"A short walk from the Hoosiers' home of Memorial Stadium, the newly (temporarily) named retention pond at Miller-Showers Park is an unassuming body of water -- you have to switch to "satellite" mode to even see its outline on Google Maps. That doesn't mean it doesn't serve an important purpose, though. The park pond helps slow water flow during rainstorms and filters pollutants, among other benefits."
""Like a great cornerback, a well-designed stormwater pond knows how to contain and protect," the city of Bloomington's news release reads. The news release also makes it plenty clear that the new name for the pond will not be permanent, listing a few necessary qualifications for the unofficial moniker in bullet point form: "This is an honorary, temporary name. No maps are changing, and no signs are being installed. The pond remains a retention pond. The vibes, however, are permanent.""
D'Angelo Ponds is a cornerback for Indiana's national championship-bound football team and is among the nation's top players at his position. A retention pond at Miller-Showers Park, a short walk from Memorial Stadium, was temporarily nicknamed "D'Angelo's Pond." The pond is small and not easily visible on Google Maps, but it provides stormwater functions such as slowing runoff and filtering pollutants. The city compared the pond's protective role to a great cornerback. The honorary name is explicitly temporary and unofficial, with no changes to maps or signs, though social media calls prompted the rename and the nickname may persist informally.
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