Articles Tagged: Cedar Lake

The city of Cedar Rapids is negotiating a deal to purchase land from Rick and Marsha Stickle for no more than $10 million to build the flood control levee around Cedar Lake.

A state panel has asked Cedar Rapids to reapply for funds to support the ConnectCR project to revitalize Cedar Lake, but city officials say the decision won’t stop the transformative endeavor from moving forward. Reapplying “fits perfectly” with the project timeline, city officials say.

ConnectCR project seemed like a long shot, but it’s now poised to become a major destination.

A vision for lake transformation started with Cedar Rapids citizens long before the $20 million ConnectCR bridge and lake revitalization project came to fruition.

A Coe College team is leading efforts to study wildlife in and around Cedar Lake in a collaborative research project with the community. People can contribute to scientific research with the iNaturalist mobile app.