Articles Tagged: Cedar Rapids

Alt metal band playing ‘A Farewell to Kings’ in its entirety.

The Charter Review Commission now has until June 30 instead of May 1 to complete its review of the city charter and consider recommending changes such as language to adopt ranked-choice voting if it becomes allowed under state law.

The redevelopment of long-vacant city-owned property known as First and First West will start this spring, bringing a mix of restaurants, housing, a Big Grove and other uses online now that the City Council has approved a development agreement

After voters in November opted to extend the local option sales tax that funds Cedar Rapids’ street work, the city has begun work on over 40 projects for 2022. Here’s where to expect road construction this year.

NewBo City Market, known for incubating small restaurants inside of its building, will continue to cultivate food vendors outside of its building as the weather warms up.

The federal government will cover a larger share of the cost for disasters that occurred in 2020 and 2021, a move that will save Iowa communities millions on 2020 derecho recovery expenses.

Cedar Rapids is asking residents to participate in the city’s Green Homes program by completing sustainable actions or making future commitments and then logging them online through April 21. Participating residents and neighborhoods will be recognized at EcoFest, held in person this year on April 23 at NewBo City Market.

Two area nonprofits, Monarch Research and Trees Forever, will continue to help Linn County residents replant trees downed in the 2020 derecho with tree distributions this spring.

Council will consider rezoning land and right-of-way vacation for Cedar Rapids Country Club expansion plans. The proposal worries some who fear increased traffic, light pollution, and impacts to the area’s historic character.

The Solid Waste Agency has opened the Mount Trashmore trails and overlook for the 2022 season, though hours of operation are weather permitting. Weather-related closures always are posted on the Mount Trashmore website.

There’s more than what meets the eye at six sites in the Wickiup Hill Natural Area in Toddville — all with a different story unique to the people who lived there thousands of years before Iowa was discovered by European-American settlers.

The public will being seeing seedlings as post-derecho plans take root at the historic Cedar Rapids Brucemore estate.

Compost and wood chips are now available in Iowa City and Cedar Rapids, though demand is high in the spring and summer seasons.

The name “Stephen Norman” may not ring a bell around Eastern Iowa, but plenty have known and loved him by his radio name, Ric Swann. Swann, for years part of Cedar Rapids' KZIA radio’s Schulte & Swann morning team, died of cancer early Wednesday in Ohio. He was 62.

Singer-songwriter Dick Prall, former owner of Dick’s Tap & Shake Room in Cedar Rapids, returning to CSPS with new music.