What: Our 2026 Downtown Bloomington Charrette will kick off with a public engagement session and a keynote from prominent urbanist, Alicia Pederson! Alicia Pederson, Ph.D., is the founder and director of Courtyard Urbanist, an organization working to make fine-grained, mid-rise courtyard development practical again in American cities. Her work focuses on family-friendly housing, small-developer participation,ContinueContinue reading “2026 Charrette Keynote: the Courtyard Urbanist”
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2025 Annual Membership Meeting! Save the Date!
The Bloomington Revivalists: Strong Towns Blono will have our annual meeting on Saturday, April 26th, from 1 to 3 PM at the Bloomington Public Library. It will be open to the public, but only dues paying members in good standing will be allowed to vote in the election and on any resolutions. We will beContinueContinue reading “2025 Annual Membership Meeting! Save the Date!”
Building Better Communities: How to Start a Neighborhood Association Forum
The Bloomington Revivalists will host a panel discussion about neighborhood associations and the role such organizations play in the community on Sunday, September 29, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at the Bloomington Public Library. “Building Better Communities: How to Start a Neighborhood Association”will feature representatives from several existing neighborhood associations in Bloomington, who will shareContinueContinue reading “Building Better Communities: How to Start a Neighborhood Association Forum”
Thinking Outside the Box Housing Forum
Please join us for a housing forum this Sunday, August 25th from 2-4 pm at Bloomington Public Library. I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again: we have a housing “Poly-Crisis” on our hands. There are so many problems leading into so many facets of housing: overall supply, affordability, and the unhoused. Many ofContinueContinue reading “Thinking Outside the Box Housing Forum”
Litter Cleanup Request Form
Please use the form linked below to request your neighborhood be cleaned by our monthly litter cleanup crew. Priority will be given to: Core neighborhoods Neighborhoods were cleanups have not yet occurred Multiple requests from members of the Revivalists Multiple requests from community members Click Here To Request a Cleanup
Priority Campaign Workshop!
We will be holding our first ever priority campaign workshop this Saturday from 2 to 4 pm at the Eaton Gallery in Downtown Bloomington. Come with ideas of priority campaigns that we can work on as a group! They will be workshopped, expanded upon, budgeted, and timelined in an effort to determine feasibility. We willContinueContinue reading “Priority Campaign Workshop!”
Priority Campaign Meeting
We will hold our annual Priority Campaign Meeting on Saturday, February 24 at 2:00 PM. It will be held at the Eaton Gallery (411 N Center St, Bloomington, IL 61701). Anyone is able to attend this meeting, where we will workshop ideas for projects our group will try to complete in 2024. There are threeContinueContinue reading “Priority Campaign Meeting”
January Social
Mark your calendars for our JANUARY SOCIAL! We can celebrate making it through another holiday season & being some of the coolest people in Bloomington-Normal When: January 20th at 5:30 PM Where: Pizza Payaa in Uptown Normal (gluten free & vegan options available) We hope to see you there!