BLOOMINGTON The future Hopewell neighborhood is Bloomington's largest housing development plan. The city hopes to keep Hopewell affordable by thinking small.

Mayor Kerry Thomson and development firm Flintlock LAB unveiled its updated plans for the Hopewell neighborhood to residents Monday night. The ideal proposal for the first two redevelopment blocks would feature 118 homes which would cost between $175,000 and $676,000.

"We have been the least affordable place in the state of Indiana," Thomson said. "How do we make a community that really attracts the people that work in Bloomington in a way where they can afford to live in Bloomington?"

The city hopes to fit more homes on less space by allowing houses to face alleys instead of a proper street. It would require changing Bloomington's

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