Once rehabilitation work is complete next spring on a once-blighted building in Wellington Heights, Hawkeye Area Community Action Program will own and operate the old Colonial Centre property that the city of Cedar Rapids is transforming into affordable housing.
Before its first location has even opened, Abelardo’s Mexican Fresh is planning another location at a former Dairy Queen.
Iowa travelers will see bustling airports, clear roads, busy highways and lower prices at the pump this week. The Thanksgiving holiday travel period is expected to be the busiest in several years and a record-setter for air travel.
Melvin Staton was walking along an alley in Cedar Rapids on the evening of Monday, Nov. 27, 1950, when he …
No holds barred in bringing classic movie musical to stage
Those living in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City, with the support of their neighbors, can organize to form neighborhood associations. But can any resident start an association within their city and get funding? How are neighborhood boundaries and names determined, anyway?
Also, Mazahir Salih sworn into Iowa City Council
Samantha Hernandez and Erik Torres had different journeys to embracing ballet folklórico as young dancers. But this summer, they were both selected to serve as the new instructors for Fuerzas Culturales, Cedar Rapids’ first Ballet folklórico dance group.
Could another organization host signature downtown events such as the farmers market? A mayor-appointed panel that oversees Cedar Rapids downtown initiatives will explore such questions and consider potential changes to downtown management.
Cedar Rapids entrepreneur Steve Shriver’s company is now valued at more than $20M
Starting in December, tenants will begin moving into a new affordable housing development in southeast Cedar Rapids that will add 44 rental units to the city’s core. Five units are reserved for young people aging out of the foster care system.
Olympic South Side Theater launching annual Thanksgiving concert
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