Limited June 2022 Edition

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Doctors in Concert Night for Ukraine Drags & Wags PLUS MORE!

HISTORY MAKER’S GALA

Read about this year’s honorees

Index

Lifestyle

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Doctors in Concert......................... 3

Drags & Wags �������������������������������� 18

History Maker’s Honorees ������ 4, 5

Longfellow Club Anniversary �� 19

JA Celebrate Impact ����������������������6 Masters Viewing Par-Tee ������������� 8 Poem: Remembering Dad’s Goldfish Pond ����������������������9

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Business Night for Ukraine ������������������������� 20 Lavender & Lemons �������������������� 21

Mix Fuze Evolve ���������������������������� 10

Business After Hours ����������� 22, 23

Best Costume �������������������������������� 11

Business Barometer ������������� 24, 25

Bloomington Gold ���������������������� 12

ISU Charity Drag Show �������������� 26

Squirrel Time ��������������������������������� 14

By the Numbers ��������������������������� 27

Dog Easter Egg Hunt ������������������ 15

Parting Shot ����������������������������������� 31

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Doctors in Concert

John Nottoli, Terry and Dele Ogunleye, Heather and Bryce Miller

To benefit the Children’s Discovery Museum Friday, April 29 DoubleTree by Hilton, Bloomington Photos by Justin Hurt Back after two years of virtual concerts, guests were definitely enjoying the in-person experience of hearing our talented physician musicians.

Doctors in Concert supports exhibits and programs at the Children’s Discovery Museum, including the new Healthy Me Museum, which was recently honored by T the Illinois Association of Museums with its Award of Excellence.

The Children’s Discovery Museum is now back in full operation. For more information go to childrensdiscoverymuseum. net

Dr. David Skillrud

Beth Whisman, Children’s Discovery Museum Executive Director

Dr. Frank Han

Christen Bergstresser, event chair Elise Albers

Jan Wohlwend. Dottie Fleener

Emcee David Horine, Dr. Susan Sheppard

Carole and Jerry Ringer, Carolyn Yockey

Dr. Thomas Kelly

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History Makers

History Makers Honorees

Since 2012, the History Makers Gala recognizes citizens whose outstanding, lifelong contributions of time and talents have helped to make McLean County a better place to live.

Deanna Frautschi & Alan Bedell Two McLean County residents with working class roots continue to make history as major community and philanthropic leaders. Deanna Frautschi and Alan Bedell both impact many lives with their generous souls, nurtured by their love of nature.

Deanna has a legacy of involvement serving on over a dozen non-pro�it boards including United Way of McLean County, where she served as board chair, campaign chair and on various other committees. She most recently headed United Way’s Covid Relief Task Force (2020-21). This effort directed emergency community resource allocation and mobilized food distributions with other agencies. Through Women United, she has also helped seniors and those without computers in setting up Covid vaccine appointments.

Alan’s volunteer efforts began with youth baseball in Downs and blossomed with the Cornbelt chapter of National AMBUCS building wheelchair ramps throughout the community. He also

Deanna’s zoo connection brought the two a special task – feeding the baby snow leopards, Sabrina and Necee.

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helps provide Amtrykes, customized tricycles for those with special needs. His enthusiasm led Alan to greater leadership when he served as national AMBUCS president.

He traveled the country towing a trailer promoting the organization and helped found 10 chapters in Missouri, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Iowa. Providing Amtrykes gives him a great smile and a lump in his throat every time a child receives a tricycle. Alan has also been an active Midwest Food Bank volunteer the last 10 years.

Alan worked at State Farm after graduating from Illinois State University with a business administration degree and completing his military service. Deanna graduated from Bloomington High School and then received a communications degree from the University of Illinois.

She spent 33 years at COUNTRY Financial, leaving as Executive Vice President for Human Resources and Communications. She most appreciates that COUNTRY gave her the responsibility for helping direct corporate resources to meet community needs.

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Besides United Way, Deanna is deeply involved in the Multicultural Leadership Institute and serves on its advisory board. She has also served on the Illinois Prairie Community Foundation Board and serves on the Parklands Foundation Board and the Miller Park Zoological Society Board, where she was a past president.

The pair have chaired numerous fundraisers, including Zoo Doo, Red Cross Evening of Stars, and Carle Cancer Center events. They also use their own �ive-acre property, which is certi�ied as having good wildlife habitat by the National Wildlife Federation and Illinois Audubon Society, to host small group tours and fundraisers in a relaxing educational environment.

