https://thebloomingtonchronicle.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Bloomington_Convention_Center_%28formerly_Monroe_Convention_Center%29 2026-09-21T22:46:00Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.41.0 https://thebloomingtonchronicle.org/index.php?title=Bloomington_Convention_Center_(formerly_Monroe_Convention_Center)&diff=719&oldid=prev 2026-08-02T11:11:56Z

<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">2026</span></span></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 07:11, 2 August 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l8">Line 8:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 8:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-07-20 College Square redevelopment proposals.''' Bloomington’s redevelopment commission opens competing proposals for the downtown College Square property. One is from Concord Hospitality, TWG Development, RATIO Design and Shiel Sexton for a roughly 160-room hotel and housing with below-market-rate units. The other is from Dora Hospitality and The Louderback Group for a 135-room boutique hotel, about 100 market-rate apartments and a pedestrian promenade. A the meeting when the bids are opened the RDC does not discloses whether either offer meets the $7.59 million minimum purchase price. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-04-20-College-Square-Offering-Sheet-Bloomington-RDC-redevelopment-commission.pdf copy of public offering]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-21-Condor-RDC-public-offering-bids-Bloomington-College-Square-Proposal.pdf copy of Concord team proposal]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-20-RDC-public-offerring-Dora-Hospitality-College-Square-Proposal.pdf copy of Dora Hospitality proposal]] [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/two-hotel-and-apartment-proposals-submitted-for-bloomingtons-college-square/ BSB coverage]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-07-20 College Square redevelopment proposals.''' Bloomington’s redevelopment commission opens competing proposals for the downtown College Square property. One is from Concord Hospitality, TWG Development, RATIO Design and Shiel Sexton for a roughly 160-room hotel and housing with below-market-rate units. The other is from Dora Hospitality and The Louderback Group for a 135-room boutique hotel, about 100 market-rate apartments and a pedestrian promenade. A the meeting when the bids are opened the RDC does not discloses whether either offer meets the $7.59 million minimum purchase price. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-04-20-College-Square-Offering-Sheet-Bloomington-RDC-redevelopment-commission.pdf copy of public offering]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-21-Condor-RDC-public-offering-bids-Bloomington-College-Square-Proposal.pdf copy of Concord team proposal]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-20-RDC-public-offerring-Dora-Hospitality-College-Square-Proposal.pdf copy of Dora Hospitality proposal]] [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/two-hotel-and-apartment-proposals-submitted-for-bloomingtons-college-square/ BSB coverage]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-07-15 Convention center host hotel.''' The Monroe County capital improvement board (CIB) unanimously selects Dora Hospitality to develop a 200-room full-service convention center hotel on CIB-owned land south of the Bloomington convention center, directs attorney Jim Whitlatch to negotiate a definitive agreement. That means the CIB is declining requests to delay its decision until the July 20 close of the redevelopment commission’s College Square offering. That dramatically diminishes prospects for a land swap that would preserve the Seminary Pointe housing and commercial block. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-15-commentary-from-Whikehart-on-Dora-host-hotel-proposal-analysis.pdf copy of prepared remarks]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-10-Dora-Louderback-email-to-CIB-host-hotel.pdf copy of follow-up email]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-14-Thomson-email-message-to-Monroe-County-Capital-improvement-board-requesting-delayed-selection-of-hotelier-Seminary-Pointe.pdf copy of mayor’s letter]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-10-Letter-to-RDC-from-Bloomington-City-Councilmembers-land-swap-Seminary-Pointe.pdf copy of city councilmembers’ letter]] [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/cib-selects-dora-for-bloomington-convention-center-hotel-declines-delay-for-potential-land-swap/ BSB coverage]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-07-15 Convention center host hotel<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">: Dora selected</ins>.''' The Monroe County capital improvement board (CIB) unanimously selects Dora Hospitality to develop a 200-room full-service convention center hotel on CIB-owned land south of the Bloomington convention center, directs attorney Jim Whitlatch to negotiate a definitive agreement. That means the CIB is declining requests to delay its decision until the July 20 close of the redevelopment commission’s College Square offering. That dramatically diminishes prospects for a land swap that would preserve the Seminary Pointe housing and commercial block. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-15-commentary-from-Whikehart-on-Dora-host-hotel-proposal-analysis.pdf copy of prepared remarks]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-10-Dora-Louderback-email-to-CIB-host-hotel.pdf copy of follow-up email]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-14-Thomson-email-message-to-Monroe-County-Capital-improvement-board-requesting-delayed-selection-of-hotelier-Seminary-Pointe.pdf copy of mayor’s letter]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-10-Letter-to-RDC-from-Bloomington-City-Councilmembers-land-swap-Seminary-Pointe.pdf copy of city councilmembers’ letter]] [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/cib-selects-dora-for-bloomington-convention-center-hotel-declines-delay-for-potential-land-swap/ BSB coverage]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-07-14 Mayor requests delay in host-hotel selection.''' Bloomington mayor Kerry Thomson sends an email to the Monroe County capital improvement board (CIB), asking the CIB to delay its decision on a host hotelier (and related site location) at its meeting set for July 15, 2026 until after July 20, saying a six-day pause would not burden the project schedule and would bolster public confidence in the outcome. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-14-Thomson-email-message-to-Monroe-County-Capital-improvement-board-requesting-delayed-selection-of-hotelier-Seminary-Pointe.pdf copy of Thomson email message]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-07-14 Mayor requests delay in host-hotel selection.''' Bloomington mayor Kerry Thomson sends an email to the Monroe County capital improvement board (CIB), asking the CIB to delay its decision on a host hotelier (and related site location) at its meeting set for July 15, 2026 until after July 20, saying a six-day pause would not burden the project schedule and would bolster public confidence in the outcome. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-14-Thomson-email-message-to-Monroe-County-Capital-improvement-board-requesting-delayed-selection-of-hotelier-Seminary-Pointe.pdf copy of Thomson email message]]</div></td></tr> </table>

