Imagine Bloomington 2025

Sustainability

From feedback gathered at Imagine Bloomington community meetings, the City developed key themes.

Shape the future rather than react to a changing environment.
Provide children with opportunities to succeed and lead.
Support the efforts of our business community.
Be stewards of our environment.
Preserve and enhance neighborhood vitality.

These themes are integrated with City sustainability goals: protecting and enhancing Bloomington's environmental, economic and social assets for ourselves and future generations.

Three aspects of sustainability

Environmental

Bloomington's history of good stewardship provides a foundation for future environmental sustainability. Bloomington's early leaders sought to protect our valuable resources by:

Safeguarding the marshes along Nine Mile Creek and in the Minnesota River Valley and
Setting aside one-third of the city for parks and open space.

Economic

Bloomington has grown a very strong financial base that is reflected in our three triple-A bond ratings.

Only 24 out of 19,000 local governments have three triple-A ratings.
These bond ratings reflect the City's sustainable approach to fiscal management

Social

Social sustainability is about meeting the needs of everyone in our community, regardless of their socio-economic status.

This is even more important as our demographics change.
The city's goal is to provide suitable facilities for older adults while at the same time providing opportunities for a younger more diverse, population.

For more information, contact:

Larry Lee, Community Development Director
1800 W. Old Shakopee Road
PH: 952-563-8948, FAX: 952-563-8949
E-mail: llee@ci.bloomington.mn.us

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