Deanna and Alan sponsor scholarships for AMBUCS physical therapists, Illinois State University, the University of Illinois, Heartland Community College, and the Multicultural Leadership Institute.

“We value our commitment to the community and the long-lasting effects,” Alan said, He added that they enjoy using their resources to bene�it fellow community members.

History Makers

Myra & George Gordon “Tikkun Olam,” a phrase in Hebrew meaning to “repair the world,” sums up George and Myra Gordon’s many community contributions, including education, recycling, and planting trees.

Both were raised in progressive Reform Jewish households, with George’s father a rabbi who served campus communities through the Hillel Foundation, and Myra growing up in Memphis, Tennessee in a literate family of printers. George’s father served students in Madison, Wisconsin, and Philadelphia, where George spent his childhood.

An early job with the Girl Scouts brought Myra to St. Louis and eventually to Normal. George began teaching political science at Illinois State University in 1970 and the two married in 1972. Like many, they saw ISU as a brief sojourn but instead grew as the community did, raising their two children here, Dan and Rachel.

Looking for a volunteer opportunity in the early 1970s, Myra became involved in Operation Recycle, where semitrailers were parked for monthly one-day pickups of recyclable goods. She reached out to local faith communities to see if each could volunteer one Saturday a year to staff a drop-off location. In the early 1980s, then Mid-Central Community Action director Carol Reitan offered Myra a part-time job, using recycling as a job training platform for those who had problematic work records. This

eventually expanded both Operation Recycle and Myra’s employment to full-time. Operation Recycle is today’s Ecology Action Center (EAC), with which both Myra and George have had long board tenures, with George serving as McLean County’s representative for almost 20 years.

George taught multiple classes at ISU, from the basic introductory classes to his specialty in public administration. George worked hard to ensure that his classes covered a full spectrum of political thought, welcoming student input, no matter their political af�iliation. Students who completed his classes and then pursued successful careers in government and in the private sector make him especially proud.

George �irst ran for the McLean County Board in 1994, losing that time, but winning two years later. When he joined the Board, there were only three Democratic members. George quickly intuited that he needed to collaborate and build relationships across the aisle. This gained him respect, and

although the majority party chooses committee chairs, Republican County Board chair Mike Sweeney asked George in 2000 to head the Land Use and Development Committee.

Myra stepped away from Operation Recycle in the late 1980s.

She then completed a master’s degree in English at ISU, which opened up the technical writing �ield to her and led to an internship that turned into an 11-year career at State Farm. During her years there, she served on the board of the Illinois Prairie Community Foundation (IPCF). When IPCF needed an interim executive director after Myra had retired from State Farm, she answered the call and found her dream job. An anticipated two or three months as interim led to six years of service.

The IPCF grew under Myra’s leadership. When she began, the organization had $7,000 annually to share in community grants; when she left, that �igure had grown to more than $100,000. Together with the IPCF supporters, she initiated the Women to Women Giving Circle, Youth Engaged in Philanthropy, and helped establish the Foundation as a �iscal sponsor for smaller organizations.

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Celebrate Impact Kimberly Howard, junior at Bloomington High School

Chemberly Cummings, Valerie Wilder

Junior Achievement of Central Illinois Thursday, April 21 Ewing Cultural Center, Bloomington Photos by Thom Rakestraw Approximately 75 people gathered to honor Junior Achievement teachers and volunteers and hear from local students who have benefited from Junior Achievement programming.

Junior Achievement programs reach students from kindergarten through 12th grade and foster workreadiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy skills.

Junior Achievement Amanda Van Allen, Bloomington High School, McLean County Teacher of the reaches 16,000 local Year students each year in more than 800 classrooms and 130 schools. For information on how you can help make a difference go to centralillinois.ja.org

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Chris Hamilton, State Farm, McLean County Volunteer of the Year

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BY MICHAEL ESCOUBAS

At times Dad could be a little cantankerous a little rough around the edges . . . but there was something about him when it came to that pond. I recall his love of color his penchant for beauty his perception of symmetry an innate sense of what “looked good” as he used to say.

He placed the sandstones just so, the flowers arranged to blend with the koi swimming in rainbows in the warm June sun— I see him now on the threshold of heaven rough edges sandstone-smooth satisfied that in what he created he left his sons a legacy that life is good.