Chronically Dave https://thebloomingtonchronicle.org/index.php?title=Bloomington_Convention_Center_(formerly_Monroe_Convention_Center)&diff=718&oldid=prev 2026-08-02T10:53:18Z

<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">2026</span></span></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 06:53, 2 August 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l5">Line 5:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 5:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== '''Timeline: Bloomington Convention Center''' ===</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== '''Timeline: Bloomington Convention Center''' ===</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== 2026 ===</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== 2026 ===</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''2026-07-20 College Square redevelopment proposals.''' Bloomington’s redevelopment commission opens competing proposals for the downtown College Square property. One is from Concord Hospitality, TWG Development, RATIO Design and Shiel Sexton for a roughly 160-room hotel and housing with below-market-rate units. The other is from Dora Hospitality and The Louderback Group for a 135-room boutique hotel, about 100 market-rate apartments and a pedestrian promenade. A the meeting when the bids are opened the RDC does not discloses whether either offer meets the $7.59 million minimum purchase price. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-04-20-College-Square-Offering-Sheet-Bloomington-RDC-redevelopment-commission.pdf copy of public offering]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-21-Condor-RDC-public-offering-bids-Bloomington-College-Square-Proposal.pdf copy of Concord team proposal]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-20-RDC-public-offerring-Dora-Hospitality-College-Square-Proposal.pdf copy of Dora Hospitality proposal]] [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/two-hotel-and-apartment-proposals-submitted-for-bloomingtons-college-square/ BSB coverage]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-07-15 Convention center host hotel.''' The Monroe County capital improvement board (CIB) unanimously selects Dora Hospitality to develop a 200-room full-service convention center hotel on CIB-owned land south of the Bloomington convention center, directs attorney Jim Whitlatch to negotiate a definitive agreement. That means the CIB is declining requests to delay its decision until the July 20 close of the redevelopment commission’s College Square offering. That dramatically diminishes prospects for a land swap that would preserve the Seminary Pointe housing and commercial block. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-15-commentary-from-Whikehart-on-Dora-host-hotel-proposal-analysis.pdf copy of prepared remarks]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-10-Dora-Louderback-email-to-CIB-host-hotel.pdf copy of follow-up email]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-14-Thomson-email-message-to-Monroe-County-Capital-improvement-board-requesting-delayed-selection-of-hotelier-Seminary-Pointe.pdf copy of mayor’s letter]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-10-Letter-to-RDC-from-Bloomington-City-Councilmembers-land-swap-Seminary-Pointe.pdf copy of city councilmembers’ letter]] [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/cib-selects-dora-for-bloomington-convention-center-hotel-declines-delay-for-potential-land-swap/ BSB coverage]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-07-15 Convention center host hotel.''' The Monroe County capital improvement board (CIB) unanimously selects Dora Hospitality to develop a 200-room full-service convention center hotel on CIB-owned land south of the Bloomington convention center, directs attorney Jim Whitlatch to negotiate a definitive agreement. That means the CIB is declining requests to delay its decision until the July 20 close of the redevelopment commission’s College Square offering. That dramatically diminishes prospects for a land swap that would preserve the Seminary Pointe housing and commercial block. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-15-commentary-from-Whikehart-on-Dora-host-hotel-proposal-analysis.pdf copy of prepared remarks]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-10-Dora-Louderback-email-to-CIB-host-hotel.pdf copy of follow-up email]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-14-Thomson-email-message-to-Monroe-County-Capital-improvement-board-requesting-delayed-selection-of-hotelier-Seminary-Pointe.pdf copy of mayor’s letter]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-10-Letter-to-RDC-from-Bloomington-City-Councilmembers-land-swap-Seminary-Pointe.pdf copy of city councilmembers’ letter]] [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/cib-selects-dora-for-bloomington-convention-center-hotel-declines-delay-for-potential-land-swap/ BSB coverage]]</div></td></tr> </table>

