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Published monthly, the award-winning Bloomington Briefing is mailed to all single-family households and businesses. Each June, the newsletter includes two special inserts: the City's annual Corporate Report to the Community and Water Quality Report.
If you are interested in obtaining a back issue, contact the Communications Division.
- SAFER and stronger: Bloomington receives grant to hire 18 new firefighters
- What’s developing: Southtown Shopping Center
- Mayor’s memo We’re still moving Bloomington forward step by step
- 2025 Budget decision coming this month
- A new look for the Briefing coming in 2025
- Drink up! Bloomington tap water is the best in the state
- City honored for innovative work
- Call for exhibitors for Early Childhood Expo
- Thank you, veterans
- Have a safe drive: Go 25
- Take care of your mental health this winter
- From Vietnam to Bloomington: Giao’s experience through YSEALI Fellowship
- Attention Bloomington businesses: Bonus rebates are available for energy efficiency upgrades
- Christmas tree collection
- Natural Christmas trees will be collected during the weeks of January 6-10 and 13-17
- Holiday recycling basics
- Extra recycling?
- Don’t wishcycle
- Food waste
- 2024-2025 Outdoor skating rinks and warming houses
- Skate BIG into the new year at Bloomington Ice Garden
- Explore Bloomington’s Winter Lights Tour
- Warm up with local goods at the Winter Farmers Market
- Indoor pickleball returns to Bloomington
- Homemade holiday gifts at Creekside
- Fare For All at Creekside offers discounted food for everyone
- Meet a police officer: Kyle Maitrejean
- Meet a firefighter: Nick Honan
- Bloomington Faith Collective brings faith leaders together
- Bloomington Police Department and Vikings bring Thanksgiving meals to local families
- A look back at the Bloomington Police Citizens Academy
- Snow safety on the road and at home
- Moving Bloomington Forward
- Mayor’s memo Scramblin’ Egg wins Hatch Bloomington
- Support Bloomington businesses, shop local
- City receives national health and wellness award based on resident feedback and community data
- Janine Hill receives 2024 MAGC Lifetime Achievement Award
- City communications receives state and national recognition
- City welcomes new HRA Administrator
- Selling your home? Schedule an inspection
- Earth Action Heroes: Reducing the salt for water health
- Pet poo pollutes, so please pick it up
- Holiday solid waste collection schedule
- Interested in saving money on your utility bills?
- Weatherization Assistance Program
- Bloomington hosts Ukrainian students from YouLEAD
- Ready to get involved? Serve on a board or commission
- Celebrate indigenous peoples during National American Indian Heritage Month
- The first step to end loneliness: Start with Hi!
- Welcome to Bloomington offers new resident meetings and more
- Light up the darkest nights with the Winter Lights Tour
- Winter farmer’s market offers seasonal selections
- BIG’s ice is calling you for open skate
- Cookout with the Cops had a sizzlin’ turnout
- Meet a Bloomington Firefighter
- Practice food safety during your holiday celebrations
- Lower speed limits equal increased road safety
- Space heater safety tips
- Notable Neighbor Les Fordahl: A Vietnam War combat artist
- Honoring our POWs and MIAs: the significance of the fallen comrade table
- You’re invited to the fourth annual Halloween Trick or Treat Trail
- Bloomington Yesterday: “The vault” and other grave facts
- Mayor’s memo The 2025 budget is taking shape
- The latest on the Bloomington. Tomorrow. Together. strategic plan
- Join a board or commission
- Moving Bloomington Forward
- Animal Shelter to fetch some improvements
- Fiber optics in Bloomington
- Two outdoor Farmers Markets remaining this season
- City Council reviews solid waste contract
- Fall offers opportunity to beat back buckthorn
- Don’t leave your fallen leaves
- Got yard waste? These programs can help
- City to celebrate Bloomington veterans
- Resources for newly arrived residents at immigration resource fair
- Fall youth recreation programs now open
- Refine your leadership skills in a free interactive program
- Alleviating isolation in older adults: Strategies for tackling the loneliness epidemic
- Sheep to Skein: Spinning wool into yarns
- Have a safe drive: Go 25