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Remembering Dad’s Goldfish Pond

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Mix Fuze Evolve Sara Almaraz, Anahi Hughes

Fundraiser for BCAI Cultural Arts & Humanities Saturday, April 16 IWU Hansen Student Center Photos by Justin Hurt This high-energy, outside-the-box fundraiser was an enlightening and intriguing evening full of Latinx representation within the culture/way of life of ours affectionately called Hip Hop. Attendees got a taste authentic Latinx foods, listened to Latinx & Hip Hop music and enjoyed live stage performances and crafts on various Latinx countries’ handiwork including a live mural with Latino Graffiti and Fine Arts’ Genius IshRock,

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At least that is the motto Jason Higdon went by when choosing his Polar Plunge costume.

Higdon, who plunged with his Bloomington Pub Club group, raised funds by offering to wear a “mankini” as he braved the icy waters of Miller Park Lake.

Besides raising lots of money for Special Olympics, Higdon was recently awarded a Best Costume award by Vanessa Campos at a recent Pub Club meeting.

Well deserved, Jason!

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Bloomington Gold

BLOOMINGTON GOLD CORVETTES’ RETURN TO BLOOMINGTON IS The Grand Sport is a very rare and special car and will most likely draw people from across the country to come see it.

Be ready for A LOT of Corvettes around town as the Granddaddy of Corvette Shows returns home to celebrate its 50th anniversary.

Bloomington Gold is returning to its hometown of Bloomington/ Normal next month. The show will take place June 10, 11 at Illinois State University and will include parts from when the show was last held in Bloomington in the 1990s.

“Fifty years is a big deal and we wanted to do something/move somewhere that really meant something as special as 50” says Guy Larsen, Bloomington Gold President. “[Special] not just to the history of the event, but to the longtime attendees who have attended Bloomington Gold again and again over the past 50 years,” Larsen continues.

For starters, the 2022 Gold Collection will be held in the Brown Ballroom of the Bone Student Center, the same venue that the Collection was housed in last time it was in Bloomington. When planning the

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50th event celebration, this setting was pursued by Guy Larsen for the location of the Gold Collection; the rest of the 2022 Show was formed around this idea!

The 2022 Gold Collection will feature a Gold Salute to the Gold Collection with some of the finest cars from past collections as well as some cars that have rarely been seen before. The Gold Collection will kick off with a ticketed event on Thursday, June 9 at 6pm. This is when attendees will first be able to see the rare and beautiful cars being displayed.

The 2022 Show will also offer a Road Tour on Saturday night that includes portions of the original Road Tour route. The tour will leave ISU and head to downtown Bloomington before heading out to Lake Bloomington via Historic Route 66. The tour will end in Uptown Normal with a free party for attendees and residents. Anyone with a Corvette or Camaro is invited to register to participate in the road

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tour and party.

Besides the Bone Student Center, the Show will be housed in Redbird Arena, Horton Field House and the grounds in between the two buildings. This will allow the Show to continue to use an indoor/outdoor venue for the different segments of the event such as certification judging of Corvettes and Camaros as well as over 100 vendor displays.

There will also be seminars each day with speakers and topics that are unique to Bloomington Gold.

On Friday evening, Bloomington Gold has rented The Normal Theater for a public showing of The Quest followed by a Q & A with the documentary’s director/producer, car restorer, current car owner and son of Chip Miller. This will be a unique event for Bloomington Gold attendees and the surrounding community.

Bloomington Gold can trace its roots back to 1973, when a group of Corvette enthusiasts gathered in Bloomington, to display their cars and swap extra parts with one another. They called it the Bloomington Corvette Corral, a one-day show. The event now draws 3,000+ Corvettes and 15,000 attendees over two days. The move to Bloomington is expected to be a big draw, not only to car enthusiasts but to the general population as well.

Tickets can be purchased in advanced for the Show as well as for the Gold Gala, Road Tour and The Quest by going to BloomingtonGold.com. Tickets will also be on sale at the gates.

The show opens at 8am each day and IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

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Nature

SQUIRREL TIME STO RY A N D P H O T O S BY D E A N N A F R AUT S C H I Fox Squirrels are prolific in Central Illinois and the young from winter’s brood born in February or March are just entering the squirrel population. There are usually two to four in a brood with mom caring for them until they are 10 to 12 weeks old. The young are almost as big as mom by the time they leave the nest.

Although most are reared in nests made of leaves and twigs high up in trees, some find other places, especially in winter, to rear their young. We have four Screech Owl boxes often taken over by nesting squirrels in the winter months. This year I was lucky enough to see mom coming and going as she cared for them in one of the boxes. Better yet, I got to view and photograph the two young ones before they left the box to live on their own.

