Perry Township Locations in Breaking Away

In the summer of 1978, the film Breaking Away began filming in and around Bloomington, Indiana. It featured many recognizable Bloomington buildings and landmarks, including the sprawling campus of Indiana University, Nick’s English Hut, and of course the limestone quarries. Other locations featured have since been torn down or build up in the almost 40 years since the film was created.

Among them is 1010 S. Walnut Street, where the present-day Perry Township Trustee’s office is located. In Breaking Away, main character Dave’s father Ray owned “Campus Cars,” a used-car lot where several scenes take place. In real life it was an actual car lot for many years before the current buildings housing Perry Township and several non-profit organizations were built in 1984. It has been owned by the Township since 1993.

Township Publishes Study on Assistance Program and Employment Questionnaires

November 20, 2017

Perry Township is releasing for the first time a client profile/report of persons requesting Township Emergency Assistance of some type for necessities of living for which a need has arisen due to financial hardship.   The data contained within this report was mined from the Township Assistance files and budget expenditures required by the state of Indiana or was extracted from a short questionnaire each applicant for assistance was asked to complete and submit anonymously at the time of application.

The data recorded and released in this profile/profile will be used by Perry Township for budgetary forecasts and determining community need and hopefully by other units of local government and social agencies for our continuing education on which to base future policies.  

There are what we considered some surprises illustrated within the data that will be discussed here.

March 13, 2017

Bobby's Pantry Switching to Paper and Reusable Bags

January 31, 2017

Bobby’s Pantry, the food pantry run through the Perry Township Trustee’s office, will be switching to cloth and paper bags beginning on February 1, 2017. This is part of an effort to reduce waste and use more environmentally sustainable materials.

The Trustee encourages anyone visiting the food pantry to bring their re-usable bags in when they come for groceries. The Township has also purchased 500 reusable bags with the name “Bobby’s Pantry” on them to distribute with food over the next few months. If you visit the Pantry and receive one or more of these bags with your food, try to bring these bags back with you each time you visit for food.