Case Date:

7/15/2025

I am afraid of this park due to drugs, sleeping people and drinking. It sure sets a bad example for Bloomington as a friendly town.

Case Date:

7/19/2025

Safety hazard: There is Exposed barbed wire on the edge of the playing fields. Along the eastern edge where the fields meet the woods, there are several lines of barbed wire. They have been there for decades, but I recently saw a person get cut from them when they went into the edge of the woods to retrieve a ball. It is particularly dangerous starting at the press box and walking north along the woods - about 4 feet in from the playing fields. In some areas, it is a single piece of barb wire about 3 feet off the ground – easy to run into. In other areas (behind one set of bleachers) there is more of it in coils on the ground. Towards the northern edge where the field meets the woods, it is farther into the woods and it is a fence. I think it would be in the City’s and the community‘s best interest to remove this to avoid further injury. I suggest staff scan the entire line to make sure they get it all and don’t miss the pieces that are hidden by growth. These are the coordinates for a section that is on the ground and hard to see; 39.12601° N, 86.50944° W (In one photo I took of the barbed wire it is almost impossible to see because it blends in with the sticks.)

Case Date:

7/5/2025

We did our first visit Switchyard park - small dog area. I have a 6lb chihuahua. I experienced him getting out at Ferguson dog park. So any dog park we visit I check for gaps. The small dog area at Switchyard needs to be checked by Psrks. There were many gaps from fence to ground that’s tiny dogs could get out. The gaps need to be filled with dirt to bring over the fence line. Please let me know when this is corrected so we can return. Thank you.

Case Date:

7/22/2025

The water fountain by the large shelter house does not work.

Case Date:

7/22/2025

Rotting boards that you walk on to get to the top section with the big slides. The hallway like area has at least 2-4 boards that are beginning to rot and bend. If someone heavy stepped on them it would definitely break.

Case Date:

7/26/2025

Sturdy looking guy distributing drugs in Seminary Park. He was wearing a green vest.

Case Date:

7/26/2025

One of the xylophones in the playground north of the Switchyard dog park is no longer connected to a cord. It's just sitting there on the ground.

Case Date:

7/26/2025

There is poison ivy around the inside of the perimeter of the tennis court (where balls often go)

Case Date:

6/19/2018

I find it ridiculous that we can't watch a news channel on the treadmills. I have basic tv at home and look forward to seeing other information. Is there a compromise?

Case Date:

8/1/2018

People have been camping in the shelter houses at 9th St. Park for several weeks, if not months. I've been reluctant to officially report it but over the last week it's become a bit more permanent. And also a bit unruly.