Commission members expressed their support for the senior living facility and increase in park land before the vote Thursday evening.
116 3rd St SE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
Commission members expressed their support for the senior living facility and increase in park land before the vote Thursday evening.
Tiffany O’Donnell, the top vote getter in Cedar Rapids’ mayoral race Tuesday, is guaranteed a spot in the Nov. 30 runoff election. Amara Andrews finished with a 24-vote lead over incumbent Brad Hart — casting uncertainty over who will take the second spot once provisional ballots are counted.
Completion of the bridge as part of the ConnectCR project, which also will revitalize Cedar Lake and bring new amenities, is slated for 2024. Once finished, it will be named the Alliant Energy LightLine.
Dale Todd handily kept his seat representing District 3 on the Cedar Rapids City Council Tuesday, prevailing despite competition from newcomer Tamara Marcus.
TrueNorth employee Amara Andrews and Women Lead Change Chief Executive Officer Tiffany O’Donnell emerged Tuesday as the top two vote getters in a four-way race for Cedar Rapids mayor, outright defeating incumbent Brad Hart.
County auditors said the surge in early voting was due to hotly-contested races and because auditors tried new things, such as printing absentee ballot request forms in the Penny Saver and hosting a “Friday Night Lights” polling site at a Solon football game.
The polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday as voters cast their ballots in Iowa’s city and school board elections.
The updated proposal coming before the commission on Thursday is scaled back from previous plans and devotes nearly three times more land to the park.
The dispute started when Unique Homes filed a lawsuit against Andrews in 2014 over a single-family home they had entered a contract with the company to build in Mahomet, Ill.
Almost $225,000 raised in support of extending the local-option sales tax, which goes to street repairs in Cedar Rapids.
Amara Andrews has raised $181,440 ahead of the Nov. 2 Cedar Rapids mayoral race, dwarfing the totals of incumbent Brad Hart and Women Lead Change Chief Executive Officer Tiffany O’Donnell, who raised $80,783.63 and $136,770, respectively.
The Fund Excluded Workers Coalition urged the county to allocate more money to undocumented workers, saying the $2 million isn’t enough and needs to be given directly to the people.
The developer’s preliminary subdivision plat was originally scheduled for consideration from the city planning commission on Thursday afternoon
The city will receive around $6 million, plans to apply for Linn County funding as well
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