Articles Tagged: Flood Recovery & Protection

Demolition crews have begun the removal of the helix portion of the former First Street Parkade. The helix, which extends …

IOWA CITY – Residents, business owners and city leaders around Iowa likely will have a new tool during future floods …

Iowa officials don’t expect the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s decision to freeze disaster aid in the wake of Hurricane Irene …

Recovery from the June 2008 flood helped launch one local company toward its new market, an advantage now available to …

Richard is a digital content editor: I was preparing for work the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, when I heard …

Some of the work Richard Moss is performing in the New Bohemia district of Cedar Rapids goes against his nature. …

Nine contractors, with faces buried in respirators and flashlights in hand, ventured last week into the city’s eerily unlit, flood-wrecked …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Demolitions will proceed on two-thirds of an initial list of commercial buildings that could have historical significance, …

CEDAR RAPIDS – A City Council committee on Friday strongly endorsed using up to $3.55 million raised with the city’s …

CEDAR RAPIDS – A grass-roots group formed a month ago says it is intensifying its campaign to secure sufficient signatures …

CEDAR RAPIDS – The city is working on a plan to demolish the Public Works building and most of the …

CEDAR RAPIDS – As the City Council prepared to approve plans and cost estimates for the new $49 million library …

A “neighborhood-based” group is moving ahead with plans to try to save the flood-damaged A&W Family Restaurant at 1132 Ellis …

By Rev. Kirsten Klepfer —- On the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, I, like many, will find ways …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Progress from the 2008 flood can be spotted on 4th Ave SE in downtown Cedar Rapids. Construction …