Community Organizations

Local chapter of National Organization of Emergency Nurses. Purpose: to promote education on emergency medicine and emergency nursing. Four meetings a year, call for dates and location.

Black Bear Grove, ADF, is a druid grove based in Bloomington, Indiana. They are dedicated to connecting with local land and honoring the spirits that reside around them, as well as working with and honoring the deities and spirits of the ancient Indo-European religious traditions. 

Bloominglabs is Indiana's first hackerspace (also known as a makerspace). We are a group of community members that have commonly rented a place where we can build projects both collectively and individually. We also have a mission to serve the community through educational efforts including conducting workshops and partnerships with libraries and local schools. We are open to the public on Wednesday evenings from 7pm until 10pm and are family friendly.

Membership is required. Call or visit the web site for more information.

The Bloomington Bicycle Club, Inc., (BBC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting bicycling in all its diversity. Formed in 1976 and incorporated in 1984, the BBC serves primarily Monroe County, Indiana, and the surrounding area.

The Bloomington Board of REALTORS® is a professional trade association representing REALTORS® in Monroe and Owen Counties, Indiana. Chartered in 1947, BBOR maintains affiliations with the National and Indiana Associations of REALTORS®, and the many institutes, societies and councils that offer professional accreditation to its members. BBOR and its members maintain at the core of their activities the REALTOR® Code of Ethics, the first of its kind among professional trade associations.

In the belief that choral singing nurtures the human spirit, the mission of Bloomington Chamber Singers is to provide excellence in performance, education, and community engagement.

Bloomington Area Chess Club, also has connections with IU Chess Club. All chess players are welcome.

We encourage and promote the hobby of numismatics (coin collecting).

We meet the third Thursday of each month. Doors open at 6:00pm at the Methodist Church at 1820 Arlington Rd Bloomington, Indiana.

Call Bill at (812) 322-7131

Coincollec [at] aol.com

Bloomington based group that focuses on providing bicycle transportation. Services include the following:

Bloomington Cooperative Living Inc. was founded in the Fall of 2007 in Bloomington, Indiana using a nonprofit housing cooperative model. The organization is incorporated for the fostering of an economically, ecologically, and socially sustainable society through the practice of cooperative living. Bloomington Cooperative Living welcomes all community members to join the organization for weekly potlucks. BCL was founded by students from Indiana University and experienced coopers from places such as Ann Arbor, MI, Madison, WI , Athens, OH , and Berkley, CA. We are members of the North American Students of Cooperation. Please contact us if you would like to learn more about visitng and/or joining the co-op!

The purpose of the Bloomington Developmental Learning Center is to provide an educational, child-centered, family-oriented, multi-ethnic child care program to our member families. BDLC provides individualized attention through a self-paced environmental exploration with appropriate guided instruction.