The next cycle for raising young will happen in early Fall although it’s unlikely we will see our owl nest boxes used by squirrels because it’s warmer then and our screech owls are often using them.

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Prom Season

Lauren Hirsch, Mary Degenhart, Kate Cornejo, Saloni Patel, Mahnoor Shaheen, Isha Zala, NCHS

Saturday, April 23 Ewing Cultural Center, Bloomington Photos by Carlos T. Miranda For several Saturdays in spring, Ewing Cultural Center is awash in long dresses, tuxedos, corsages, boutonnieres and lots of proud parents taking pictures of their children attending one of local high school proms. The beautiful grounds of Ewing make an Instagram worthy backdrop and having a prom picture taken there has become a Central Illinois tradition.

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Ashley Peterson, CCHS; Chase Witt, NCHS, Anna Crawford, CCHS; Jack Beecher, NWHS; Adrianna Vargas, CCHS; Nick Cordero, Iowa State University

Tyler Dwinal, Emma Conover, NCHS

Mike Mier, CCHS; Maggie Ames, CCHS; Kate Morris, CCHS; Tyler Cheley, BHS

Tommy Felstead, NCHS; Claire Strupp, NCHS; Grant Marshall, U-High; Kylie Simonson, NCHS; Demar Romero, NCHS; Teagan Fahy, NCHS

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DRAGS & WAGS Taylor Olomon with Rosie

Gardenia getting tips from the crowd

Liz and Autumn Moss

Florence Sands with Polaris

To benefit the Humane Society of Central Illinois Saturday, April 30 Station Saloon, Bloomington Photos by Jacalyn Hadley Drag queens and kings had to compete with some four-legged show stealers at DRAGS & WAGS, which featured a family-friendly drag show and pet fashion contest.

Check out the Humane Society website at hscipets. org or follow them on Facebook and Instagram

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Celexa, Jane Kahman, event organizer Andrew Childers

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140th Anniversary of the Longfellow Club

Tuesday, April 26 Illinois Art Station, Normal Photos by Jacalyn Hadley Following poet’s Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s death on March 24, 1882, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a group of BloomingtonNormal educators and prominent professionals founded the Longfellow Club Longfellow Club members in memory of the poet.

Seasoned and new members gathered recently to learn more about the Illinois Art Station and celebrate the 140th anniversary of the Longfellow Club.

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Longfellow Club president David Wilson with wife Barbara

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Night for Ukraine Jason and Susan Wiggins, Thom Rakestraw, Tom Smith

Bloomington-Normal Sunrise Rotary fundraiser for Ukraine Saturday, April 23 Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts Photos by Carlos T. Miranda Rotarians pride themselves on being “people of action” and they lived up to that hype by pulling off a fundraiser in only 3 ½ weeks that hosted 200 guests and raised more than $42,000 Normally events like this take months to plan, with an amazing silent auction, wonderfully decorated venue, live entertainment, poignant programming and great food.

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Lavender & Lemons

The very popular Lavender and Lemons Kitchen Tour returns to Bloomington-Normal on June 18 from 10am to 4pm. This year’s tour features beautiful kitchens in a variety of styles, sizes, and budgets in the Hawthorne Hills, Uptown Normal, Charterwood, and Stonebridge neighborhoods.

Tour goers will visit six indoor kitchens and an outdoor kitchen — all chosen for their unique features and creative design. Some of the highlights of the tour include high-end chef-inspired appliances, artful use of antiques, a magnificent cobalt blue cast iron range, a fantastic view of Uptown Circle, beautiful art work, a sophisticated “farm house look”, and a fabulous outdoor kitchen perfect for cooking family meals at all times of day.

Whether you want to be inspired to make changes to your own kitchen or just want to see what others have done, you will find lots to enjoy on this year’s tour. Designers, knowledgeable guild volunteers, or homeowners will be on hand to answer any questions you might have.

Sponsored and organized by the Illinois Symphony Orchestra Guild of Bloomington-Normal, proceeds of the tour benefit the Illinois Symphony Orchestra’s programs for children. This year, Illinois Symphony Orchestra musicians visited area schools in May to perform music from around the world and school classes attended a concert especially for children at the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts.

Tickets for the tour are on sale at The Garlic Press and The Olive Bin in Normal and in Bloomington at Caseys’ Garden Shop & Florist, Growing Grounds, Wendell Niepagen Greenhouse, AB Hatchery, and the Hy-Vee customer service desk. Cost $20.00.

