City of Bloomington, MN The BUZZ 2023, 16 Aug 2023

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From YouTube: Bloomington Today: The BUZZ August 16

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A new mural in the South Loop pays tribute to Bloomington’s history, the City gets a visit from its Sister City, Izumi, Japan and Omar Bonderud applications are now open.

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Welcome to Bloomington today, I'm Emily taplin, thanks for joining us. First, we bring you the Buzz for the week of August 16th through the 22nd new artwork in the South. Loop gives a Whimsical nod to bloomington's history. The Bloomington Ferry will greet residents and Shoppers at Carbon 31 Apartments, which is set to open later this fall and will include both residential and oxendales Market, husband and wife team, Tyler and Ashley Voorhees say they were inspired by the historical society's website.

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After learning about people who would cross the Minnesota River using the Bloomington Ferry, which was built in 1854. rooted.

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In this story that I hope people can discover through the art about their local area, that oh, the Bloomington Ferry Bridge I've been across that I didn't realize. That's was originally a ferry, and you know the the part of History I most enjoy connecting to is just everyday people in the past, and so this piece is really honoring, those fairy pullers and those just everyday folks, riding across the ferry and the fairy men at the Helm of the ferry every day. It's.

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So fun to know that people passerbys just happen upon the art and they get the joy of just seeing it as they're like walking their dog or going to the hotel next door. So we love just leaving them behind for whoever to to.

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See carbon 31 is expected to be complete in October Bloomington and Izumi Japan marked 30 years as sister cities this year. It's a great experience to be here. Thank you for having us here. Student and mayoral delegations visited Bloomington August 11th through the 14th. The visiting delegation and Bloomington hosts work to bridge cultural divides during the days filled with activities, including a visit to Civic Plaza. This.

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Sister city relationship started three decades ago, 30 years ago, but it's interesting how well it ties into bloomington's current mission statement to cultivate an enduring and remarkable Community where people want to be I, can't think of a whole lot. That's much more enduring and remarkable than a 30-year relationship with a city literally halfway across the world.

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And I hope that this relation will continue for more than maybe four or five decades or maybe a hundred years longer.

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Main reason that it's important for the students to come to a completely different country is that they will have an international way of mind, and that will also change the future for both cities as well. To.

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Learn more about the program which became official in 1993 visit the link on your screen. A new sprinkler system was recently installed on the grounds of Civic Plaza. The new system is designed to reduce the amount of water used on The Lawns and save on operating costs. This.

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New irrigation clock is much easier to use and should save the city anywhere between 30 to 50 percent water conservation. I can control everything from my phone. That's the best part about it. I can see what it's doing down to the second. It gives me reports on whether a zone is broken. Bad it gives me sends me emails if I got high flow or low flow. I could um monitor the flow rate as each zone is running. It'll.

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Give me how many gallons per minute each zone is putting out the 30 to 50 water savings is important to us. We want to show that we're able to save the city money save the residence money because all this water, if it's not used properly it just runs back into the ponds. We want it to be used properly.

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Home energy has an impact on Comfort health and budget during the Bloomington sustainability team, to hear from local experts about Energy Efficiency, solar power and electric vehicle charging at home. The home energy Workshop is happening on Thursday August 31st from 6 30 to 8 pm at Civic Plaza to register ahead and learn more visit. The link on your screen nominations are being accepted for the Omar bondarud human rights award.

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This award is presented by the Human Rights Commission to an individual or organization that has made a significant contribution to ensuring the rights of vulnerable groups in Bloomington Omar bonderud was the first chairperson of the commission formed in 1968.. Last year's recipient was Tara Owens, who started bloomington's, Todd pod to learn more or nominate someone head to blm.mn Omar, or call the number on your screen to request a paper application.

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That is the buzz on Bloomington today for the week of August 16th through the 22nd. If you would like to watch other stories from the show go to this week's playlist, there you'll find a tour of the new Fire Station 4 plus in a new Bloomington Collective. We take you to a business where you can find new and used fitness equipment thanks for watching.