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Bloomington proclaims Community Development Week, highlights CDBG investments and invites public input
Summary
The council proclaimed April 2024 Community Development Week and Economic & Community Development staff summarized recent CDBG investments — more than $300,000 in 2022 for affordable housing projects and more than $1.5 million invested during the 2020–2024 consolidated plan — and urged residents to complete an April survey to shape the 2025–2029 plan.
The Bloomington City Council read a proclamation recognizing Community Development Week and highlighted the city’s long‑running use of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program.
Economic and Community Development staff told the council that in program year 2022 the city invested over $300,000 to preserve affordable housing through nine housing rehabilitation projects, spent roughly $139,000 on public facility and infrastructure improvements, invested nearly $50,000 in job training and fair housing work, and provided approximately $74,000 to local nonprofits for public services. Staff said the current 2020–2024 consolidated plan had invested over $1,500,000 and served more than 10,000 community members.
Staff asked residents to participate in the 2025–2029 consolidated plan process and said a resident survey would go live on April 2. Officials noted the city would coordinate outreach with the Town of Normal and the McLean County Regional Planning Commission and offered paper and online survey options.
The proclamation and staff summary were presented as part of a ceremonial recognition; no budget vote or allocation change was recorded in the provided transcript segments.
