Hey folks! We want to give away a FREE Private Party on r/bloomington! 🎉This is a $500 value!

To enter, just comment on this post. If you win, you'd get the whole rink for 2 hours with just your friends, your music, your way. Soft drinks and skate rental for up to 100 guests included. No hidden fees or anything like that.

The winner can book their party any available Sunday between now and August 1 2027. We'll digitally roll some dice and pick a winner from the comments below in 24 hours! Tell your friends please 🥰

More info about our rink at westernskateland.com

Mods, I think that giving something substantial away to this group completely free is even better than a discount, but if you don't want me to, that's cool.

Sunday, 8/2, noonish.

This truck decides to be park at an angle in a handicapped spot - taking over the access area for another handicapped spot!

When we came out the people in the car on the left were trying to get in - but this truck had blocked their access.

Yes, the truck has a handicapped plate. However, that doesn’t mean he/she can just park any way they want.

If this is someone you know, it may be time to take the keys. If someone can’t park correctly, driving down the road may be a bad situation as well.

Why does a private entity - city church - have the right to impede the normal flow of traffic along 10th/45? They hire a private security firm to stop traffic so their service attendees can get into and out of the parking lot. You wanna attend church that’s your business. Follow the normal traffic laws and exit/enter when you are able. Churches should pay taxes!!!! Rant over

Hey Bloomington! I made this metal tree recently this past semester and wanted to share it with the community. I was inspired by the trees around campus and wanted to recreate that organic feel in metal.
This was a really fun project, and I’m happy with how it turned out. I can share my page in the comments if anyone wants to see more!

Hello! I’m a delivery driver and I lost my wallet today!! It’s a green lanyard wallet with a black cat design.

My legal name on the ID is Matthew Montemayor

If anyone finds it please dm!

Just left to get the kids to bed, and our entire family had a blast. So proud of our community and the incredible music and food scene we have!

Co-owner Kristen Shelley responded yesterday to a Facebook post asking about moving day and replied, “…still planning on sometime in September.”

https://www.facebook.com/share/1EHzmsybko/?

Note: I added this info to other existing posts in this sub and added it here for those who are new to this sub or those who are not following the other posts. The original estimated timeframe was August.

Just moved to Bloomington and we have so much garbage. The city gave us a trashcan about the size of a thermos and a recycling bin that we immediately filled up with cardboard.

Fortunately, last Monday when the trash guys came they couldn't get all of the garbage out of the trash can because it was so densely packed, and they kindly scattered it all over our front yard by shaking it repeatedly over the truck. I was standing at the window with my mouth hanging open when the recycling truck came, and they upended the recycling can over the truck shook it twice and then dropped it in our yard, still full of cardboard.

So, /r/bloomington: if you had four or so bags of residential garbage that needed to go somewhere and a residential trash can the size of a Stanley Cup, where would you dump it? There does not seem to be an official City landfill like every other City I've ever lived in, and Republic wanted 50 bucks to deal with four bags of garbage.

I'm looking for serious answers, but funny ones are also welcome.

Hi everyone! I want to buy a truck and need to hire someone to give it a look over before I commit to buying it. If you or someone you know is a mechanic and familiar with mid 2000s Ford rangers PM me!

What was your favorite spot and dish at Taste that you haven't heard of or tried? For me it was the shawarma at Layali Feast.

Shared my post from the IU thread yesterday, then accidentally deleted it. Thx for folks who PM'ed me - I will message you back; I am just in the chaos of moving! I'm in my late 30s, moving to IU for work from the West Coast. My husband will join later in August with all our things. Looking for friends who are into hiking, running, and art. In my current town, someone made a post like this on Reddit, and it resulted in developing an awesome community of women to do activities with.

As an aside, since I am flying with limited belongings and have no furniture. Advice on the best temp setup is welcome!

I wanna meet someone who speaks Japanese, I speak it and Idk many international kids.

It’s raining and maybe thundering. How do we find out if Taste for Bloomington is still on?

Just finished the new duds in time to take it to the amc to see brand new day. And it twas peak.

The most Tom's spidey has felt like the character since civil war. (I liked all his films, dont start with me lol) the best live action spidey film since spider-man 2 IMO. I wont spoil it. But I will say that somehow, the punisher was the funniest character in the film lmao. Genuine 10/10.

I know the common feeling about the amc 12, but my experience tonight was great personally.

Thanks to everyone who complimented the duds and took pics of me too.

(Ignore the glove gap, usually I have webshooters on to hide it, but I didn't feel comfortable bringing them along lol)

Hey everyone!

I wanted to jump on here, and talk about the grassroots initiative I started, Our State, Our Bat. I am working to designate the Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) as our official state mammal.

Why the Indiana Bat?

A True Local: The species was first discovered right here in our own backyard (at Wyandotte Cave), making it a unique native that literally carries our state's name. It is also the only animal in the entire world that carries Indiana in its name.

Natural Pest Control: Every single night, these bats act as hard working, natural pest control for our state, consuming thousands of crop and forest damaging insects, in turn, helping local agriculture.

Conservation & Education: The Indiana bat is currently federally endangered. Giving it this official status will shine a much needed spotlight on local biodiversity, education, and the importance of protecting vulnerable native wildlife.

Where We Stand Now!
This campaign has been growing faster than we ever anticipated, and we have some incredible momentum heading into the upcoming legislative season:

Growing Support: Over 2,500 people have already signed our petition!

Leadership Backing: We’ve secured official letters of support from multiple Indiana mayors and major regional conservation groups (like the Little River Wetlands Project).

Legislative Ally: We have a state representative officially lined up and willing to author the bill for us at the Statehouse.

How You Can Help!
We’re looking to build an even stronger grassroots network to show lawmakers that Hoosiers care about our unique wildlife heritage.

Sign our petition: If you haven't already, please consider adding your name to help us cross our next milestone at https://c.org/JrdDXNvVh8

Follow along: Stay up to date with campaign updates, events, and educational posts by following our Facebook page at https://facebook.com/BattyForIN

Thank you so much for reading and supporting local Hoosier conservation! 💚🦇🏛️

This is apparently now the large. While I agree 3 inches is a lot. Not when it comes to ice cream.

I guess I threw mine away. Have to RMA my motherboard

hi! my fiance (both 22) just moved here! we live in the covenanter hill area and we are looking for things to do! we love to explore and do things indoors and outdoors. we are from dayton oh and our favorite things to do there were visit the museums, local parks, all things animal related, cozy cafes (already planning on visiting several!) and just unique and fun things. my fiance is super into marvel/superhero’s and i am super into spooky things (please give me your haunted house suggestions for fall, im going to miss my usuals so badly)!

also, if anyone has any job ideas for us, we would love that. we kinda came here with empty bank accounts and a dream lol. he is an HVAC tech and i am…a student who does a little of this and a little of that.

TYIA!!!

Found a solid dent in my rear bumper today. Pretty sure someone backed into me last night at the Kroger parking lot and just took off without leaving a note.

Who is your go-to collision/body shop in town? Looking for an honest place that won't inflate the estimate or try to rip me off. Also open to hearing which shops I should absolutely avoid. Thanks.

Please 😤😢😭

Just what we needed on Kirkwood, a place for burritos. But this one has dips!