Welcome to the Bloomington Revivalists newsletter! We have some exciting updates for you.
Letter from the President
The Revivalists had a pretty fun start to 2024 so far! We met with our fellow urbanists at our January social event at Pizza Payaa. Many new faces in these pictures, everyone is so ready for action this year!
We also held our first official executive meeting of the year in Coffee House. Many things are happening behind the scenes in order for successful priority campaigns.
We also attended the Mid-Illinois Association of Realtors’ presentation on Missing Middle housing on January 29th. Just like the forum on housing needs earlier in January, the presenter emphasized that our housing crisis needs to be solved by changing the outdated codes in order to allow people to build more multifamily housing throughout the whole city. More can be found here: https://missingmiddlehousing.com/
PRIORITY CAMPAIGN WORKSHOP
On the 24th at the Eaton Gallery, we invite all of our members to attend a priority campaign workshop. Any member can propose a campaign for the Revivalists to complete in 2024, as long as it fits in our mission: Strong Towns advocacy, small DIY projects to improve the neighborhoods, and strengthening our community’s social ties. Some examples of campaigns are: lobbying for parking reform, beautifying a public space, and developing a neighborhood association toolkit.
We’ll share our ideas, discuss possible plans, budgets, timelines, and much more during this event. All proposals will be run by our exec committee for final vetting before being brought to a vote in our annual membership meeting in April.
Educational Content
With the upcoming Streetscape forum February 13th, it’s important for us to know what really makes a good street. What do you advocate for while there? What’s daylighting? Am I supposed to feel a little anxious on narrow streets? How much space should there really be? This little primer on street design should help answer some of these questions and become jumping off points for continued research!
Fun fact from the desk of the Education Coordinator – did you know old brick streets, besides looking pretty for historic districts, also provide a street calming measure? Not only does the physical friction slow your car down faster, but the rumble you hear under your car helps trick your brain into naturally going slower. They also last decades longer than our current roads, sometimes over 100 years!
Other News
- If you still want a Bloomington Revivalists shirt, please get in contact here: noah.tang@sbcglobal.net
- If you want to learn more about our membership restructuring, view this PowerPoint
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