By: Quinlan Tisdale, Secretary Since the pandemic left office buildings empty all across the country, adaptive reuse has become a popular method for cities to increase housing stock quickly and cheaply. Instead of building houses from scratch, adaptive reuse renovates unused or underused buildings to serve a new purpose. The housing crisis is in fullContinueContinue reading “Adaptive Reuse: How to Build More Housing Fast”
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May Trash Pickup Successes!
Over this past weekend, eight of our Revivalists went and conducted a trash pickup of the Near East Neighborhood and Constitution Trail by Atwood Wayside Park. In two hours alone, our small group of volunteers collected over 15 bags of litter. Especially dirty were the alleys on the southside of Jefferson street, where our groupContinueContinue reading “May Trash Pickup Successes!”
Parking Reform is on the City’s Mind
After attending the most recent Bloomington Planning Commission on March 6th, I was heartened to see that parking reform passed unanimously. Several changes to city code effectively reduces parking minimum requirements in downtown for both residential and non-residential uses. If a new development is within 1000 feet of public parking, they can substitute 3 publicContinueContinue reading “Parking Reform is on the City’s Mind”
501(c)3 Status!
We have achieved 501(c)3 tax-exempt status from the Internal Revenue Service today! That means all donations to our organization will be tax deductible. Our Executive Committee is working diligently to open a bank account in order to accept new donations and memberships.
Donate to Our Amazon Wishlist!
Our organization currently relies on community partners like the City of Bloomington and West Bloomington Revitalization Project to acquire materials and tools for our priority campaigns. We cherish these working relationships as a means to further improve our city, but these tools such as trash grabbers, buckets, vests, and gloves require significant coordination and sometimesContinueContinue reading “Donate to Our Amazon Wishlist!”
Strong Towns Mention
Here is a link to an article published by Strong Towns about the Bloomington Revivalists.
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