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Business After Hours Dave Kelley, GM of Bloomington Country Club, Nick LeRoy

Brad Glenn, Dr. Tom Nielsen, Dr. Kathy Bohn, Angie and Frank Hoffman

Sponsored by the Mclean County Chamber of Commerce Wednesday, April 13 Bloomington Country Club Photos by Carlos T. Miranda This heavily attended After Hours provided Chamber members the opportunity for some intentional networking and the chance to enjoy the delicious food and drink offered by host Bloomington Country Club.

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Business After Hours

Julie Payne, Jay Reece

Business Barometer

State Farm donates $250K to center‌

BLOOMINGTON — To honor the legacy of late State Farm executive and philanthropist Willie Brown, company CEO Michael Tipsord and Chief Administrative Officer Mary Schmidt presented a $250,000 check to Western Avenue Community Center.

Permit OK’d for Rivian expansion‌

NORMAL — The Town of Normal issued a commercial permit in April to Walbridge River City Joint Venture, a Detroit-based contractor that will construct a $35.9 million addition to the Rivian Automotive plant.

CII East redevelopment planned‌

Housing starts surge‌

BLOOMINGTON — Construction of new housing units is up 145.5% in 2022 from the year before, with 18 new units built in January and nine in February, according to data released at the end of March by the Mid-Illinois Realtors Association.

Rivian warehouse planned‌

NORMAL — The Town of Normal has issued a commercial permit to Phoenix Investors for a 500,000-square-foot warehouse expansion at 301 W. Kerrick Road to be used by Rivian Automotive.

Secondhand boutique opens‌

BLOOMINGTON — The Bloomington City Council has reached an agreement with 102 South East LLC for a $4 million redevelopment of the long-vacant CII East building at 102 East St.

BLOOMINGTON — Polly Schill, Danielle Salz and Laura Burke have opened Serendipity Mercantile, 902 IAA Drive, Bloomington as an upscale, secondhand nonprofit boutique that tithes revenues weekly to area nonprofits.

Developer set for uptown‌

Solar plant proposed‌

NORMAL — Eagle View Partners, based in Cedar Falls, Iowa, has entered a memorandum of understanding with the Normal Town Council for the development of the Trail East and Trail West buildings in uptown.

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BLOOMINGTON — Towanda Solar LLC, owned by California-based Cypress Creek Renewables, is proposing spending about $7 million on a 5-megwatt, 28-acre solar-power project on a parcel owned by four residents in Dale Township.

Rivian tops 2,500 vehicles‌

Heartland names vice president‌

EDC gets broadband grant‌

Fans turn out for Record Store Day‌

OSF adds residency program‌

NORMAL — Rivian Automotive announced April 14 it has hired its first chief sustainability officer, Anisa Kamadoli Costa, who will be responsible for Rivian’s “sustainability roadmap” for the business and its products.

NORMAL — Heartland Bank and Trust Co. announced Jonathan Norvell has joined the agricultural services team as vice president and senior farm manager.

NORMAL — About 70 music fans lined up along North Street and around part of Uptown Circle in Normal on April 23 to snag special releases for Record Store Day at Waiting Room Records.

NORMAL — Rivian Automotive produced 2,553 electric vehicles at its Normal manufacturing facility by the end of the first quarter on March 31 and is working to build 25,000 this year despite supply-chain delays.

BLOOMINGTON — The Bloomington-Normal Economic Development Council has been awarded a $50,000 grant from the state to expand broadband internet access.

BLOOMINGTON — A new family medicine residency program at OSF St. Joseph Medical Center aims to recruit physician residents to the area, allow them to train here and become a part of the community.

Medical facility names leader‌

NORMAL — Fort Jesse Imaging & Gale Keeran Center for Women have announced Melissa Jewett as the new administrator of their normal facility as of April 1.

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Business Barometer

Rivian hires sustainability officer‌

ISU’s 23rd Annual Charity Drag Show

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Featured performer La La Ri from RuPaul’s Drag Race

Saturday, April 2 ISU’s Brown Ballroom, Normal Photos by Justin Hurt “We’re glad to be back in person,” exclaimed drag show emcee and drag royalty Sharon ShareAlike. ShareAlike, who has been with the show since the beginning said “It’s good that we can get out and enjoy live performances again.”

Sharealike is an Illinois State alum and mother of the House of Sharealike. The event features several popular local queens, plus student performers. LaLa Ri, from RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 13, was a featured performer.