Chronically Dave https://thebloomingtonchronicle.org/index.php?title=Bloomington_Convention_Center_(formerly_Monroe_Convention_Center)&diff=694&oldid=prev 2026-07-15T21:36:19Z

<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">2026</span></span></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 17:36, 15 July 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l5">Line 5:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 5:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== '''Timeline: Bloomington Convention Center''' ===</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== '''Timeline: Bloomington Convention Center''' ===</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== 2026 ===</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== 2026 ===</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''2026-07-15 Convention center host hotel.''' The Monroe County capital improvement board (CIB) unanimously selects Dora Hospitality to develop a 200-room full-service convention center hotel on CIB-owned land south of the Bloomington convention center, directs attorney Jim Whitlatch to negotiate a definitive agreement. That means the CIB is declining requests to delay its decision until the July 20 close of the redevelopment commission’s College Square offering. That dramatically diminishes prospects for a land swap that would preserve the Seminary Pointe housing and commercial block. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-15-commentary-from-Whikehart-on-Dora-host-hotel-proposal-analysis.pdf copy of prepared remarks]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-10-Dora-Louderback-email-to-CIB-host-hotel.pdf copy of follow-up email]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-14-Thomson-email-message-to-Monroe-County-Capital-improvement-board-requesting-delayed-selection-of-hotelier-Seminary-Pointe.pdf copy of mayor’s letter]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-10-Letter-to-RDC-from-Bloomington-City-Councilmembers-land-swap-Seminary-Pointe.pdf copy of city councilmembers’ letter]] [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/cib-selects-dora-for-bloomington-convention-center-hotel-declines-delay-for-potential-land-swap/ BSB coverage]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-07-14 Mayor requests delay in host-hotel selection.''' Bloomington mayor Kerry Thomson sends an email to the Monroe County capital improvement board (CIB), asking the CIB to delay its decision on a host hotelier (and related site location) at its meeting set for July 15, 2026 until after July 20, saying a six-day pause would not burden the project schedule and would bolster public confidence in the outcome. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-14-Thomson-email-message-to-Monroe-County-Capital-improvement-board-requesting-delayed-selection-of-hotelier-Seminary-Pointe.pdf copy of Thomson email message]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-07-14 Mayor requests delay in host-hotel selection.''' Bloomington mayor Kerry Thomson sends an email to the Monroe County capital improvement board (CIB), asking the CIB to delay its decision on a host hotelier (and related site location) at its meeting set for July 15, 2026 until after July 20, saying a six-day pause would not burden the project schedule and would bolster public confidence in the outcome. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-14-Thomson-email-message-to-Monroe-County-Capital-improvement-board-requesting-delayed-selection-of-hotelier-Seminary-Pointe.pdf copy of Thomson email message]]</div></td></tr> </table>

Chronically Dave https://thebloomingtonchronicle.org/index.php?title=Bloomington_Convention_Center_(formerly_Monroe_Convention_Center)&diff=693&oldid=prev 2026-07-15T14:43:18Z

<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">2025</span></span></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 10:43, 15 July 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l67">Line 67:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 67:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2025-12-01 RDC postpones land-donation resolution.''' The RDC delays action on a resolution that could make the roughly $7 million College Square property available for a host hotel at little or no cost, after councilmembers Isabel Piedmont-Smith, Hopi Stosberg and Andy Ruff speak against the approach. [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/bloomington-rdc-puts-off-resolution-on-donating-real-estate-land-for-host-hotel/ BSB coverage]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2025-12-01 RDC postpones land-donation resolution.''' The RDC delays action on a resolution that could make the roughly $7 million College Square property available for a host hotel at little or no cost, after councilmembers Isabel Piedmont-Smith, Hopi Stosberg and Andy Ruff speak against the approach. [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/bloomington-rdc-puts-off-resolution-on-donating-real-estate-land-for-host-hotel/ BSB coverage]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''2025-11-26 Host hotel land donation proposed.''' Bloomington’s redevelopment commission places a resolution on its Dec. 1 agenda proposing to make its roughly $7 million College Square property at Fourth Street and College Avenue available at no or nominal cost for a convention center host hotel, reversing the city’s previous reimbursement position and conflicting with the city council’s call for a minimum $6.895 million sale price. [[https://bloomington.in.gov/onboard/meetingFiles/15911/download#page=21 copy of resolution]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2024-05-06-Letter-from-City-Council-Members-to-Blomington-RDC.pdf copy of letter]] [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/bloomington-might-donate-7m-site-for-convention-center-host-hotel-after-year-long-stalemate/ BSB coverage]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2025-11-19 Host-hotel no-deal scenario.''' The CIB discusses the possibility that Dora Hospitality and the RDC will not reach a College Square deal, while construction continues and CIB members consider whether to reduce hotel scope items such as a 3rd Street skywalk, rooftop bar and underground parking. [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/cib-braces-for-no-deal-scenario-with-preferred-hotelier-on-bloomington-convention-center/ BSB coverage]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2025-11-19-CIB-slide-deck-construction-update-.pdf copy of construction update]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/RFP-Monroe-Convention-Center-Hotel-Developer-CIB-6-28-24_FINAL-compressed.pdf copy of 2024 hotel RFP]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2025-11-19 Host-hotel no-deal scenario.''' The CIB discusses the possibility that Dora Hospitality and the RDC will not reach a College Square deal, while construction continues and CIB members consider whether to reduce hotel scope items such as a 3rd Street skywalk, rooftop bar and underground parking. [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/cib-braces-for-no-deal-scenario-with-preferred-hotelier-on-bloomington-convention-center/ BSB coverage]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2025-11-19-CIB-slide-deck-construction-update-.pdf copy of construction update]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/RFP-Monroe-Convention-Center-Hotel-Developer-CIB-6-28-24_FINAL-compressed.pdf copy of 2024 hotel RFP]]</div></td></tr> </table>

