Bloomington Briefing

February 2001

The Bloomington History Tower Association and citizens of our community donated the Clock Tower to the City in 1998.

Volume 9, No. 1

This four-color, tabloid newsletter is sent to all single-family households and businesses. For your downloading convenience, we offer two sizes of files: the entire newsletter or one page at a time.

Briefing (8-page, 395KB PDF)

Index

Page 1.

Clock Tower.
Measure of the City: City gets high marks on report from residents.

Page 2.

Dedicated to service: Striving to meet the needs of our community.

Page 3.

New City facilities.
Financial efforts reap awards.
2001 City property taxes--one of lowest in metro area.

Page 4.

Parks, Recreation and Arts Update:
- What are you doing this summer?
- Youth activities.
- AR&LE.
- Galaxy Youth Center.
- Adult Sports.
- Shape Up Challenge.
- Egg Hunt.
- BLIK Carnival.

Page 5.

Gymnastics and cheerleading classes.
Hennepin Parks.

Page 6.

Earth Action:
- Protect our natural resources.
- Recycle computers.
- Facts surrounding watersheds.
- Watershed districts.
- Reduce energy use.

Page 7.

Bloomington Yesterday: Plowing snow in the early 1900s.
Our Future--Our Youth:
- Board sets direction of BUY.
- Retreat identifies youth as leaders.
- Obesity in children is a growing issue.

Page 8.

FamiLink gives you direction.
On-line additions.
Free tax advise.
Life is Like a Valued Patchwork.
Bush Lake shoreline restoration.
Clean Water Festival on Saturday, April 21.
Citywide Garage Sale to be held this spring.
Citywide Curbside Cleanup dates.
Be constructive with a home improvement loan.

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