The mayor of Bloomington hopes a beefier ordinance covering vacant properties will improve the building stock in the city. Mboka Mwilambwe said in a WGLT interview the recently-passed rules increase fines for dilapidated structures and require vacant buildings be listed with the city.
The Bloomington City Council on Monday OK’d preliminary plans to create a 17-building apartment complex off Ireland Grove Road, and authorized an expansion of rules surrounding vacant commercial properties.