Chronically Dave https://thebloomingtonchronicle.org/index.php?title=Bloomington_Convention_Center_(formerly_Monroe_Convention_Center)&diff=692&oldid=prev 2026-07-15T00:16:17Z

<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">2026</span></span></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 20:16, 14 July 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l5">Line 5:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 5:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== '''Timeline: Bloomington Convention Center''' ===</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== '''Timeline: Bloomington Convention Center''' ===</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== 2026 ===</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== 2026 ===</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''2026-07-14 Mayor requests delay in host-hotel selection.''' Bloomington mayor Kerry Thomson sends an email to the Monroe County capital improvement board (CIB), asking the CIB to delay its decision on a host hotelier (and related site location) at its meeting set for July 15, 2026 until after July 20, saying a six-day pause would not burden the project schedule and would bolster public confidence in the outcome. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-14-Thomson-email-message-to-Monroe-County-Capital-improvement-board-requesting-delayed-selection-of-hotelier-Seminary-Pointe.pdf copy of Thomson email message]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-07-10 Seminary Pointe land swap: Bloomington city council reacts to appraisal amount''' Bloomington city council president Isak Asare and councilmembers Isabel Piedmont-Smith, Dave Rollo, Andy Ruff and Hopi Stosberg urge the Bloomington redevelopment commission to approve exchanging the College Square property for Seminary Pointe after a First Appraisal Group valuation peegs Seminary Pointe’s four parcels at $7 million. That's roughly equal to College Square they say, and advocate for a land swapl, which they say will  preserve 29 deeply affordable apartments near downtown services and transit. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-10-Letter-to-RDC-from-Bloomington-City-Councilmembers-land-swap-Seminary-Pointe.pdf .pdf file of letter]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-07-10 Seminary Pointe land swap: Bloomington city council reacts to appraisal amount''' Bloomington city council president Isak Asare and councilmembers Isabel Piedmont-Smith, Dave Rollo, Andy Ruff and Hopi Stosberg urge the Bloomington redevelopment commission to approve exchanging the College Square property for Seminary Pointe after a First Appraisal Group valuation peegs Seminary Pointe’s four parcels at $7 million. That's roughly equal to College Square they say, and advocate for a land swapl, which they say will  preserve 29 deeply affordable apartments near downtown services and transit. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-10-Letter-to-RDC-from-Bloomington-City-Councilmembers-land-swap-Seminary-Pointe.pdf .pdf file of letter]]</div></td></tr> </table>