- Fire station open houses offer education and fun
- Keeping wildlife wild and humans safe
- Know the signs: Domestic violence awareness
- Protect yourself and others from the flu
- Moving Bloomington Forward
- Mayor’s memo: The winner of Hatch Bloomington will be announced this month
- Budget information and outreach events
- Call for businesses: Help welcome new Bloomington residents
- Celebrating our veterans
- Attend a Bloomington candidate forum
- What’s developing: Gyropolis expansion nears completion
- Welcoming Wednesdays provides resources for small business owners
- Strive for success with the Bloomington Leadership Program
- Citywide 2024 annual recycling drop-off event September 28
- Home energy rebates available for residents
- Small changes, big difference: Go car-free for one trip in September
- How to dispose of your yard waste
- On-call collection of electronics, large appliances and bulky garbage
- National Night Out is a perennial hit
- Meet a Bloomington Firefighter
- Youth mental health is a public health crisis
- Action plan brings enhancements to crosswalks
- Avoid a ticket: Get to know basic parking rules
- Notable Neighbor: Elise Balderrama
- Crews are working on the new Tretbaugh and Bryant parks
- Feedback requested on sewer capacity improvements
- Statue of Liberty: Two decades of effort, almost impossible odds
- Fourth annual Bloomington Pride Celebration set for September 22
- Fiber optic installation leads to more options for high speed internet
- Bloomington Yesterday: Southtown Center in 1970
- At your service: Jamy Hanson, Bloomington’s new city clerk
- Bloomington Votes
- Your voice, your vote
- It takes a village to maintain a healthy urban forest
- Learn from a tree care professional
- Mayor’s memo: Bloomington’s business community is booming
- What’s Developing: SICK offices
- Art and remembrance: Bloomington’s new public installations
- Join the conversation on Bloomington’s Citywide Creative Placemaking Plan
- Community gathers for South Loop Community Garden celebration
- Learn what’s happening at MSP Airport
- Budget planning underway for 2025
- A closer look at Nine Mile Creek hydrology
- Help plan the new Moir Park
- Create meals, not waste: Join the Stop Food Waste Challenge
- New cable installations around Bloomington
- Celebrate Bloomington Pride
- Bloom in Bloomington internships in full swing
- Hatch Bloomington: Cast your vote
- Older Adult Job Fair August 13
- Nominate human rights champions you know!
- Wrapping up Midweek Music & Market
- On the One Music Festival returns to Bloomington
- Skate classes for all levels
- Ready to have a ball? Sign up for an adult sport league
- Upcoming cops and community events
- Changes to speed limits made with safety and ease in mind
- At Your Service: Public Health Nurse Afaf Saleh
- New ordinance update will address false alarm activations
- Growth Through Opportunity interns at the City
- Moving Bloomington forward
- Mayor’s memo: Bloomington advances as semiconductor leader
- New COVID-19 memorial captures reflections and pays tribute to lives lost
- New Bryant and Tretbaugh parks breaking ground soon
- Budget planning underway for 2025
- Fiber optics being installed in Bloomington
- Understanding rights-of-way and easements
- Flight pattern changes during MSP Airport runway construction
- Hatch Bloomington: Community voting starting soon
- You’re invited to celebrate Latino cultures at the Latino Nature Fest
- Mark your calendar: Home energy workshop
- Earth action hero: Karen Shragg
- Stewards Program seeks participants and feedback
- Recycling is real, and it works
- Meet a Bloomington Firefighter: Justin J. Florece
- Cops in your corner
- BIG: A great place to celebrate birthdays and events
- Creekside cookout for people 50+
- Line dancing invites you to get your groove on
- Begin the journey of homeownership
- Bloomington HRA Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) and Project-Based Voucher wait lists open
- Vote early in the 2024 primary election
- Serve as an election judge
- Health services close to home
- Public Health contact information
- Help shape the plan for citywide creative placemaking
- Check out the community-driven improvements coming to these Bloomington parks
- Moving Bloomington Forward Survey: What do you want to see in a new community health and wellness center?
