Articles Tagged: Cedar Rapids

Local leaders ‘disappointed’ the project did not make RAISE Grant funding list

After the iconic Cedar Rapids arts organization lost its tax-exempt status for failing to file three years of tax returns, the IRS’ decision to reinstate its status opens access to more funding as the group grapples with its long-term sustainability.

Florida band bringing musical mix to Cedar Rapids concert

Tax incentives estimated at a $3 million value will support Altorfer’s creation of a 150,000 square-foot office, sales and service facility at 8400 Sixth St. SW that will serve as the company’s new headquarters.

“That's the best we could do as a council,” Mayor O’Donnell says after the school board declined the city’s offers to negotiate to keep the two additional school resource officers or to meet to discuss the program.

Nicole Andrew and her kids moved back into their home just 2 weeks ago after it was destroyed in the 2020 derecho. She’s among a number of property owners whose efforts to swiftly fix homes for various reasons stalled in the 2 years after the disaster.

About half the roughly $100 million in aid to local governments sought by Cedar Rapids, Marion, Hiawatha, Robins and Linn County in the aftermath of the 2020 derecho has been received so far from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

About $800,000 remains for qualifying residents of single-family homes and mobile homes that sustained damage in the August 2020 derecho. As funds dwindle likely by the end of the year, officials urged anyone who may be in need to apply with urgency.

The Cedar Rapids Police Department is investigating a shooting that happened Monday near the corner of Underwood Avenue and Burdette Drive SW.

The second location for the popular chicken finger destination plans to open at the end of 2022.

The menu offers wraps, sandwiches, burgers, tacos, salads and coffee from Dash Roasters.

The new cafe for smoothies, wraps, breakfast bowls and more is part of a rapidly expanding franchise brand in the Corridor.

Organizations are using more grassroots efforts to plant trees, and many residents taking the initiative since the Aug. 10, 2020, derecho.

“I feel good knowing that so many people love me,” said Freda Long, whose historic Black-owned business needs exterior wall repairs. A GoFundMe seeks to raise money to help pay to fix the beloved community space in the Oakhill Jackson neighborhood.

City, county plan ‘community conversation’ at two-year mark of disaster