Chronically Dave https://thebloomingtonchronicle.org/index.php?title=Bloomington_Convention_Center_(formerly_Monroe_Convention_Center)&diff=690&oldid=prev 2026-07-12T23:01:25Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 19:01, 12 July 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l62">Line 62:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 62:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2025-12-15 RDC host-hotel resolution.''' The RDC adopts an amended Resolution 25-136 supporting a convention center host hotel on the College Square property, with John West dissenting, while staff indicate no Dora deal is ready for the CIB’s Dec. 17 deadline. [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/live-report-convention-center-host-hotel-hopewell-rezoning/ BSB live coverage]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2025-12-15 RDC host-hotel resolution.''' The RDC adopts an amended Resolution 25-136 supporting a convention center host hotel on the College Square property, with John West dissenting, while staff indicate no Dora deal is ready for the CIB’s Dec. 17 deadline. [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/live-report-convention-center-host-hotel-hopewell-rezoning/ BSB live coverage]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2025-12-10 Council-RDC work session.''' City council members and RDC members discuss possible use of the College Square site for a host hotel, with several council members objecting to a no-cost or low-cost land transfer and pointing to a 2024 council letter seeking to recoup the roughly $6.9 million purchase cost. [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/as-convention-center-rises-bloomington-council-bristles-at-potential-host-hotel-land-donation/ BSB coverage]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2025-12-10-Packet-memo-on-host-hotel-convention-center-expansion.pdf copy of staff memo]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2025-12-10-Bloomington-redevelopment-commission-rdc-city-council-host-hotel.m4a copy of meeting audio]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2024-05-06-Letter-from-City-Council-Members-to-Blomington-RDC.pdf copy of 2024 council letter]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2025-12-10 Council-RDC work session.''' City council members and RDC members discuss possible use of the College Square site for a host hotel, with several council members objecting to a no-cost or low-cost land transfer and pointing to a 2024 council letter seeking to recoup the roughly $6.9 million purchase cost. [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/as-convention-center-rises-bloomington-council-bristles-at-potential-host-hotel-land-donation/ BSB coverage]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2025-12-10-Packet-memo-on-host-hotel-convention-center-expansion.pdf copy of staff memo]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2025-12-10-Bloomington-redevelopment-commission-rdc-city-council-host-hotel.m4a copy of meeting audio]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2024-05-06-Letter-from-City-Council-Members-to-Blomington-RDC.pdf copy of 2024 council letter<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2019-06-10-MCC-Final-Hunden-Hotel-Report-2019-06-10.pdf Hunden Hotel Report</ins>]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2025-12-01 RDC postpones land-donation resolution.''' The RDC delays action on a resolution that could make the roughly $7 million College Square property available for a host hotel at little or no cost, after councilmembers Isabel Piedmont-Smith, Hopi Stosberg and Andy Ruff speak against the approach. [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/bloomington-rdc-puts-off-resolution-on-donating-real-estate-land-for-host-hotel/ BSB coverage]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2025-12-01 RDC postpones land-donation resolution.''' The RDC delays action on a resolution that could make the roughly $7 million College Square property available for a host hotel at little or no cost, after councilmembers Isabel Piedmont-Smith, Hopi Stosberg and Andy Ruff speak against the approach. [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/bloomington-rdc-puts-off-resolution-on-donating-real-estate-land-for-host-hotel/ BSB coverage]]</div></td></tr> </table>

Chronically Dave https://thebloomingtonchronicle.org/index.php?title=Bloomington_Convention_Center_(formerly_Monroe_Convention_Center)&diff=689&oldid=prev 2026-07-11T19:03:55Z

<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">2026</span></span></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 15:03, 11 July 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l7">Line 7:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 7:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-07-10 Seminary Pointe land swap: Bloomington city council reacts to appraisal amount''' Bloomington city council president Isak Asare and councilmembers Isabel Piedmont-Smith, Dave Rollo, Andy Ruff and Hopi Stosberg urge the Bloomington redevelopment commission to approve exchanging the College Square property for Seminary Pointe after a First Appraisal Group valuation peegs Seminary Pointe’s four parcels at $7 million. That's roughly equal to College Square they say, and advocate for a land swapl, which they say will  preserve 29 deeply affordable apartments near downtown services and transit. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-10-Letter-to-RDC-from-Bloomington-City-Councilmembers-land-swap-Seminary-Pointe.pdf .pdf file of letter]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-07-10 Seminary Pointe land swap: Bloomington city council reacts to appraisal amount''' Bloomington city council president Isak Asare and councilmembers Isabel Piedmont-Smith, Dave Rollo, Andy Ruff and Hopi Stosberg urge the Bloomington redevelopment commission to approve exchanging the College Square property for Seminary Pointe after a First Appraisal Group valuation peegs Seminary Pointe’s four parcels at $7 million. That's roughly equal to College Square they say, and advocate for a land swapl, which they say will  preserve 29 deeply affordable apartments near downtown services and transit. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-10-Letter-to-RDC-from-Bloomington-City-Councilmembers-land-swap-Seminary-Pointe.pdf .pdf file of letter]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''2026-07-08 Host hotel proposals.''' Monroe County’s capital improvement board (CIB) hears competing proposals for development of the Seminary Pointe block as a host hotel—from Dora Hospitality and MHG Hotels. The proposals are for a 200-plus-room convention center host hotel projected to open in 2029, with major differences over parking and financing. The presentations are made against the backdrop of a possible Seminary Pointe–College Square land swap. The CIB is still looking at July 15 at the day when the full CIB will consider the recommendation of a hotel evaluation committee to choose a hotel developer. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-04-24-CIB-Monroe-Capital-Improvement-Board-Bloomington-Convention-Center-Hotel-Developer-RFP-04-24-26_FINAL.pdf copy of request for proposals]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-01-capital-improvement-board-Seminary-Pointe-host-hotelier-CIB-Slides-for-Hotel-RFP-interview-rec-after-initial-analysis.pdf copy of slide deck]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-06-email-exchange-Seminary-Pointe-RDC-CIB-host-hotel-land-swap.pdf copy of email exchange]] [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/dora-mhg-pitch-host-hotel-plans-for-bloomington-convention-center-land-swap-question-lingers/ BSB coverage]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-07-06 Seminary Pointe land-swap campaign.''' At least 60 people rally at Bloomington city hall as Bloomington Homes for All urges the Bloomington redevelopment commission (RDC) and Monroe County capital improvement board (CIB) to negotiate a land swap that would move the proposed convention center host hotel to College Square and preserve Seminary Pointe’s 29 low-rent apartments and commercial spaces. The same day, Bloomington mayor Kerry Thomson’s administration issues a news release that essentially calls on the CIB to submit a proposal in the context of the RDC's public offering of College Square. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2024-02-21-Version-of-Capital-Improvement-Board-Interlocal-Agreement-Approved-by-Monroe-County-Commissioners-Feb-21-2024-Convention-Center.pdf copy of interlocal agreement]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-06-Seminary-Pointe-Kerry-Thomson-RDC-CIB-redevelopment-commission-capital-improvement-board-host-hotel.pdf copy of mayor's press release]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-06-Whikehart-statement-CIB-Seminary-Pointe-College-Square-Bloomington-mayor-Kerry-Thomson.pdf copy of CIB response]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-06-20-Seminary-Pointe-business-plan-Bloomington-Homes-for-All.pdf copy of Homes for All plan]] [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/housing-advocates-rally-at-bloomington-city-hall-as-two-key-public-bodies-trade-blame/ BSB coverage]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-07-06 Seminary Pointe land-swap campaign.''' At least 60 people rally at Bloomington city hall as Bloomington Homes for All urges the Bloomington redevelopment commission (RDC) and Monroe County capital improvement board (CIB) to negotiate a land swap that would move the proposed convention center host hotel to College Square and preserve Seminary Pointe’s 29 low-rent apartments and commercial spaces. The same day, Bloomington mayor Kerry Thomson’s administration issues a news release that essentially calls on the CIB to submit a proposal in the context of the RDC's public offering of College Square. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2024-02-21-Version-of-Capital-Improvement-Board-Interlocal-Agreement-Approved-by-Monroe-County-Commissioners-Feb-21-2024-Convention-Center.pdf copy of interlocal agreement]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-06-Seminary-Pointe-Kerry-Thomson-RDC-CIB-redevelopment-commission-capital-improvement-board-host-hotel.pdf copy of mayor's press release]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-06-Whikehart-statement-CIB-Seminary-Pointe-College-Square-Bloomington-mayor-Kerry-Thomson.pdf copy of CIB response]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-06-20-Seminary-Pointe-business-plan-Bloomington-Homes-for-All.pdf copy of Homes for All plan]] [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/housing-advocates-rally-at-bloomington-city-hall-as-two-key-public-bodies-trade-blame/ BSB coverage]]</div></td></tr> </table>

