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Mayor frames Hopewell as key to attainable housing; pledges humane encampment closures before SB285 deadline
Summary
Mayor Carrie Thompson said the Hopewell redevelopment is the city’s largest housing opportunity and promised permitting reforms, two permitting audits, and humane encampment closure procedures as Bloomington prepares for the SB285 camping prohibition effective July 1.
Mayor Carrie Thompson used the March 31 State of the City to place the Hopewell redevelopment at the center of Bloomington’s housing strategy and to outline the city’s approach to encampment closures ahead of a new state law.
Thompson described Hopewell as “a once-in-a-generation neighborhood” and said the administration focused the first phase on homeownership at attainable market rates and stronger connections between residents and opportunities. The mayor called for easing local barriers to housing production by refining the Unified Development Ordinance and using planned-unit developments (PUDs) to…
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