Bloomfield really struggled economically after the closing of the Farmers bank in the early 80s, the loss of the bank which was not fully insured caused the town's people living there a lot of finical loss. Way too many are still living in the 1970's thinking, that the Gilfilen clinic is going to come back and that it will once again be the Iowa City hosptals and clinics to the south. They need to embrace the idea that they are a bedroom community of Ottumwa, and you can work there, but live in Bloomfield
They finally fixed up the streets around the square and the sidewalks which was supposed to be done 10 years ago but the former major axed the project which had been passed by the council, and was most likely illegal as hell. Bloomfield is a nice quiet little town, but you are 100 miles from either IC or DM, and with Ottumwa being your closest area for shopping, it's also struggling.