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Miss Penny Cost tipping Sharon ShareAlike

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Holy Marina

Poison Iris Rose

Through March 2022

NEW CONSTRUCTION

RESALE

YEAR-TO-DATE TOTALS

2022 YTD Totals

2022 YTD Totals

2022 YTD Totals

Units: 46

Units: 301

Units: 347

$$ Volume: $16,654,978

$$ Volume: $64,038,386

$$ Volume: $80,693,364

Average Price: $362,065

Average Price: $212,752

Average Price: $232,546

2021 YTD Comparison

2021 YTD Comparison

Units: 18

2021 YTD Comparison

Units: 344

$$ Volume: $5,230,540

Units: 362

$$ Volume: $64,204,590

Average Price: $290,586

$$ Volume: $69,435,130

Average Price: $186,641

Average Price: $191,810

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By the numbers

2022 YTD* Single Family Home Sales Stats

304 N. Hershey Road, Bloomington

309-662-3377

PROPERTIES for SALE / LEASE

2203-2205 E. Empire, BL.

701 S. Main, Unit 2, NL

1015 Mercer Ave., BL

1700 Parkway Plaza Drive, NL

PENDING

1,890 or 2,268 sq. ft.

Office Lease Spaces Greg Yount 803 E Lafayette, BL

2,515 sq. ft.

Restaurant for Lease Thom Jones

102 N. Broadway, NL

801 S. Main, BL

2027 Ireland Grove, BL

REDUCED

2,000 & 4,000 sq. ft.

Office Mike O’Neal/Meghan O’Neal 1710 E. Empire, BL

1,050-2,500 & 1,566 sq. ft.

Retail - Lease Mike O’Neal/Meghan O’Neal 11 Currency Drive, BL

Bar & Grill 5,574 sq. ft.

Laura Pritts 2708 McGraw, BL

15,500 sq. ft.

Retail Building Mike Talkington 2501 E. College, Ste. 3, BL

SALE OR LEASE NEW 2,848 sq. ft.

Class ‘A’ Office Space Yount/Pritts Team 1611 Commerce, BL

2,953 sq. ft.

50,000 sq. ft.

Bank Building-Uptown NL Health Club/Events Center Greg Yount Greg Yount 1510 N. Main, BL 2710 E. Lincoln, BL

2,293 sq. ft.

Office Lease Space Yount/Pritts Team 1609 Northbrook, NL

600-9,000 sq. ft.

3,500 sq. ft.

Office Condo For LEASE Office Mike O’Neal/Meghan O’Neal Mike Talkington 1607 Tullamore, BL 1730 Bradford Ln., NL

NEW

For Lease ONLY 2,453 Retail; 3,395 Greenhouse 15,000 sq. ft.

For Sale/Lease Mike O’Neal/Meghan O’Neal Greg Yount 1407 N Veteran’s Pkwy/Lakewood Plaza, BL 1615 Commerce Parkway, BL

1,750 sq. ft.

Office Lease Space Thom Jones 105 N. Center, BL

Office Space for Lease 1,486, 6,378 & 9,567 sq. ft.

5,879 sq. ft.

Retail Mike O’Neal/Meghan O’Neal Mike O’Neal/Meghan O’Neal 100 S. Fell Ave., NL 112 E. Washington, BL

M R O E V A E D I Y N Dntwn. Office For Sale 6,963 sq. ft.

Mike Flynn 404 Brock, BL

3,700 sq. ft.

2,000-8,478 sq. ft.

1,610 & 3,200 sq. ft.

Professional Office Space Retail Office/Retail Lease Mike O’Neal/Meghan O’Neal Mike O’Neal/Meghan O’Neal Mike O’Neal/Meghan O’Neal 408 E. College, NL 208-210 N. Center, BL 205 N. Main, BL

NEW

FOR SALE

2,100 sq. ft.

Office Lease Mike O’Neal/Meghan O’Neal 3703 Ireland Grove, BL

3-Story Bldg. Downtown BL 17,046 sq. ft.

Mike O’Neal/Meghan O’Neal 802 S. Eldorado, BL

1,300, 3,870 or 9,719 sq. ft.

Offices 2nd or 3rd Floor Mike O’Neal/Meghan O’Neal 401 Jefferson, BL

PENDING NEW 2,361 sq. ft.

Restaurant Laura Pritts 415 Detroit Drive, BL

14,277 sq. ft. per floor Retail/Office Mike O’Neal/Meghan O’Neal 802 S. Eldorado, BL

39,500 sq. ft.

Class A Office Building Yount/Pritts Team 850 W. Hovey, NL

2,576 sq. ft.

14,904 sq. ft. on 1.05 acres Office Lease Space 4 Tenant Bldg.

