The county-hosted panel discussion on Thursday highlighted the kind of work that would better prepare the community and its residents for future disasters. In particular, panelists said immigrant and refugee populations, elderly residents and smaller communities are the most vulnerable.
The Linn County supervisors have voted 2-1 in two readings of an ordinance that would rezone land near Palo for an industrial solar project. One more public hearing and vote on the measure is scheduled for Tuesday evening in Palo.
The Linn County Board of Supervisors voted 2-1 in its first reading of a rezoning ordinance that would allow construction of two utility-scale solar projects near Palo to begin.
Panel discussion, Q&A set for 6 p.m. Thursday at CSPS
The city council allocated the funds toward 20 affordable housing and social service projects jointly with Linn County to maximize the dollars distributed through the Democrat-backed American Rescue Plan.
The meetings, which will review and consider two proposed solar projects near Palo, have been been rescheduled for Aug. 29, Aug. 30 and Sept. 6.
The Linn County Board of Supervisors’ first consideration of a rezoning request for the Duane Arnold Solar projects near Palo will take place on Monday.
The first of three Linn County Board of Supervisors meetings that was supposed to provide a public forum on a proposed solar project was canceled before it could start on Monday. An oversight on a legal public notice about the meeting will force the county to reschedule its three planned meetings.
The decision will take place after three readings
The first vaccination clinics for monkeypox will be held at LGBTQ bars in Linn and Johnson counties.
Nicole Andrew and her kids moved back into their home just 2 weeks ago after it was destroyed in the 2020 derecho. She’s among a number of property owners whose efforts to swiftly fix homes for various reasons stalled in the 2 years after the disaster.
About half the roughly $100 million in aid to local governments sought by Cedar Rapids, Marion, Hiawatha, Robins and Linn County in the aftermath of the 2020 derecho has been received so far from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
About $800,000 remains for qualifying residents of single-family homes and mobile homes that sustained damage in the August 2020 derecho. As funds dwindle likely by the end of the year, officials urged anyone who may be in need to apply with urgency.
City, county plan ‘community conversation’ at two-year mark of disaster
There have been 5,768 new cases of COVID-19 reported in the past seven days, just down from 5,924 the week before, according to the Iowa Department of Public Health.
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