Two years after the 2008 flood, Tom Slaymaker is home, in a sense. Slaymaker’s family was the first in the …
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Articles Tagged: Flood Recovery & Protection
Workers helping to build the new federal courthouse building in Cedar Rapids hit a construction milestone on Friday. Members of …
Two years and numerous city blocks have removed Rick and Teresa Davis from the Flood of 2008. Sitting in the …
Rules that the Army Corps of Engineers are bound by law to follow couldn’t clash more with Cedar Rapids’ dreams …
More than 500 people are in Cedar Rapids (June 11-18) to help build or repair 20 homes in a national …
The clock is ticking on historic buildings that face the wrecking ball in the proposed Cedar Rapids medical district. At …
The ditches on both sides of the 110,000 miles of Iowa roads can and should be part of flood control …
New construction and structures undergoing significant renovations in floodplains would face stricter standards under provisions being considered by the city …
The downtown night life is coming back. With more places to choose from, more people are showing up on evenings …
Let the fireworks begin. A local engineering firm has concluded it is safe for Freedom Festival to shoot off fireworks …
As the effort to remove homes ruined during the floods of 2008 continues, here is a look at how much …
The City Council has plenty of ideas about how to spend a pot of about $21 million of federal disaster …
As the second anniversary of the June 2008 flood approaches, many business owners are convinced they won’t see a penny …
The city’s library board and the City Council have had their go-rounds in recent years. A few years ago, the …
Jim Prosser, the city of Cedar Rapids’ former city manager who left the job on April 13 via a “separation …
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