There are five SSMIDs in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City, but what exactly are they? How do they get their money? And who decides how it’s spent? This week, Curious Iowa digs in to find out more about these districts that fuel streetscaping, events, holiday lights, public art and more.
Consul couldn’t entertain Cedar Rapids audience in 1910
With 13 apartments, this building will have an impact on a growing, chronically homeless population in Cedar Rapids.
Denver-based Progressive Urban Management Associates, the consultants the city tapped to draft a new vision plan guiding the future of downtown Cedar Rapids, will return to advise on the structure of downtown’s managing entity.
Another leak of chlorinated water into McLoud Run has killed hundreds of fish, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources announced Thursday — the same day it released an order saying the city of Cedar Rapids will pay $22,000 for a fish kill there last year also caused by chlorinated water.
Lead performer Jay Ernest wins Midwest accolades for show, career.
Oak Hill Tavern, at the corner of Eighth Avenue SE and Fifth Street SE, brings a varied menu and a few novel plates to the Oak Hill Jackson neighborhood.
A developer is seeking workforce housing tax credits to transform city-owned land on Ellis Boulevard NW into seven newly built townhome units.
Mayor Tiffany O’Donnell said the Cedar Rapids City Council won’t weigh in on a foreign policy matter where it has no authority after members of the Advocates for Social Justice asked the council to pass a resolution urging a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war.
City Manager Jeff Pomeranz said Cedar Rapids is “hoping to see development activity of some kind in 2024” at the Big Cedar Industrial Park. The City Council has advanced recent rezoning requests by Alliant Energy, which controls the park, but no specific projects have yet emerged.
Stories on why the railing is there, the ‘bucket of blood gym,’ the art collection
When there’s a snowstorm, how do cities decide which streets to plow first? Curious Iowa looks at how two Eastern Iowa cities of different sizes — Cedar Rapids and Central City — approach snow removal.
Known on campus as “Mr. Coe College,” George T. Henry recorded the lives of thousands who passed through the campus in the 67 years he chronicled Coe’s history.
Also, Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance touts record year for new membership
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