The City Council has extended its contract with VeoRide, the vendor that owns and operates Cedar Rapids’ bike and scooter rental program. With the deal comes changes intended to promote safety and reduce the amount of clutter of the devices.
Folk star Lucy Kaplansky will perform at CSPS in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, March 26
Nonprofits may apply for $100,000 through a new fundraising endeavor called the Grand Impact. Fifty businesses in the greater Cedar Rapids region have each donated $2,000 to help a public charity tackle a new challenge. Any human services 501(c)(3) organization that serves the target area can apply. The deadline is April 11.
The Mexican category of restaurants is growing in Cedar Rapids, but it’s finding more diversity in its growth, too.
The RAISE grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation, would fund much of the approximately $50 million project to replace the Eighth Avenue bridge with a cable-stayed one that could stay open over the Cedar River during extreme flooding.
Join the Iowa Architectural Foundation (IAF) on April 2 for an in-person tour of two incredible historic buildings in Cedar Rapids designed by famed Chicago architect, Louis Sullivan. Esteemed local historian, Mark Stoffer Hunter, will guide guests through St. Paul's United Methodist Church and The Peoples Savings Bank.
Up in Smoke has filled the vacancy left by Anvil Meat Market & Deli’s departure in 2021.
After several months of remodeling, Bluebird Cafe has opened another location, branching out to Solon.
Love them or hate the devices, the City Council is slated to consider keeping electric scooters and bikes. The city may OK a three-year contract extension with VeoRide for the device rental program with changes to address safety and clutter concerns.
The citizen panel completing a once-a-decade review of Cedar Rapids’ charter anticipates extending the deadline to recommend changes to the city’s foundational document to leave ample time to review and weigh feedback.
Progress on $750 million flood protection system is “great story to tell back in Washington,” Rep. Hinson says after tour, but she also sees a funding gap as materials prices rise.
Twin Pines and Mini Pines, Gardner and Ellis Golf Courses are reopening for the season in Cedar Rapids.
Leveraging the onetime influx of federal funding through the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, here’s how Iowa communities are giving key priorities a boost to promote long-term growth as the nation shakes off the fiscal toll of COVID-19.
See Swisher’s Haley Slaton on “American Idol” and Cedar Rapids’ Alisabeth Von Presley on “American Song Contest” represent Iowa.
James Shannon Sr., 50, faces three counts of third-degree sexual abuse, accused of sexually abusing a teenager in 2005 and 2006.
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