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Bloomington board adopts downtown special-events policy; exempts Fourth Street Festival for 2026
Summary
The Board of Public Works on Jan. 13 adopted a policy standardizing three downtown festival footprints and fee procedures, citing public-safety benefits; the Fourth Street Arts Festival received a one-year exemption for 2026 after public testimony and staff compromise.
The Bloomington Board of Public Works voted Jan. 13 to adopt a new policy that standardizes downtown festival footprints and codifies permitting and fee procedures for events in the public right of way. The board approved the resolution with a commitment to review the policy in October 2026 and granted a one-year exemption allowing the Fourth Street Arts Festival to remain on Fourth Street for its 50th anniversary in 2026.
The policy, presented by Adam Wason, public works director, and Cassie Warney, special projects and operations manager, identifies three festival footprints—Kirkwood Avenue (Walnut to Indiana), Courthouse Square (Kirkwood to the south, Sixth Street to the north) and the Trades District north of City Hall—and adopts the existing fee schedule in the Bloomington Municipal Code, Chapter 12/12.1, to support partial cost recovery of event operations. "This allows for more contained and manageable…
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