Chronically Dave https://thebloomingtonchronicle.org/index.php?title=Bloomington_Convention_Center_(formerly_Monroe_Convention_Center)&diff=688&oldid=prev 2026-07-11T18:59:27Z

<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">2026</span></span></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 14:59, 11 July 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l5">Line 5:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 5:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== '''Timeline: Bloomington Convention Center''' ===</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== '''Timeline: Bloomington Convention Center''' ===</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== 2026 ===</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== 2026 ===</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''2026-07-10 Seminary Pointe land swap: Bloomington city council reacts to appraisal amount''' Bloomington city council president Isak Asare and councilmembers Isabel Piedmont-Smith, Dave Rollo, Andy Ruff and Hopi Stosberg urge the Bloomington redevelopment commission to approve exchanging the College Square property for Seminary Pointe after a First Appraisal Group valuation peegs Seminary Pointe’s four parcels at $7 million. That's roughly equal to College Square they say, and advocate for a land swapl, which they say will  preserve 29 deeply affordable apartments near downtown services and transit. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-10-Letter-to-RDC-from-Bloomington-City-Councilmembers-land-swap-Seminary-Pointe.pdf .pdf file of letter]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-07-06 Seminary Pointe land-swap campaign.''' At least 60 people rally at Bloomington city hall as Bloomington Homes for All urges the Bloomington redevelopment commission (RDC) and Monroe County capital improvement board (CIB) to negotiate a land swap that would move the proposed convention center host hotel to College Square and preserve Seminary Pointe’s 29 low-rent apartments and commercial spaces. The same day, Bloomington mayor Kerry Thomson’s administration issues a news release that essentially calls on the CIB to submit a proposal in the context of the RDC's public offering of College Square. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2024-02-21-Version-of-Capital-Improvement-Board-Interlocal-Agreement-Approved-by-Monroe-County-Commissioners-Feb-21-2024-Convention-Center.pdf copy of interlocal agreement]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-06-Seminary-Pointe-Kerry-Thomson-RDC-CIB-redevelopment-commission-capital-improvement-board-host-hotel.pdf copy of mayor's press release]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-06-Whikehart-statement-CIB-Seminary-Pointe-College-Square-Bloomington-mayor-Kerry-Thomson.pdf copy of CIB response]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-06-20-Seminary-Pointe-business-plan-Bloomington-Homes-for-All.pdf copy of Homes for All plan]] [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/housing-advocates-rally-at-bloomington-city-hall-as-two-key-public-bodies-trade-blame/ BSB coverage]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-07-06 Seminary Pointe land-swap campaign.''' At least 60 people rally at Bloomington city hall as Bloomington Homes for All urges the Bloomington redevelopment commission (RDC) and Monroe County capital improvement board (CIB) to negotiate a land swap that would move the proposed convention center host hotel to College Square and preserve Seminary Pointe’s 29 low-rent apartments and commercial spaces. The same day, Bloomington mayor Kerry Thomson’s administration issues a news release that essentially calls on the CIB to submit a proposal in the context of the RDC's public offering of College Square. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2024-02-21-Version-of-Capital-Improvement-Board-Interlocal-Agreement-Approved-by-Monroe-County-Commissioners-Feb-21-2024-Convention-Center.pdf copy of interlocal agreement]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-06-Seminary-Pointe-Kerry-Thomson-RDC-CIB-redevelopment-commission-capital-improvement-board-host-hotel.pdf copy of mayor's press release]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-06-Whikehart-statement-CIB-Seminary-Pointe-College-Square-Bloomington-mayor-Kerry-Thomson.pdf copy of CIB response]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-06-20-Seminary-Pointe-business-plan-Bloomington-Homes-for-All.pdf copy of Homes for All plan]] [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/housing-advocates-rally-at-bloomington-city-hall-as-two-key-public-bodies-trade-blame/ BSB coverage]]</div></td></tr> </table>

