BLOOMINGTON - Schools and university properties are tops among Bloomington property owners recognized by the city of Bloomington and its beautification committee.

Committee Chairman Stan Cain said the committee received the most nominations it has ever received: 90 residential and non-residential properties.

Among non-residential properties, Bloomington-based School District 87 received awards for Bent Elementary School, 904 N. Roosevelt St., and Bloomington High School, 1202 E. Locust St.

University properties to win include Illinois Wesleyan University's Ames Library and its Sesquicentennial Gateway at Empire and Park streets and Genevieve Green Gardens at Ewing Cultural Center, 48 Sunset Road, which is associated with Illinois State University.

Non-residential properties recognized by the city were Bloomingtonian Condominiums, 102 W. Locust St.; Parke Hotel and Conference Center, 1414 Towanda Barnes Road; Sarah's Garden at David Davis Mansion, 1000 E. Monroe Drive; Washington Commons, 101 N. Veterans Parkway, and Wesley United Methodist Church, 502 E. Front St.

Residential winners were Dorothy Allen, 308 S. Morris Ave.; Stephen and JoAnn Sweeney, 407 E. Beecher St.; Arden Nowers and Gene Drager, 421 E. Grove St.; Andrew and Erica Hartman, 703 E. Monroe St.; Ed and Chris Kraft, 7 Breckenridge Drive; Tom and Sue Ocheltree, 15 Sunset Road; Judy and Howard Henrichs, 17 Sunset Road; Charles Patrick Hartley, 715 E. Bissell St.; Bobby Zenor, 909 S. Mercer Ave.; Thomas and DeAnn Anderson, 1101 Maple St.; Izola Tyus, 1202 W. Jackson St.; Jack and Patsy Bowles, 1208 Elmwood St.; John and Joan Gum, 1306 Crown Court; and Mark and Kelli Klinzing, 2002 Stone Mountain Blvd.