Economic Development Documents and Resources: Bloomington and Monroe County

The City of Bloomington's online resource for city services and guides, news and events, "About Bloomington" resources, information about Mayor John Hamilton, and City Government information.

Provides a variety of data and information about city operations, including but not limited to electricity usage, GIS metadata, fire department statistics, and noise complaints data.

Includes current and past City budgets.

PDFs of financial statements and federal audits, collective Annual Financial Reports (AFR), the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR), and the annual City and Town Financial Report (CTAR).

"[L]ive and on-demand access to meetings of the Bloomington City Council, Boards and Commissions, as well as other local government meetings through the World Wide Web."

"The office serves as an educational liaison between citizens and their government. We respond to inquiries by telephone, in writing, or in person from a variety of interested persons regarding matters pertaining to City Council actions, or related City information retained in the City Clerk's office. We work closely with the City Council to supply combined constituent services."

Most city councils, boards, and commissions post their meeting agendas and minutes online. Read the agendas to get up to date on what they will discuss at upcoming meetings and look at meeting minutes to see what decisions they made at past meetings. You also might see something called a "packet" which is a compilation of information (such as maps, plans, etc.) submitted by petitioners for the council's deliberation.

PDFs of all six individual districts, in two sizes, plus one map of all districts together.

Learn the functions of city boards and commissions. Fill vacant positions, too!

City legislation codified by subject.

Includes archive of old city legislation back to the 1950's.

Independent organization representing the interests of businesses operating in Bloomington and Monroe County.

The BEDC is an economic development organization for Bloomington/Monroe County, focused on increasing opportunities for the area's citizens through supporting existing businesses, tackling workforce issues, or fostering entrepreneurial activity. Their site includes local economic data and reports concerning demographics, transportation, maps, government, incentives, and work force.

County home page.

County legislators.

County executives.

"[P]rocesses and stores a range of documents, most related to real estate, that are submitted for recording."

Tax office.

Trial courts.

"The Clerk's Office assists the Circuit Court Judges in the execution of their judicial duties by preparing, recording, and maintaining court documents. The Clerk's Office also manages the Court's docket and traffic court."

Find labor statistics by region.

"CBP is an annual series that provides subnational economic data by industry. "

"[P]roduces detailed industry estimates of employment, hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls. CES State and Metro Area produces data for all 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and about 450 metropolitan areas and divisions."

"HMDA data are the most comprehensive source of publicly available information on the U.S. mortgage market."

The Indiana Geological and Water Survey (IGWS) has served the people of Indiana since 1837. Established in Indiana Statute in 1993 as an institution of Indiana University, and under the direction of the Office of the Vice Provost for Research, the IGWS is committed to providing unbiased and reliable earth science information through directed research, service, and education.

"[M]onthly and annual employment, unemployment, and labor force data for Census regions and divisions, States, counties, metropolitan areas, and many cities, by place of residence."

"[P]roduces new, cost effective, public-use information combining federal, state and Census Bureau data on employers and employees."

"[E]mployment and wage estimates annually for nearly 800 occupations."

"[E}stimates of the population for the United States, states, metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas, counties, cities, towns, as well as for Puerto Rico and its municipios."

A "quarterly count of employment and wages reported by employers covering more than 95 percent of U.S. jobs, available at the county, MSA, state and national levels by industry."

"The regional economic accounts tell us about the geographic distribution of U.S. economic activity and growth. The estimates of gross domestic product by state and state and local area personal income, and the accompanying detail, provide a consistent framework for analyzing and comparing individual state and local area economies."

"[S]ingle-year estimates of income and poverty for all U.S. states and counties as well as estimates of school-age children in poverty for all 13,000+ school districts."

"[D]ata for individual Metropolitan Areas, Central Cities, and Suburbs."

An information service of the Indiana Business Research Center (IBRC) at IU's Kelley School of Business.

A "variety of data series and reports for both public and government use."

A "complete count of U.S. farms and ranches and the people who operate them."