The Cedar Rapids City Council on Tuesday gave the go-ahead to a project to reconstruct the roadways on 10th Street SE, Eighth Avenue SE and Mount Vernon Road SE to create a roundabout at the high-traffic intersection near McKinley STEAM Academy, Mercy Medical Center and other businesses.
City officials are evaluating the city’s membership with the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance. “Do we need more from the Economic Alliance or do we need less?” Mayor O’Donnell said in delaying a vote on the member fee.
Land in the northwest quadrant near downtown will be earmarked for a potential casino for the next few years, should state regulators eventually award a license to operate a gaming facility in Linn County.
The Cedar Rapids City Council tabled a vote on the Cedar Rapids Country Club’s expansion project — a proposal for a new indoor tennis facility that got the green light last year but has since been modified to be an outdoor complex.
The downtown Cedar Rapids building that formerly housed The Gazette is undergoing a $6.3 million redevelopment to become new offices for the Shuttleworth & Ingersoll law firm.
The Cedar Rapids City Council has signed off on a contract with Alexandria, Virginia-based International Association of Chiefs of Police to search for a new individual to lead the Cedar Rapids Police Department for an amount not to exceed $62,650.
While Iowa lawmakers have passed a bill to fix a state error, leaving local governments down millions in expected revenue as they set their budgets for the 2024 fiscal year, Cedar Rapids still plans to invest in key priorities like flood control and economic development.
The Cedar Rapids City Council will award tax incentives Tuesday to International Paper for a $103 million expansion project. The facility will retain 240 jobs and create seven new ones at the high-quality wage threshold.
Several high-impact quality-of-life projects will move forward in coming year
The Cedar Rapids City Council has signed off on resolutions of support for multifamily and single-family housing projects that are seeking a slice of federal disaster recovery funds to add a combined 300 housing units in the community.
Cedar Rapids City Manager Jeff Pomeranz -- the highest paid city administrator in Iowa -- is slated to receive a 4 percent pay bump this week with a City Council vote.
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.
Iowa City awards 3 tourism grants
A district court judge has dismissed lawsuits that challenged council votes that advanced Cargill’s construction of a rail yard in Cedar Rapids’ Rompot neighborhood. The rail yard is slated to become fully operational in December.
The Cedar Rapids City Council gave the green light last week for the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Corridor to rezone property where the organization is building a permanent location.
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