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Welcome to Wilmington today I'm Lori sheltie
thanks for joining us first to bring

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you the buzz for the week of June sixth
through the twelfth and we're starting off

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near one of Bloomington New were apartment
complexes Indigo development that may

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have helped the city's population grow
over the last few years the Metropolitan

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Council released their annual population
estimates and Bloomington population is up

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by almost six hundred people since last
year at eighty eight thousand eight hundred

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eighty five there's been

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a more substantial increase since two
thousand and ten when Bloomington population

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was just shy of eighty three thousand
people planning manager Glenn Murcutt Guard

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says Bloomington increase in population
may be due to an increase in more housing

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options two factors are driving
growth first of all we've seen

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a lot of multifamily development we've had
seven large apartment buildings since

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twenty two and secondly household sizes are
starting to increase with new immigrant

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groups coming to the community on
average they have larger families than

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Bloomington has had in recent year and

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a growing population has
its advantages mark

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a guard says it's good news
for the entire city there's

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a lot of state funding that's tied to the
population estimate so the higher the

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population estimate the more projects can
be completed in Bloomington one example

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of that is local street

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a higher population levels support more
businesses in the community the drive tax

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pays. So for

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a lot of reasons higher population estimates
are good for Bloomington Mark Guard

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says planners are forecasting

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a population just under ninety six
thousand people by two thousand and forty

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speaking of growth there's

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a lot of room for it here in South Loop and
that's something the federal government

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recently recognized by designating it as
an opportunity zone this new economic and

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community development program was established
by the tax cut in JOBS Act of two

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thousand and seventeen to encourage
development and housing investments in low

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income communities opportunity zones will
provide tax benefits to investors they'll

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be able to reinvest their unreliable capital
gains tax deferred into opportunity

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funds while details on the program are
still being worked out Port Authority

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administrator Shane Rudd Lang is confident
this is good news for South Loop it's

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great news for the city because of the low
income census track there. It will allow

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some projects I think to move forward
when they haven't in the past could help

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residential projects small expansion
projects. Come housing all those things

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over near Penn and American the book I'm
sale is under way in the Old Toys R Us

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building you can come on by and buy some
books to support the Bloomington Crime

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Prevention Association the annual sale
has been around since one thousand nine

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hundred two and is the biggest of its
kind in the upper Midwest all proceeds to

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help fund crime prevention programs the
sale started on June second and will run

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until the sixteenth it's open Monday through
Friday from eleven am to eight pm and

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Saturday and Sunday from eleven to five
only cash or check is accepted no credit or

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debit cards most books only cost one did
you dollars for more information head to

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B.L.M. Dot M.N.

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Slash book I'm. Finally Bloomington public
health is looking to better serve you

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but they need your input first that's why
Community Health Survey is being carried

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out so the division can better understand
the health issues and needs of the

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communities in which it serves that
includes not only Bloomington but also each

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Dinah and Richfield if you're

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a resident of one of those three cities
consider completing the online survey once

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complete you even have a chance to win

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a fifty dollar gift card the survey is
anonymous and information collected will be

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used to improve services and programs
offered by the city and county as well as

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partner organizations like schools and
nonprofits for more information and to take

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the survey had to B.L.M. Dot M.N.

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Slash health survey that is the buzz on
Bloomington today for the week of June

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sixth through the twelfth if you like what
other stories from Michelle go to this

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week's playlist Ariel find this month's
commission update hear what board members

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and commissioners have been working on you
also buy the latest video and our one

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point very good to family that we fully
accepted the pride proclamation at

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a council meeting check those
out thanks for watching.