Articles Tagged: Flood Recovery & Protection

Frew Development Group LLC, the firm that managed the city’s hotel, arena and convention center project, has been hired by …

Iowa City is seeking volunteers to help empty sandbags used as flood barriers the past several weeks. As water has …

Now that the houses are gone, the time has come to get rid of some of the streets and sewers, …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Tussling over $13.8 million in federal disaster payments for the city’s flood-damaged hydroelectric plant at the 5-in-1 …

The City Council last night agreed with its Flood Recovery Committee and voted unanimously to demolish the flood-damaged A & …

IOWA CITY – Mosquitoes and gnats saturated the air as Ayoub Ahmed heaved sandbags from the side of a house …

City Hall’s plan to build flood protection for the Sun Valley Neighborhood will take more time to allow for public …

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CEDAR RAPIDS – We are safer, but not safe. That’s the message in Cedar Rapids from Mayor Ron Corbett – …

People and property along the Cedar and Iowa rivers are nearly as vulnerable to a big flood now as they …

The June 2008 flood caused $250 million of damage to Alliant Energy/Interstate Power and Light facilities, including the loss of …

The flood of 2008 was a catalyst that in many cases accelerated plans for development and redevelopment in Cedar Rapids, …

The view from Interstate 380 looking down towards Cedar Lake and Alliant Energy’s Sixth Street Generating Station appears to be …

A riverfront park in Iowa City, a creekside development in Coralville, numerous projects along the water in Cedar Rapids. Eastern …

Encouraged. Weakened. Back to normal. Peaceful. Optimistic. It seems there are as many answers about how the Flood of 2008 …