The nearly 100-year-old Dimension Mill building is seen in this photo from 2016. The site is being redeveloped as a place for new companies to grow and develop, which presents a couple of challenges. “There’s the physical restoration of an historic building into what we hope will be a physical center of an active Trades District, and then there’s a cultural consolidation and evolution of what’s already a pretty good entrepreneurial ecosystem that has been described by those in it as fragmented,” said Brian Payne, the city of Bloomington’s assistant director of small business development. “We have a lot of really strong parts, but we’re not really firing on all cylinders.” Staff photo by Jeremy Hogan | Herald-Times
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In the same way a person might buy a car, the city has chosen what features it wants for the downtown Dimension Mill.
The budget is set, and contractors have been chosen to bring the historic 1907 brick building within the city’s 12-acre Trades District into the new millennium.
The city’s budget for the project is not to exceed $4.2 million.
Weddle Bros. Building Group was hired as the city’s construction manager to help decide what bells and whistles the space will have.
The city wants the construction for its planned coworking innovation hub to include solar panels and a two-story event space.
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