Community Members Opposed to the Bloomington Business Park Warehouses & Calling on County of San Bernardino to Listen to Bloomington Residents
County of San Bernardino Board of Supervisors
Dear Bloomington Supporter,
We need your loud voices and support again to stand up and protect Bloomington! We have won once and can win again if we stand together and united!
The Bloomington Business Park Specific Plan (BBPSP), a 3 million sq. ft. warehouse project, is being proposed AGAIN. Their plan is to build 3 huge warehouses and a truck trailer parking lot in South Bloomington. The warehouse project would bring in over 1,300 truck trips a day into an already congested Cedar Avenue and plans to run 24/7 even though it would be across the street from Bloomington High School and next door to Zimmerman Elementary.
The project was first passed by the County Board of Supervisors of San Bernardino in 2022. The community sprung into action and sued. In 2024, a Superior Court Judge ruled in our favor and halted the construction of the BBPSP.
Brookfield Corporation, a predatory mega real estate developer with millions of sq ft of warehousing in the IE continues to say that the BBPSP will benefit the community. How does destroying 117 homes, displacing families and subjecting communities to negative health impacts through their development help us?
Brookfield is not and will not be a “good neighbor.” They have avoided an estimated $6.5 billion in taxes! The “Environmentally Unfriendly” developer has been caught underestimating its CO2 polluting emissions that have negative impacts on local residents and businesses. Lastly, they have also been supported by communities impacted by their projects!
We have lost student enrollment and are taking away business from our small businesses in the area. The County of San Bernardino has failed Bloomington, by not meeting our basic needs for lighting, curbs, sewage hookups, drivable roads and other infrastructure improvements. Now they want to force us out as a solution. There are better options for Bloomington! And it's not putting warehouses in the middle of our neighborhood!
Due to all the past support and resistance - the BBPSP has NOT been built. However, they are back to try again. But we are still here and ready to remind them that this is NOT what Bloomington residents need or want. It is well documented by residents that they want their community to stay in residential neighborhoods! They want more commercial areas for small businesses in the region to thrive. They do not want to live with the air pollution, traffic, safety concerns and health impacts that come from warehouses being placed in residential areas.
Your voice matters! And your representatives need to listen to you! Tell the County to listen to what the wants and needs of the Bloomington community. Demand that they stop the disinvestment that leaves our neighborhoods vulnerable. Tell them to do their job and VOTE AGAINST the BBPSP and VOTE FOR the Bloomington Residents and Business Owners.
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Petition by
To:
County of San Bernardino Board of Supervisors
From:
[Your Name]
I am strongly opposed to the Bloomington Business Park Specific Plan Project, and I urge you to vote against this project.
Our communities have been engaging with the County of San Bernardino for years sharing our vision of a thriving residential community sprinkled with the agricultural and equestrian elements that make Bloomington unique. For years, residents have worked to preserve this holistic lifestyle and rich culture. We have had many challenges, but we continue to welcome emerging small businesses that appreciate our neighborhoods. Now, more than ever, we need your support and vote in favor of preserving our community!
The Bloomington Business Park Specific Plan will have significant environmental impacts that threaten the health and well-being of our families, businesses, schools, parks and overall lifestyle.
We urge you to keep us safe, by honestly representing the interests of the constituents that put you in your seat and who you have taken an oath to serve. We need your help to protect the integrity of the community and our homes.
Bloomington, once known for its quaint small-town lifestyle in harmony with the natural world, has experienced a massive influx of warehouse development, and an ever-growing sea of concrete is consuming our green open spaces. This evident change to the fabric of our community has fueled strong public opposition to the Bloomington Business Park Project and the dangerous growth of warehouse developments next to homes, schools, and parks. If the Bloomington Business Park Project’s fate were in our community members’ hands, this project would not be an agenda item. The community would have promptly rejected the project, and prioritized developments focused on protecting our community and ensuring a safe and healthy ecosystem where Bloomington residents can ride, learn, and work. Warehouses are not what community members have requested and certainly not what they deserve.
My unwavering position is that the County of San Bernardino Board of Supervisors oppose the Bloomington Business Park Specific Plan. I ask that you reconsider alternatives to warehouse projects through outreach and a civic engagement process to collaborate with Bloomington community members to create and implement planning that will allow its residents to enjoy a better quality of life now and for generations to come.
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Me opongo firmemente al Proyecto del Plan Específico del Parque Empresarial de Bloomington y les insto a votar en contra.
Nuestras comunidades llevan años colaborando con el Condado de San Bernardino, compartiendo nuestra visión de una comunidad residencial próspera, con los elementos agrícolas y ecuestres que hacen de Bloomington un lugar único. Durante años, los residentes han trabajado para preservar este estilo de vida holístico y nuestra rica cultura. Hemos enfrentado muchos desafíos, pero seguimos dando la bienvenida a las pequeñas empresas emergentes que valoran nuestros vecindarios. Ahora, más que nunca, necesitamos su apoyo y su voto a favor de la preservación de nuestra comunidad.
El Plan Específico del Parque Empresarial de Bloomington tendrá importantes impactos ambientales que amenazan la salud y el bienestar de nuestras familias, negocios, escuelas, parques y nuestro estilo de vida en general.
Les instamos a que nos protejan, representando honestamente los intereses de los electores que los eligieron y a quienes han jurado servir. Necesitamos su ayuda para proteger la integridad de la comunidad y nuestros hogares.
Bloomington, antes conocida por su pintoresco estilo de vida de pueblo pequeño en armonía con la naturaleza, ha experimentado una afluencia masiva de desarrollos de almacenes, y un mar de concreto cada vez mayor está consumiendo nuestros espacios verdes. Este evidente cambio en la estructura de nuestra comunidad ha generado una fuerte oposición pública al Proyecto del Parque Empresarial de Bloomington y al peligroso crecimiento de desarrollos de almacenes junto a viviendas, escuelas y parques. Si el destino del Proyecto del Parque Empresarial de Bloomington estuviera en manos de los miembros de nuestra comunidad, este proyecto no estaría en la agenda. La comunidad lo habría rechazado de inmediato y habría priorizado desarrollos enfocados en proteger nuestra comunidad y garantizar un ecosistema seguro y saludable donde los residentes de Bloomington puedan viajar, aprender y trabajar. Los almacenes no son lo que la comunidad ha solicitado y, desde luego, no lo que merece.
Mi postura firme es que la Junta de Supervisores del Condado de San Bernardino se opone al Plan Específico del Parque Empresarial de Bloomington. Les pido que reconsideren las alternativas a los proyectos de almacén a través de un proceso de divulgación y participación cívica para colaborar con los miembros de la comunidad de Bloomington para crear e implementar una planificación que permita a sus residentes disfrutar de una mejor calidad de vida ahora y para las generaciones venideras.