Bloomington City Council — Transcript
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
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Bloomington advances plans for new community health and wellness center
Community Engagement in Project Design
Role of Community Centers in City-wide Development
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Community Input and Visioning for the Creekside Community Health and Wellness Center
The discussion focused on gathering and incorporating community feedback for the new Community Health and Wellness Center. Key themes included the desire for a center that fosters health, wellness, diversity, equity, inclusion, and provides spaces for cultural activities, art, and creativity. The project is progressing to schematic design, with an emphasis on continued community participation in shaping the facility's layout and amenities.
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The vision is really the community's vision. We're here to help the community see its vision through, and so it starts with listening sessions like this.
I really also value diversity, equity, inclusion, what true belonging means in the community, so I would love to see what it looks like to have elements of culture and art and creativity embedded into the community center.
We are cultivating an enduring a remarkable community where people wanna be, and a center of community, like this community center will be, is an important part of that.
Next, we're moving into schematic design, where we're really going to be looking for some information from the community as to what they wanna see, where they wanna see it, and how they would picture themselves in the new facility.
Ordinances & Resolutions (5)
The name of the new facility being planned and discussed.
A program offered at Creekside Community Center, previously hosting Winter Story Time.
A city plan to establish centers of community within its parks.
An official city website for project updates and information.
An official city website for community feedback and engagement opportunities.