Mike O’Neal/Meghan O’Neal Greg Yount 1501 N. Veteran’s Pkwy., BL 1209 Towanda Ave., BL

19,446 sq. ft.

Church Laura Pritts 1503 E. College, NL

PENDING

35,268 sq. ft.

Theatre Mike O’Neal/Meghan O’Neal

4,122 or 4,151 sq. ft.

Retail Greg Yount

2,800-5,586 sq. ft. Lease Retail near ISU Laura Pritts

No warranties or representation, express or implied, is made as to the accuracy of the information contained herein, and same is submitted subject to errors, omissions, change of price, withdrawal without notice, and to any special listing conditions imposed by our principals.

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16,950 sq. ft.

38,000 sq. ft.

9,001 sq. ft.

Retail Space Freestanding Restaurant Retail Center for Sale/Lease Mike O’Neal/Meghan O’Neal Mike Talkington Mike O’Neal/Meghan O’Neal Coldwell Banker The Real Estate Group. Coldwell Banker Commercial® is a registered trademark licensed to Coldwell Banker The Real Estate Group. An Equal Opportunity Company. Each Office is Independently Owned and Operated Except Offices Owned and Operated by NRT Inc.

2005 Jacobssen, A-C, BL

1540 E. College, NL

14171 Carole Drive, BL

1503 E. College, NL

10670 IL 10, Clinton

305 S. Center, BL

FOR SALE NEW 3,487-11,487 6,100 sq. ft.

2,794 sq. ft.

1,200-2,773 sq. ft.

Medical Office Condos Retail Office Lease - Full Gross Office/Retail Yount/Pritts Team Mike O’Neal/Meghan O’Neal Mike Talkington Mike O’Neal/Meghan O’Neal 1701 W. Market, BL 902-908 White Oak, BL 2206 Eastland Drive, BL 203 Locust, BL

NEW

Industrial Lease 151,200 sq. ft.

Mike Talkington 201 W. College, NL

12,339 sq. ft.

Automotive/Flex Mike O’Neal/Meghan O’Neal 1602 Tullamore, BL

NEW LEASED

Investment: 28,677 sq. ft.

Industrial Bldg. on 7.06 acres Mike O’Neal/Meghan O’Neal 2302 E. Oakland, BL

2,660 sq. ft.

Office Lease Space Mike O’Neal/Meghan O’Neal 206 S. Vine, Heyworth

5,360 sq. ft.

2 Tenant Building Greg Yount 121 W. North, NL

1,640 sq. ft.

Office for Lease Mike O’Neal/Meghan O’Neal

4,224 sq. ft.

Restaurant Mike Talkington

4,397 sq. ft.

Uptown NL Retail Laura Pritts

200 W. College, NL

Flex/Retail/Showroom 2,512 sq. ft.

7,000 sq. ft. LEASE Bank Building Mike O’Neal/Meghan O’Neal Greg Yount 801 S. Madison, BL Shoppes of College Hills, NL

53,000 sq. ft.

Church/School Greg Yount

2 Yount Dr., BL

NEW

9,486 sq. ft.

Office Lease Mike O’Neal/Meghan O’Neal 105 Front Street, BL

Retail/Office/Medical-LEASE Restaurant - 3 Story 1,519-8,096 sq. ft.

For Sale - Dwntwn. BL Mike O’Neal/Meghan O’Neal Mike O’Neal/Meghan O’Neal

1302 S. Madison, NL

CAR WASH INVESTMENT

Class A Professional Office Space in Uptown Normal Heartland Bank Building 2,010, 3,230 & 3,774 sq. ft.

Mike O’Neal/Meghan O’Neal

LAND FOR SALE

ADDRESS

Free-Standing Office Building East Side of Bloomington 5,834 sq. ft.

Possible medical/office/retail Mike Talkington SIZE

6 Manual & 2 Automatic Bays Accepts Debit/Credit/Gift Cards Larger Corner Lot (streets on 3 sides) Corner of Center & Virginia Greg Yount AGENT