- CEO Start: a launching pad for your upstart business
- Bloomington’s Port Authority working on five-year plan
- New leaders welcomed to the City
- Cops and Cones returns to build connections
- BPD offers community classes this summer
- National Night Out registration is open
- Police collaborate with community leaders to advertise youth programming opportunities
- Get a grant for your eco-friendly landscape projects
- E-Subscribe keeps residents in the know
- Mark your calendars: Tell us what Nine Mile Creek corridor means to you
- South Loop water park conversations continue
- Mayor’s memo: Highlights from the State of the City
- The latest on Bloomington. Tomorrow. Together.
- Work continues on I-494 and I-35W interchange
- Put a new face on your business with help from a City grant
- Public service is calling: Apply for a board or commission seat
- Fiber optics in your neighborhood
- May is Mental Health Awareness Month
- Suicide Awareness Memorial event May 18
- Earth Action Heroes: Three buckthorn busters
- Play compost bingo to win
- Free compost for organics program participants
- Be a water hero: Adopt a local drain or two
- Solid waste study looks at new rate structure
- Outdoor farmers markets coming soon
- Creekside Plant Exchange offers chance for growth
- Police remembered and recognized
- Celebrate the 2024 officer and civilian of the year
- BPD united by value-driven service
- Neighborhood Watch keeps neighborhoods safe
- Meet a firefighter: Ryan Simonis
- Bloomington Yesterday: Fire trucks
- Ready to pedal? It’s Bike Month
- Summer learning and fun
- Pioneers and changemakers celebrated
- Hatch Bloomington: A $100,000 competition encourages innovative business ideas
- Mayor’s memo State of the City: Moving Bloomington forward
- Thank a public health worker this April
- At your service: Patrick Willson, BCAT production specialist
- Hyland Greens operations turned over to Three Rivers
- More sidewalk poetry coming soon
- Participate in the City’s COVID-19 art memorial
- Practice sustainable travel with resources from Commuter Services
- Tell us about your garbage and recycling habits
- Residents help build Bloomington’s urban forest
- Understanding the EPA’s revised lead and copper rule
- Tree removal at Dwan focuses on urban forest health
- Youth are invited to experience archery
- Walking club steps up exercise and fun
- It’s time again to Step to it
- What’s blooming American Pasqueflower
- Baby resource fair set for May 4
- VEAP provides needed resources
- Suicide awareness memorial event
- Hockey game scores for fun and donations
- Fire Station 4 receives construction award of excellence
- National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, April 14-20
- National Small Business Week highlights support for local businesses
- Bloomington ranks 6 of 20 most arts-vibrant communities in the nation
- Creative placemaking expanding citywide
- The latest on Bloomington. Tomorrow. Together.
- Mayor’s memo: Moving Bloomington Forward
- Notable Neighbor: Matt Eicheldinger
- Property valuation notices on the way
- Discover business resources at Welcoming Wednesdays
- Welcome to Bloomington encourages new residents to engage
- Learn about Just Deeds
- The evolution of the HRA
- Lottery enrollment opening for popular programs for youth
- Calling theater enthusiasts: Ushers needed
- Help build Bloomington’s urban forest, plant a tree
- Interested in cards? Creekside’s got game!
- Need fee assistance to join Parks and Rec opportunities?
- Meet a Bloomington Firefighter
- At your service: Mike Kalis, assistant maintenance superintendent
- You’re invited! Police vs. Fire in hockey match
- Bloomington WIC provides access to good nutrition
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