Articles Tagged: Time Check

Save CR Heritage had just weeks to raise enough money to purchase the historic Zastera Pharmacy building in northwest Cedar Rapids. The nonprofit closed on the sale earlier this month after a successful fundraising campaign.

The two projects will add a combined 48 units to western Cedar Rapids in previously flood-ravaged areas.

In the 17 years since the 2008 flood, the former Zastera Pharmacy in Cedar Rapids’ Time Check neighborhood has sat empty. Now, a local nonprofit is looking to buy it outright. But it needs help raising the money to do so.

Longtime Matthew 25 leader Clint Twedt-Ball will step down July 15.

Hundreds of volunteers assisted in almost 40 home repair projects in Cedar Rapids this week for the 10th annual Transform Week.

Preference will be given to financially feasible proposals that focus on residential and/or commercial development.

Emergency donation plea brings in $13,500, allows for payment plan for debt

The Cedar Rapids neighborhood that was devastated by the 2008 flood now has rehabilitated housing, new businesses, and a nonprofit grocery store. Local leaders hope new flood protections are next.

A street extension that connects the Time Check neighborhood and Ellis Boulevard to downtown Cedar Rapids — and is expected to spur investment in the neighborhood that was

Although the flood wiped out much of the neighborhood, it’s on the cusp of recovery with permanent flood protection on the horizon. Investments from residents and developers are slowly but surely bringing it back to life.

A condemnation hearing Wednesday provided the first test that city officials and neighbors are looking to as the precedent for how future eminent domain proceedings may pan out for the city’s flood control system.

“You don’t often get the chance to reprogram 130 acres in the middle of your city,” council member Tyler Olson said of the effort to craft a greenway plan to transform the 130-acre space along the west side of the Cedar River.

Two Maryland artists have worked on two murals in Cedar Rapids’ Time Check neighborhood, beautifying one of the areas in town that was hit hardest by the 2008 flood.

Cedar Rapids officials believe the short extension of Ellis to Sixth Street NW could have a transformative impact by easing traffic flow and improving access to the Northwest Neighborhood.