1101 Gettysburg Dr., BL ............................................................................... .0.69 Acres ..................................................................Laura Pritts 111 Merle Lane, NL SOLD .................................................................................4 Acres .................................................................. Mike Flynn Wylie Dr. & Enterpise, BL..................................................................................5 Acres .................................................................. Greg Yount 1008 Wylie Dr., BL......................................................................................... 1.57 Acres .................................................................. Greg Yount Lumbertown Road, NL................................................................................. 10.0 Acres .................................................................. Mike Flynn Empire Business Park, BL ................................................................................. Various .................................................................. Greg Yount Parkway Village/Veterans Parkway & Mercer, BL .........................................1-3 Acres ..................................... Mike O’Neal/Meghan O’Neal Crossroads Center-Lots 4, 5 & 7, NL ........................................ 3.09, 3.27 & 3.88 Acres ....................................................... Yount/Pritts Team 2407 & 2419 Maloney, BL ...................................................................... .45 & .37 Acres .................................................................. Greg Yount 240 Greenwood, BL VETERAN’S PARKWAY ......................Corner Lot - 2.18 Acres .................................................................. Mike Flynn 2402 1/2 E. Empire, BL PENDING............................................................... 6.65 Acres .................................................................. Greg Yount Lot 500, Constitution Trail Centre................................................................ 0.91 Acres ..................................... Mike O’Neal/Meghan O’Neal 406-408 Detroit Dr., BL TOWANDA-BARNES RD. FRONTAGE/B-1 ..... 2.41 Acres .................................................................. Mike Flynn 1205 Towanda, BL ......................................................................................... 0.78 Acres ..........................................................Mike Talkington Towanda-Barnes/Leslie, BL .......................................................................... 5.06 Acres ..................................................................Laura Pritts Maple Hill Road, BL ................................................................. 0.93, 1.13, & 1.61 Acres ..................................... Mike O’Neal/Meghan O’Neal 4013 Pamela, BL............................................................................................. 0.57 Acres .................................................................. Greg Yount Sunset Drive, LeRoy at 174 Interchange ..................................................0.7-3.74 Acres ..................................................................Laura Pritts Prairie Meadows, Heyworth ..................................................................... 1.0-5.0 Acres ..........................................................Mike Talkington

No warranties or representation, express or implied, is made as to the accuracy of the information contained herein, and same is submitted subject to errors, omissions, change of price, withdrawal without notice, and to any special listing conditions imposed by our principals.

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DISTRESSED COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE MARKET THAT NEVER HAPPENED

W

hat is a distressed asset? A distressed property is property where the loan amount is greater than the actual value.

That’s the long and short of it.

Distressed properties were supposed to arrive at commercial real estate’s door in 2021, but it never materialized.

Research by Real Capital Analytics (RCA) shows there were low levels of troubled CRE assets that hit the market, despite the dire predictions and investors’ expectations that 2021 would produce opportunities to buy properties at steep discounts.

RCA economist Jim Costello writes, “The Covid-19 crisis led to a flurry of fund announcements where investors planned to use the distressed investment playbook that worked so well after the Global Financial Crisis (GFC).

These fund managers raised money on a mistaken belief that this downturn would be the same as the last. To date, distressed asset sales have been minimal as the nature of the crisis was uniquely different from previous downturns.”

Distressed asset sales were limited in 2021. In fact, they represented a smaller share of the market than at the 30

same point after the onset of the GFC. The GFC crisis started in December of 2007, distressed asset sales already accounted for 7% of the market, eventually peaking at a 20% share of the total. By comparison, as of Q3 2021, about the same timeframe after the GFC commenced, distressed sales represented less than 1% of total sales.

To be fair, the current crisis arrived differently than the GFC since it presented as a shock to the real economy.

By comparison, the earlier challenge was a shock to the financialmarket.Still,investors, financial market regulators and the government reacted swiftly to bolster the economy when the pandemic first arrived by enacting stimulus in the form of the CARES Act. Those actions helped ease the fears of Americans and stabilized the anxieties across financial markets by continuing a flow of capital to debt markets. It provided debt to the market, which in turn stemmed distressed sales simply because owners were rarely forced to unload a property because it was still producing cash flow.

Still, commercial real estate properties are not all likely to escape unscathed

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from the current clouds of the pandemic economy. There are fundamental changes emerging across the asset classes that are expected to shape the structure of the office work environment, impact consumer behaviors, disrupt the flow of goods across the supply chain, and bring changes to the travel sector. Those factors will add up to adjustments in income expectations at the property level that need to be accounted for in performance metrics.

It will take an extended period of time for all of those shifts to occur too, thus how they all play out and who the winners and losers are will also not be known for years.

The majority of CRE assets and markets remain healthy, but avoiding distress may not be unavoidable for some, especially those already in trouble before the pandemic arrived.

Thom Jones, is a licensed broker at Coldwell Banker Commercial Real Estate Group in Bloomington.

For more information on commercial real estate, contact Thom at (309) 826-3073 or thom@thomjones.biz

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