City of Bloomington, MN The BUZZ 2023, 21 Jun 2023

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From YouTube: Bloomington Today: The BUZZ June 21

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The decision on who will host Expo 2027 has been reached, provide your input as the City works on the 2024 Budget and some ideas for summer fun offered by Bloomington Parks and Recreation.

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Thank you welcome to Bloomington today, I'm Emily taplin thanks for joining us. First, we bring you the Buzz for the week of June 21st through the 27th on June 21st, the city of Bloomington learned. It was not selected to host Expo 2027. Serbia was selected by the Bureau of International expositions to host the World's Fair in 2027.. This is a message from mayor timbassy about the news.

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Hello, everyone by now, you may know that the U.S, specifically Minnesota and Bloomington did not receive the bid for Expo 2027.. That means our city will not be hosting the World's Fair in 2027.

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I'd like to congratulate all of the finalist countries that were in the running, of course, we're disappointed, but I'd like to tell you how proud I am of our exceptional efforts and what we've gained in this process.

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First, to use a baseball metaphor, you can't hit a home run without taking a healthy swing. My friends over the years Bloomington has hit many home runs and we will in the future as well, but to do so, we have to keep swinging for decades. Bloomington has been a leader in supporting and completing large successful projects and events we have had, and currently have forward-thinking leaders and partners who continue to be innovators and who think big and bold. Much of our current development is a product of that way of thinking, including Mall of America.

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That is not only a success in itself, but led to Light Rail and other significant spin-off development and major Transit investments in our city. We bet on Bloomington with the Expo bid and though we didn't win it, we've been successful. Here's how first the world now knows about Bloomington Minnesota.

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The two-year effort for the bid has introduced Bloomington to people from many countries and their leaders.

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Thousands of people who were not aware of us before now know what we have to offer and with every connection we made, we strengthened our relationships on the world stage and also locally and nationally, with key Partners at the White House, the state department and the Department of Commerce, the Minnesota governor's office and many others.

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We also raised awareness of Bloomington in the development Community, which will help us take advantage of the many exciting opportunities for redevelopment, not only for some of the property and the self-loop, but Redevelopment city-wide Bloomington is a critical contributor to the economic success of the region, and the most significant economic activity in recent years has been the continual work of building the South Loop District. The fact that we have large available and developable sites in South Loop means Bloomington is attractive to developers and well positioned for the future.

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We didn't get the Expo, but the future is bright for Bloomington we took a swing, we gave it our best shot in true Bloomington fashion. We set the stage for more exciting things to come.

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The city wants your input as it works on the 2024 budget. Over the past four years, the city has taken action to make the annual budget process more transparent and accessible. There is a dedicated budget webpage where the public can easily access the videos of budget discussions and presentations at Council meetings, as well as the presentation, slides and documents. The city has also been using new ways to engage the public working to gather their ideas, concerns and priorities on how property tax dollars are spent. In.

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The past we would have budget events for the public that were just Standalone budget events and got very little participation from the community. So our new approach that we did last year is we went out into the community where people already were at events that were already happening.

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So events like the farmers, market and performances and music festivals and we set up a table, an information table with information about the budget, and it was a chance for us to talk to residents at events where they are really were and give us feedback about the budget and also get their take on what their priorities were for City spending this year, we're expanding so we're going to have 13 events and we're making a point of having them on different days of the week different times of the week different locations throughout the city.

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So it's more accessible for more people and also I'm going to be joined by city, council members and City department heads other staff. We really want to hear from residents we'd like you to come and talk to us. Let us know what your priorities are for City spending and we're looking forward to talking to you. If.

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You aren't able to participate in an in-person budget engagement opportunity. There is also an option to participate in the online budget survey. On the let's talk, Bloomington page you're, invited to rank budget priorities, ask questions and leave comments. Did you know Bloomington, Parks and Recreation offers mobile Recreation. The free programming happens at different Parks across the city on Tuesdays, from 1 to 3 P.M through July 25th mobile Rec activities include things like arts and crafts, kickball parachutes, pop-up, Disc, Golf and More. The programming is free and no registration is required.

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The next mobile wreck will be at Bry Park on June 27th. If you need a place to stay cool this summer, we have a big idea for you. Bloomington Ice Garden offers open skating opportunities year round. You can stop on by for open skating, Sundays from 5 30 to 7, PM or Tuesdays from 6 30 to 8 PM. There are also opportunities for skate lessons, Adult, Hockey or even hosting a party at Big, just visit blm.mn big, to find out more.

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That is the buzz on Bloomington today for the week of June 21st through the 27th. If you would like to watch other stories from the show go to this week's playlist, there you'll find a recap of bloomington's. First ever Juneteenth celebration, plus a look at the city's walking Club a free program offered by Parks and Recreation. Thanks for watching foreign.