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Bloomington ESD spotlights $16.1M IU Lilly grant, requests one new staffer in 2025 budget
Summary
Economic and Sustainable Development Director Jane Cooper Smith told the council ESD will seek one new FTE in the 2025 budget, highlighted IU's $16,100,000 Lilly collaboration grant, and warned that reductions in one-time CREED and ARPA funding will shrink program-level 'other services' next year.
Jane Cooper Smith, director of Bloomington's Economic and Sustainable Development (ESD) department, presented the department's proposed 2025 budget Tuesday and told the council the office is requesting one additional full-time employee to support capital project oversight and ongoing programming.
At the outset Cooper Smith highlighted a regional grant she described as "a catalytic opportunity": "IU was recently awarded the College and Community Collaboration Grant in the amount of, $16,100,000," she said, citing a Lilly Endowment award that ESD said will support a partnership among the university, the city and the mill to accelerate growth in the…
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