Council Chambers, 401 N. Morton Street - 7:30 p.m.
• Wednesday, April 1 - City of Bloomington Common Council Meeting - Council Chambers, 401 N. Morton Street - 7:30 p.m.

A financial fact sheet and list of Frequently Asked Questions are available on the City's [home page|http://bloomington.in.gov]. Results of the City's Parks and Recreation Community Attitudes and Interests Survey as well as the Citizen Survey Ages 50+, both of which reflect the community's perceived Parks needs, are also available at [www.bloomington.in.gov/parks|www.bloomington.in.gov/parks].

For more information on the proposed purchase, please contact Mick Renneisen, Director of the City's Parks and Recreation Department, at 349-3711.

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