The updated proposal for a senior living facility near Hickory Hill Park received unanimous final approval on Tuesday and praise from council members as a win for the city and community.
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The updated proposal for a senior living facility near Hickory Hill Park received unanimous final approval on Tuesday and praise from council members as a win for the city and community.
Applications are being accepted now for the committee, which will complete an annual greenhouse gas inventory for the county.
The decision to deny or approve may be made at any of the three consideration meetings. The final consideration and approval cannot occur until all three readings have happened.
City staff to develop plans based on task force recommendations
Caleb Mason started working for Cedar Rapids shortly before the 2008 flood. Now, he plays a key role in the city’s growth, managing efforts to create jobs and support development.
Ryan Waller, 42., was hired by the Marion City Council to succeed Lon Pluckhahn, who had been the city’s chief executive since 2007 and left to become deputy city manager in Vancouver, Wash.
Money to go to those excluded from previous relief payments, ncluding undocumented immigrants
The ReLeaf team has crafted a plan with a $37 million price tag to replant equitably and with native species after the derecho. It details how Cedar Rapids can replant street and park trees, and contains guidance for private landowners.
More than 1,000 Linn County households have been helped with rental assistance over the last four months.
City Manager Jeff Pomeranz’s salary increase comes after he has led Cedar Rapids through responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and 2020 derecho.
The Cedar Rapids City Council in a 7-2 vote advanced proposed policy changes in an effort to hold absentee landlords accountable for nuisance properties, but some landlords feared the changes are “harsh” and allow little room for human error.
Sheriff Brad Kunkel is requesting $240,000 for a Lenco BearCat to replace the current MRAP, as well as funds to replace aging camera equipment in fiscal 2023.
Runoff elections -- like city voters have seen in the last two election cycles -- cost more money to administer and typically diminish voter engagement. Rent Cedar Rapids candidates have voiced support for identifying alternatives to the system.
While some yard signs are seen in public right of way spaces around Cedar Rapids where they are not supposed to be placed, the city treads carefully on regulating signs to protect citizens’ free speech rights.
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