Page last updated on February 14, 2024 at 3:35 pm
Recover Forward Bloomington
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.
Sibling City Relationship
Palo Alto, California and Bloomington, Indiana Have First-Ever Domestic Sibling City Relationship.
Affordable Housing
Mayor Hamilton's administration emphasizes experimentation and innovation with pilot approaches to increase affordable housing options within our community.
Waste and Energy Task Force
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.
Art Thrives Here
The conservation and development of the city’s artistic resources are essential to its social, educational, and economic growth.
Bloomington: A Safe, Civil and Just City
In August 2016, the City undertook an initiative to help our downtown look, feel and become safer.
Sustainable Bloomington
Sustainability and livability are our guiding principles and are the foundations of quality, long-lasting economic and community development.
CDFI Friendly City
CDFIs are financial intermediaries that provide capital and services to underserved populations - low-income, low-wealth and other disadvantaged groups and areas.
Switchyard Park
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.
Innovation Task Force
This group was tasked with reviewing and subsequently offering recommendations to enhance the City's interactions with its citizens and improving its internal efficiencies
Wage Growth Task Force
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.
Fiscal Task Force
Announced in January 2016, the task force was charged by Mayor Hamilton with reviewing fiscal operations, systems, protocols and resources in the City.
Investing in Infrastructure
Investment in our city’s infrastructure has doubled over the past three years in comparison to the previous three.
Digital Town Halls
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.
Hopewell
Bloomington Trades District
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.
City-wide Broadband
Bloomington's digital infrastructure will play a central role in our community's economic prosperity development and our residents' quality of life.
Convention Center Expansion
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.
Disinfectant Byproduct Reduction Initiative
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.
The Waldron
Renaming Task Force
Indiana University and the City are coordinating through the City’s task force to rename both segments of Jordan Avenue.