Bloomington Mayor Mark Kruzan spoke to guests before the city’s Commission on Hispanic and Latino Affairs presented awards.
“I want you to consider Bloomington your home,” Kruzan told the students in the audience.
He wished the students luck for the new school year and talked about how he fell in love with Bloomington as an IU student.
The commission and the city, Kruzan said, “want people to feel welcome, to feel safe, to feel they are a full participant in the community.”