Articles Tagged: Cedar Rapids

Local nonprofit Friends of Noelridge is fundraising to add another mural highlighting the beauty and benefits of native species to the Noelridge Greenhouse. Here’s how you can pitch in.

The Izaak Walton League led efforts in the watershed, collaborating with Cedar Rapids staff in some locations

Iowa Economic Development Authority Director Debi Durham highlighted Iowa’s need for housing units and population growth during her speech at a luncheon hosted by the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance at the DoubleTree in downtown Cedar Rapids on Tuesday afternoon.

Iowa State Auditor Rob Sand held news conferences, met with lawmakers and gathered letters from bipartisan leaders to try to stop a bill that would limit his access to state records. Now, with Senate File 478 sitting on Gov. Kim Reynolds’ desk awaiting her expected signature, Sand is taking his case on the road.

Also, Cedar Rapids shares water quality report

As he prepares to retire at the end of the month after nearly 30 years of service to the community, Les Garner, Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation president and CEO, considers his ultimate impact to be “the extent to which I have enabled those people to be better at what they do.”

Linn County Supervisor Louie Zumbach pitched streamlining services with area local governments in his State of the County address while lamenting record-high inflation and downplaying the role of state property tax reform in the fiscal woes facing the county.

Li replaces pianist Garrick Ohlsson, who is ill.

Of Willie Nelson’s Wednesday evening performance at Cedar Rapids’ McGrath Amphitheatre, The Gazette’s Diana Nollen writes of the musical icon, “His voice is a little softer, a little more gravely, but in the solo spotlight, offers his own non-stop waves of nostalgia, especially on ‘Always on My Mind.’”

We tried out initial offerings at NewBo City Market’s Food Truck Tuesdays. See our thoughts and find out where else you can grab delicious street food in the Corridor.

Local skaters, guest performers spin into Broadway theme May 20 at ImOn Ice in Cedar Rapids.

A site in the New Bohemia District that has languished for years after the 2008 flood soon will be transformed with commercial space and 34 housing units.

The Linn County Board of Supervisors signaled preliminary interest in having the developer of the Dows Farm “agri-community” site buy and take over management of the farm elements of the property.

Beyond fiscal 2024, permanent funding will need to be identified for the Sustainability Department role aimed at boosting disaster resiliency. But the supervisors’ decision ends months of uncertainty over how to fund the role after they barred the use of ARPA dollars to pilot the position.

The menu displays quite a variety. Sandwiches focus on Philly varieties with options like jerk chicken, as well as reubens, Italian beef sandwiches and po’ boys.