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[0:16] welcome to Bloomington today I'm Emily

[0:18] taplan thanks for joining us first we

[0:20] bring you the Buzz for the week of

[0:21] September 18th through the 24th

[0:24] construction on the first Bloomington

[0:26] forward project has begun on Tuesday

[0:29] September 17th there was an ice breaking

[0:31] at Bloomington Ice Garden to kick off

[0:33] construction on the first phase of the

[0:35] Bloomington Ice Garden modernization

[0:37] project this first phase is the new ice

[0:40] plant with major upgrades planned for

[0:42] all three ranks in addition there will

[0:45] be accessibility improvements new locker

[0:47] rooms a new roof and more big will

[0:50] remain fully open to skating and hockey

[0:53] throughout the winter season with a

[0:54] shutdown scheduled in mid-march of next

[0:56] year the Ice breing event follows an

[0:59] open house held in July where

[1:00] stakeholders heard from the project team

[1:02] and got a look at concept design plans I

[1:05] love the fact that there's been so much

[1:07] planning and and time and effort that's

[1:09] put into it you can really see with the

[1:10] designs that they came up with there

[1:13] wasn't a huge footprint for them to work

[1:14] with we're not they're not able to

[1:15] expand the space they're not able to

[1:17] knock down outside walls and and build

[1:20] brand new there was a lot of

[1:21] retrofitting and and real creative

[1:24] thinking that went into this I feel like

[1:25] they took a lot of time to make sure

[1:27] that they they got this right and that

[1:29] it's it truly is a modern new

[1:31] Bloomington rank the renovations are

[1:33] expected to be completed in Fall of 2025

[1:36] to stay up toate on the latest with the

[1:38] Bloomington Ice Garden modernization

[1:40] Project visit Bloomington forward.org

[1:43] another Bloomington forward project

[1:45] event will celebrate the possibilities

[1:47] of a new Community Health and Wellness

[1:49] Center come to the Community Health and

[1:51] Wellness Center celebration on Saturday

[1:54] September 28th from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m

[1:56] there will be games live music food

[1:58] trucks and activi ities in the park next

[2:01] to Creekside learn more about possible

[2:03] programs services and amenities at the

[2:05] new center you can also get a free flu

[2:08] shot and other helpful information at

[2:10] Bloomington Public Health's mobile

[2:12] Health Hub the winners of hatch

[2:14] Bloomington were celebrated at a recent

[2:16] city council meeting owners Grant vener

[2:19] and Nick Peterson competed in

[2:20] bloomington's inaugural hatch

[2:22] Bloomington contest and were awarded

[2:24] $100,000 to start a brick-and mortar

[2:27] business in Bloomington it brought

[2:29] together

[2:30] a huge number of entrepreneurs with

[2:32] their great ideas everybody bringing

[2:34] forward their best ideas and it gave

[2:36] them the opportunity to refine a pitch

[2:38] to talk about what they were trying to

[2:40] do to kind of Envision a bigger and

[2:42] Bolder and a better Bloomington I think

[2:44] a lot of places say like they care about

[2:46] small businesses but I think it you know

[2:48] it says a lot to actually do something

[2:50] that shows that the city of blomington

[2:53] cares about small businesses so super

[2:56] cool to see the winning business was

[2:58] selected based on two rounds of

[3:00] community voting with additional input

[3:02] from a seven judge panel that reviewed

[3:04] contestants pitches at the top 25 top 10

[3:07] and top three stages the hatch

[3:09] Bloomington competition aligns with the

[3:11] city's strategic objectives and

[3:13] developmental priorities by encouraging

[3:15] local entrepreneurs to develop business

[3:17] ideas that will positively impact

[3:19] bloomington's future help shape the

[3:21] future of public transit in and around

[3:23] Bloomington by providing your feedback

[3:26] to Metro Transit Metro Transit is

[3:28] currently promoting Network now a vision

[3:31] for Transit service that best meets the

[3:33] Region's needs through 2027 Metro

[3:35] Transit hopes to increase ridership and

[3:38] improve coverage learn more and provide

[3:40] input by visiting the link on your

[3:42] screen want updates on 494 road

[3:45] construction attend the webinar hosted

[3:47] by commuter services and the Minnesota

[3:49] Department of Transportation on Tuesday

[3:51] September 24th at 11:30 a.m learn more

[3:54] about the timeline closures and how your

[3:57] commute will be impacted it's free to

[3:59] attend just register at the link on your

[4:01] screen that is the buzz on Bloomington

[4:03] today for the week of September 18th

[4:05] through the 24th if you would like to

[4:07] watch other stories from the show go to

[4:09] this week's playlist explore the history

[4:11] of Milling along 9M Creek with the

[4:14] city's Water Resources specialist plus

[4:16] discover Bloomington through nature

[4:17] journaling at the Minnesota Valley

[4:19] National Wildlife Refuge thanks for

[4:21] watching