Corbett meets Culver in Des Moines on Thursday before Culver comes to Cedar Rapids to talk business, housing

Mayor-elect Ron Corbett is meeting with Gov. Chet Culver in Des Moines late Thursday morning. Corbett, who will be in Des Moines to give a speech to a university leadership group, has said he wants to encourage Culver to name someone from the Cedar Rapids area as the state's new economic development chief.

By mid-afternoon Thursday, Culver will head to Cedar Rapids to announce new disaster policies related to business and housing. Specifically related to housing, he will address the issue of “duplication of benefits,” which is a review that precedes payments to homeowners to make sure they are not getting paid twice for the same thing.

Culver's news conference in Cedar Rapids is scheduled for 2:45 p.m. at Town Centre, 201 Third Ave. SE.