The final public input session will begin at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 27, at the county’s administration building in Iowa City. The Board of Supervisors has been discussing a list of priorities for the funding.
This year’s season will be the last at the Fillmore Building
The city of Cedar Rapids will create a grant program using, at most, $750,000 in federal American Rescue Plan funds to help nonprofits after the city paused payments of hotel-tax revenue.
The city plans to use $10.2 million of its approximately $28 million share of federal American Rescue Plan Act funds on two west side Flood Control System projects, bringing permanent protection to the part of town where Army Corps. of Engineers funding can’t be used.
Other priorities include eviction prevention, affordable housing, help to nonprofits
Cedar Rapids and Linn County officials seek collaboration on how to spend a combined $72 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds, looking to set aside old tensions to maximize public benefit.
City staff will present recommendations on how to spend American Rescue Plan Act funds during Tuesday’s City Council meeting
Linn County is holding two more public forums for input on how to allocate its share of federal American Rescue Plan Act funding
Housing, child care and climate were key issues mentioned Wednesday night
The district received the funding from the U.S. Department of Education and American Rescue Plan to help offset costs during the coronavirus pandemic.
Some lenders say their worst fears about impact of the coronavirus pandemic on mortgage delinquencies and potential foreclosures have not been realized.
Advocates ask area elected officials to commit money to those who have been left out of federal programs
“When you're looking at real ways to help American families, it's to make sure they're not seeing record inflation like we're experiencing right now,” Hinson said.
Advocacy groups are uniting to urge the Cedar Rapids City Council to use its share of federal American Rescue Plan funding to benefit the public good, in particular by developing more affordable housing.
Funding will go toward social services, workforce development, flood protection and lost city revenue
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