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How did the City of Bloomington keep a Farmers' Market alive during a pandemic?
What happened when the City of Bloomington gave $15K to our youth in grades 8-12 to benefit youth in the City?
How do you use a piece of a tire to make it easier to repair a water main break?
Explore these and other stories of innovation successes at the links below!
City Operations Innovations
City of Bloomington: Regional Partnership to Create City-wide Fiber-to-the-Home Network
Bloomington Transit: Late Nite On-Demand
Community and Family Resources: Youth Participatory Budget
Community and Family Resources: Mobility Aids Lending Library (MALL)
Community and Family Resources: Virtual Be More Awards
Community and Family Resources: Black History Month App
Controller's Office: National Government Purchasing Cooperative
Economic and Sustainable Development: Go Bloomington
Economic and Sustainable Development: Compost Up, Downtown!
Economic and Sustainable Development: CDFI-Friendly Bloomington
Economic and Sustainable Development: Alley Activation
Economic and Sustainable Development: Office of Innovation: Pathway to Starting a Business
Economic and Sustainable Development: Pop-up Art Exhibitions Featuring Emerging BIPOC Artists
Fire Department, IT Services: Device Magic Automated Document Workflows
Fire Department: Exhaust Removal System
Fire Department: Fire Chiefs Technology Council
Fire Department: First Arrivals Dashboard
Fire Department: Gear Drying Rack
Fire Department: In-Mask Thermal Imaging Units
Fire Department: Locution Station Alerting System
Fire Department: Mobile Integrated Healthcare
Fire Department: Quick Response Vehicle Storage
Fire Department, IU, Netage: Real-time Service Information
Fire Department: Rumbler Siren
Fire Department: Smoke Signals Fire Prevention
Housing & Neighborhood Development: Inspections with iPads
Housing & Neighborhood Development: Partnership with Indianapolis Zoo on Invasive Species
Housing & Neighborhood Development: Shared Appreciation
Information and Technology Services: Benchroom 5S
Information and Technology Services: Animal Shelter Twitter Bot
Information and Technology Services: CiviForm Partnership with Google.org
Information and Technology Services: Data Management for Bloomington Animal Shelter
Information and Technology Services: GIS for Cross-Departmental Collaboration
Information and Technology Services: inRoads
Information and Technology Services: myBloomington
Information and Technology Services, Public Works: Interactive Leafing Map
Information and Technology Services: uReport Interface Re-design
Legal: NextRequest for FOIA Requests
Office of the Mayor: Sibling City Pilot with Palo Alto
Office of the Mayor: Staying Connected as a Team
Office of the Mayor, Office of Innovation: Partnering with DigiBag for Public Engagement
Parks and Recreation: Augmenting Your Parks and Trails Reality with the OuterSpatial App
Parks and Recreation: Interpretive Signage in Parks
Parks and Recreation: Innovating Tree Removal
Planning and Transportation: ADU Resource Website
Planning and Transportation: Digitizing Files
Planning and Transportation: Showing Improved Trails with Drone Footage
Police Department: Embedding Social Workers in BPD
Public Works: 24/7 Parking Garage Customer Service
Public Works: Animal Shelter Food Prep Area 5S
Public Works, Controller's Office: Blanket Service Contracts
Public Works, Parks, Utilities: Coordinating Maintenance Efforts through Brighten B-town
Public Works: Route Optimization with ArcGIS
Public Works: Using Routeware to Detect Potholes
Utilities: Advanced Metering Initiative “Smart” Water Meters
Utilities: Functional Water Cart
Utilities: Residential Stormwater Grants Program
Utilities: Using Visual Data Analysis to Understand Water Main Breaks
Utilities: Watercooler Conversations Series
Utilities: Water Main Break Splash Solution
Utilities: Water Pump Technology
Pandemic-related Innovations
COB Supports Resident-Driven Efforts: Bloomington Mask Drive
Economic & Sustainable Development: Expanded Outdoor Seating
Economic & Sustainable Development: Parklets
Economic & Sustainable Development: Pick Up/Drop Off Zones
Housing and Neighborhood Development: Virtual Rental Inspections
Office of the Mayor, Office of Innovation: Employee Pulse Surveys during Coronavirus Pandemic
Office of the Mayor, Office of Innovation: Interdepartmental Jobs Board
Office of the Mayor, Office of Innovation: Partnering with DigiBag for Leaf Management
Office of the Mayor: City Hall Reopening
Office of the Mayor: COVID-19 Task Force for Economic Stabilization and Recovery
Office of the Mayor: COVID-19 Task Force for Social Services
Office of the Mayor: Recover Forward Bloomington
Office of the Mayor: Video Messages to Employees
Office of the Mayor: Weekly Coronavirus Press Conferences
Parks and Recreation, Office of Innovation: Farmers Market in the Time of COVID
Public Works: Bollard Housing Lifting Tool
Public Works: Bollard Housing Rack
Public Works: Bollard Sleeve Filler Tool
Public Works: Contactless Parking
Utilities: Early Detection of COVID-19 Using Wastewater Testing