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MCCSC School Board vacancy to be filled soon
The Monroe County Community School Corporation board is in the process of filling a board seat left open with the death of Keith Klein. Klein held the District 5 position since 2009. Applications for the seat were due by February 8th, though the board cannot yet disclose names of the applicants. Candidates will be interviewed by the board on February 16th and 17th, and Board members will then review applications in a private executive session and could swear in the new member at the board meeting on February 23rd. The deadline for the decision is February 25th and the new board member will serve until 2024.
Rezoning Proposal on Bloomington’s Eastside
The City of Bloomington is considering a proposal to rezone 10 acres of vacant land on the southwest corner of E. 3rd Street and State Road 446 in Bloomington. The request was brought in front of city council’s Land Use Committee this week for discussion. City zoning planner Ryan Robling said the measure would change the land from a Planned Unit Development (PUD) to a Mixed-Use Corridor (MC) in the city’s zoning code. In an interdepartmental memo to the city council, Robling wrote, “MC district is intended to accommodate medium-scaled developments with a mix of retail, office and residential uses.” Bill Brown is the trustee of the property and is the petitioner requesting the rezone.
New IU Health Sciences building now open
IU Bloomington’s Health Sciences Building, part of the IU Regional Academic Health Center, is now open on the site. The area that once was home to the IU driving range, has transformed over the last four years into a health care campus that will serve as a space for teaching, learning and research, and also for hospital and trauma care for Indiana’s south-central region. The hospital section is expected to start caring for patients in late 2021.