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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] August 21st through the 27th Bloomington

[0:24] voters will decide if the city continues

[0:27] to use rank Choice voting in November

[0:29] 2020 Bloomington voters approved use of

[0:31] rank Choice voting for future city

[0:33] council and mayoral elections it changed

[0:36] how residents vote for mayor and City

[0:38] Council Members it did not change how

[0:40] residents vote in federal state county

[0:43] or Schoolboard elections it was used for

[0:45] the first time in the November 2021

[0:48] election in 2024 a committee of five

[0:51] registered Bloomington voters collected

[0:53] signatures on a petition and then

[0:55] presented that petition to the city's

[0:57] Charter commission requesting that the

[0:59] city Charter be amended to repeal rank

[1:01] Choice voting in Bloomington the city

[1:03] clerk found the petition sufficient and

[1:05] the city council approved the ballot

[1:06] language consistent for the charter

[1:08] Amendment a yes vote on your ballot

[1:10] means you want to stop using rank Choice

[1:13] voting to elect mayor and city council a

[1:15] no vote means you want to continue using

[1:17] rank Choice voting to select the mayor

[1:19] and city council to read the ballot

[1:21] question in full and learn more about

[1:22] rank Choice voting visit

[1:24] blmn

[1:26] RCV the second year of Bloom in

[1:28] Bloomington is in the book there were 15

[1:31] youth who were part of the second cohort

[1:33] of interns ages 16 to 24 who worked with

[1:36] the City Mall of America and Laren

[1:38] Hoffman this summer the program aims to

[1:40] provide young people with opportunities

[1:42] to explore career paths from a wide

[1:44] variety of employers build valuable work

[1:47] experiences and develop leadership

[1:49] skills the bloom and Bloomington

[1:51] internship is a great program I mean

[1:54] it's incredible what they're doing

[1:56] allowing students that are interested in

[1:58] the field that mean not be the easiest

[2:01] field to get into especially if there's

[2:03] not many internships available it's

[2:05] great for students who are looking for

[2:07] more opportunities within that field

[2:09] this summer has been life-changing for

[2:11] me um I graduate high school no plans no

[2:15] goals and I didn't know what I was doing

[2:18] I took a year off reflecting on my life

[2:20] see what I want to do and started school

[2:22] at Normandale and this intership came

[2:24] around and this summer has just taught

[2:25] me so much to what's out there what's

[2:28] available just the relationships built

[2:30] have will carry with me throughout my

[2:32] future career congratulations to all the

[2:34] bloom interns on another successful year

[2:37] for future internship opportunities

[2:39] visit

[2:40] blmm bloom more than 200 people attended

[2:44] the older adult job fair in Bloomington

[2:46] it was held on Tuesday August 13th at

[2:49] Creekside Community Center the job fair

[2:51] aims to connect local businesses with

[2:53] older adults and retirees looking for

[2:55] paid part-time and seasonal

[2:57] opportunities the job fair is a

[2:58] partnership between the city of

[3:00] Bloomington and Martin Luther Senior

[3:01] Living in care and Ebenezer Senior

[3:03] Living that is the buzz on Bloomington

[3:05] today for the week of August 21st

[3:07] through the 27th if you would like to

[3:09] watch other stories from the show go to

[3:11] this week's playlist there you'll find

[3:13] water conservation tips with Wily water

[3:16] plus discover the Confluence Gallery at

[3:18] the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife

[3:20] Refuge thanks for watching