Articles Tagged: Cedar Rapids

It’s time to awaken the “Sleeping Giant”: The demolition of the old CRANDIC Railway Bridge will begin this fall to clear a path for a new bridge as part of the $20 million ConnectCR project.

NewBo City Market is preparing to undergo a $2.5 million project to transform the inside of the facility with community spaces, more room for businesses and a second-floor mezzanine.

40 percent of bread made in North America uses its yeast

Outdoor, indoor options for cooling down as temperatures climb

McGrath Amphitheatre lineup also includes Sugar Ray, Tonic and Fastball

The city of Cedar Rapids has opened the newly relocated and reconfigured skatepark after building a detention basin as part of the permanent flood control system. The facility is now entirely made of concrete and features 28 obstacles -- a variety of quarterpipes, wedges, ledges and more.

Also, Linn County’s Joan McCalmant recognized for service to county government

The Parkridge situation highlights the challenges of living in a neighborhood where some functions — such as maintaining structures or treating wells — have been outsourced to homeowner associations, often led by volunteer boards with little experience and high turnover.

The buyer, Arnold Motor Supply in Spencer, has 70 stores in Midwest and in planning for its upcoming centennial.

Marion business also clears out homes after a death

Flood, pandemic have kept Cedar Rapids comedy club on the move.

Local developers were awarded city financial incentives this week to build a $4 million Brown NationaLease facility in southwest Cedar Rapids that will create 10 jobs. The company leases a space in North Liberty.

Communities in the Cedar Rapids metro are partnering in a new initiative to attract people from out of state to live and work in the region, setting aside past feuds over jobs in an effort to address the worker shortage.

Cedar Rapids native Brad Fowler launches PG-13 pet project.

Several housing projects in the Corridor will get a boost from workforce housing tax credits recently awarded by the state — adding 458 residential units online in the area, with Cedar Rapids projects driving the influx of housing.