convention center

Trees have been cut down, parking barriers installed, and plans are underway for construction to begin in June on the expansion of the convention center in downtown Bloomington.

We sit down with Capital Improvement Board President John Whikehart on the progress of the convention center expansion.

Now that the current debt for the Monroe County Convention Center has been paid off, the expansion project can take its next step forward.

Architects presented updated renderings and floor plans of the project at Wednesday’s Capital Improvement Board meeting.

Sloped or flat roof, building efficiency options, and location of the elevated crosswalk link are just a few of the details convention expansion leaders are working on.

At the Capital Improvement Board Wednesday, members reviewed an updated rendering and site plan. The metal awning with brick and limestone elements replicates the current convention center.

Members of the Bloomington City Council are deciding what they want to see in a plan to expand the Monroe Convention Center.

The Capital Improvement Board met Wednesday afternoon with the interlocal agreement the city and county took almost a year to agree upon.

The Monroe County Commissioners have approved a document outlining a plan for the county convention center expansion.

Join us this Friday, as we speak with Mayor Thomson about the city's projects and everything else she has planned for the upcoming year.