Chronically Dave https://thebloomingtonchronicle.org/index.php?title=Bloomington_Convention_Center_(formerly_Monroe_Convention_Center)&diff=679&oldid=prev 2026-07-08T14:02:56Z

<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">2026</span></span></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 10:02, 8 July 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l6">Line 6:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 6:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== 2026 ===</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== 2026 ===</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-07-06 Seminary Pointe land-swap campaign.''' At least 60 people rally at Bloomington city hall as Bloomington Homes for All urges the redevelopment commission and Monroe County capital improvement board to negotiate a land swap that would move the proposed convention center host hotel to College Square and preserve Seminary Pointe’s 29 low-rent apartments and commercial spaces. The same day, Bloomington mayor Kerry Thomson’s administration issues a news release that essentially calls on the CIB to submit a proposal in the context of the RDC's public offering of College Square. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2024-02-21-Version-of-Capital-Improvement-Board-Interlocal-Agreement-Approved-by-Monroe-County-Commissioners-Feb-21-2024-Convention-Center.pdf copy of interlocal agreement]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-06-Seminary-Pointe-Kerry-Thomson-RDC-CIB-redevelopment-commission-capital-improvement-board-host-hotel.pdf copy of press release]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-06-Whikehart-statement-CIB-Seminary-Pointe-College-Square-Bloomington-mayor-Kerry-Thomson.pdf copy of response]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-06-20-Seminary-Pointe-business-plan-Bloomington-Homes-for-All.pdf copy of plan]] [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/housing-advocates-rally-at-bloomington-city-hall-as-two-key-public-bodies-trade-blame/ BSB coverage]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-07-06 Seminary Pointe land-swap campaign.''' At least 60 people rally at Bloomington city hall as Bloomington Homes for All urges the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Bloomington </ins>redevelopment commission <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(RDC) </ins>and Monroe County capital improvement board <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(CIB) </ins>to negotiate a land swap that would move the proposed convention center host hotel to College Square and preserve Seminary Pointe’s 29 low-rent apartments and commercial spaces. The same day, Bloomington mayor Kerry Thomson’s administration issues a news release that essentially calls on the CIB to submit a proposal in the context of the RDC's public offering of College Square. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2024-02-21-Version-of-Capital-Improvement-Board-Interlocal-Agreement-Approved-by-Monroe-County-Commissioners-Feb-21-2024-Convention-Center.pdf copy of interlocal agreement]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-06-Seminary-Pointe-Kerry-Thomson-RDC-CIB-redevelopment-commission-capital-improvement-board-host-hotel.pdf copy of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">mayor's </ins>press release]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-06-Whikehart-statement-CIB-Seminary-Pointe-College-Square-Bloomington-mayor-Kerry-Thomson.pdf copy of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">CIB </ins>response]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-06-20-Seminary-Pointe-business-plan-Bloomington-Homes-for-All.pdf copy of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Homes for All </ins>plan]] [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/housing-advocates-rally-at-bloomington-city-hall-as-two-key-public-bodies-trade-blame/ BSB coverage]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-07-01 Convention center host hotel field narrowed.''' Monroe County’s capital improvement board (CIB) advances Dora Hospitality and MHG Hotels to be interviewed. They are the only two of five responses that meet RFP submission requirements for the Bloomington convention center host hotel at Seminary Pointe. Interviews are set for July 8, which keeps the CIB on track for July 15 final consideration. It further dims prospects for a College Square land swap. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-04-24-CIB-Monroe-Capital-Improvement-Board-Bloomington-Convention-Center-Hotel-Developer-RFP-04-24-26_FINAL.pdf copy of RFP]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-01-capital-improvement-board-Seminary-Pointe-host-hotelier-CIB-Slides-for-Hotel-RFP-interview-rec-after-initial-analysis.pdf copy of meeting slide deck]] [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/cib-narrows-bloomington-convention-center-host-hotel-field-to-dora-mhg/ BSB coverage]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-07-01 Convention center host hotel field narrowed.''' Monroe County’s capital improvement board (CIB) advances Dora Hospitality and MHG Hotels to be interviewed. They are the only two of five responses that meet RFP submission requirements for the Bloomington convention center host hotel at Seminary Pointe. Interviews are set for July 8, which keeps the CIB on track for July 15 final consideration. It further dims prospects for a College Square land swap. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-04-24-CIB-Monroe-Capital-Improvement-Board-Bloomington-Convention-Center-Hotel-Developer-RFP-04-24-26_FINAL.pdf copy of RFP]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-01-capital-improvement-board-Seminary-Pointe-host-hotelier-CIB-Slides-for-Hotel-RFP-interview-rec-after-initial-analysis.pdf copy of meeting slide deck]] [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/cib-narrows-bloomington-convention-center-host-hotel-field-to-dora-mhg/ BSB coverage]]</div></td></tr> </table>

