By Mayor Tim Busse
Bloomington continues to grow with new housing options and major investments in school facilities. From affordable senior living to upgraded athletic stadiums, these projects reflect the City’s commitment to community, accessibility and quality of life.
Colonial Market opened on October 16 in South Loop, bringing a hybrid American-Latino supermarket that blends traditional American grocery staples with authentic Latin American foods, baked goods and restaurant offerings along with a liquor store.
The Rosalyn, a 128-unit senior apartment community at American Boulevard West and Lyndale Avenue South, is nearing completion. The project includes units at various affordability levels and ground-level retail.
Ever Apartments, located at 6701 W. 78th St., is also nearing completion with 208 new units, including 19 affordable units and a pad for an approved 11,000-square-foot freestanding daycare to be constructed in the future.
Bloomington Public Schools recently completed new stadiums at Jefferson and Kennedy high schools, replacing the shared Bloomington Stadium. Each campus now features turf fields, seating for 2,500, new lighting, sound systems and concession areas, giving both schools a dedicated home field for the first time. Dedication ceremonies were held in October, following first games
in September.
The stadium projects were supported by $400,000 in community donations and a $400,000 grant from the Minnesota Vikings and NFL Foundation.
For more information about developments in Bloomington, visit blm.mn/dev.