Chronically Dave https://thebloomingtonchronicle.org/index.php?title=Bloomington_Convention_Center_(formerly_Monroe_Convention_Center)&diff=678&oldid=prev 2026-07-08T14:01:36Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 10:01, 8 July 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l5">Line 5:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 5:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== '''Timeline: Bloomington Convention Center''' ===</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== '''Timeline: Bloomington Convention Center''' ===</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== 2026 ===</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== 2026 ===</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* '''2026-07-06 Seminary Pointe land-swap campaign.''' At least 60 people rally at Bloomington city hall as Bloomington Homes for All urges the redevelopment commission and Monroe County capital improvement board to negotiate a land swap that would move the proposed convention center host hotel to College Square and preserve Seminary Pointe’s 29 low-rent apartments and commercial spaces. The same day, Bloomington mayor Kerry Thomson’s administration issues a news release that essentially calls on the CIB to submit a proposal in the context of the RDC's public offering of College Square. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2024-02-21-Version-of-Capital-Improvement-Board-Interlocal-Agreement-Approved-by-Monroe-County-Commissioners-Feb-21-2024-Convention-Center.pdf copy of interlocal agreement]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-06-Seminary-Pointe-Kerry-Thomson-RDC-CIB-redevelopment-commission-capital-improvement-board-host-hotel.pdf copy of press release]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-06-Whikehart-statement-CIB-Seminary-Pointe-College-Square-Bloomington-mayor-Kerry-Thomson.pdf copy of response]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-06-20-Seminary-Pointe-business-plan-Bloomington-Homes-for-All.pdf copy of plan]] [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/housing-advocates-rally-at-bloomington-city-hall-as-two-key-public-bodies-trade-blame/ BSB coverage]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-07-01 Convention center host hotel field narrowed.''' Monroe County’s capital improvement board (CIB) advances Dora Hospitality and MHG Hotels to be interviewed. They are the only two of five responses that meet RFP submission requirements for the Bloomington convention center host hotel at Seminary Pointe. Interviews are set for July 8, which keeps the CIB on track for July 15 final consideration. It further dims prospects for a College Square land swap. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-04-24-CIB-Monroe-Capital-Improvement-Board-Bloomington-Convention-Center-Hotel-Developer-RFP-04-24-26_FINAL.pdf copy of RFP]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-01-capital-improvement-board-Seminary-Pointe-host-hotelier-CIB-Slides-for-Hotel-RFP-interview-rec-after-initial-analysis.pdf copy of meeting slide deck]] [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/cib-narrows-bloomington-convention-center-host-hotel-field-to-dora-mhg/ BSB coverage]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* '''2026-07-01 Convention center host hotel field narrowed.''' Monroe County’s capital improvement board (CIB) advances Dora Hospitality and MHG Hotels to be interviewed. They are the only two of five responses that meet RFP submission requirements for the Bloomington convention center host hotel at Seminary Pointe. Interviews are set for July 8, which keeps the CIB on track for July 15 final consideration. It further dims prospects for a College Square land swap. [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-04-24-CIB-Monroe-Capital-Improvement-Board-Bloomington-Convention-Center-Hotel-Developer-RFP-04-24-26_FINAL.pdf copy of RFP]] [[https://bloomdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/2026-07-01-capital-improvement-board-Seminary-Pointe-host-hotelier-CIB-Slides-for-Hotel-RFP-interview-rec-after-initial-analysis.pdf copy of meeting slide deck]] [[https://bsquarebulletin.com/cib-narrows-bloomington-convention-center-host-hotel-field-to-dora-mhg/ BSB coverage]]</div></td></tr> </table>

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