Ingredion Inc., is planning to spend $48.5 million to upgrade and expand its Cedar Rapids facility, and it has asked the city for incentives.
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Ingredion Inc., is planning to spend $48.5 million to upgrade and expand its Cedar Rapids facility, and it has asked the city for incentives.
Under a proposed budget reviewed Monday, the City of Cedar Rapids would raise property taxes 19 cents per $1,000 of taxable valuation, or about $54 per year on a home valued at $200,000.
In-person early voting for the special election to fill a vacancy on the Iowa City Council is available at the Johnson County Auditor’s Office.
Also, Linn County supervisors elect new chair, vice chair ahead of resignation
The intended tenant of the former Sears store at Lindale Mall will be Dick’s House of Sport, and will include an outdoor year-round, multi-use field, according to documents set for discussion at Tuesday’s Cedar Rapids City Council meeting.
County bought 15-unit Iowa City property for $1.7 million in summer of 2024
A committee of three Linn County elected officials decided Friday it will pursue an appointment to fill the seat that will be vacated by Supervisor Ben Rogers’ resignation.
Republican lawmakers in both chambers of the Iowa Legislature on Wednesday introduced legislation that would prohibit a city’s urban renewal plan from including gaming projects that were awarded a state license this year. Cedar Rapids officials said the casino project is in an urban renewal area, and that they are working to understand the new legislative proposal.
The city of Marion needs a fifth hotel, according to market study results presented to the city council this week. The study recommends an 80- to 90-room hotel in Uptown Marion that caters to people who need to stay during the week and longer than a day or two.
Two developers will work with the city of Marion to refine and construct a project on the site of the former public library, which was demolished in 2023.
Ben Rogers, the Linn County supervisor for District 2, announced Monday that he will resign his seat, effective April 1. He has served on the board for 16 years.
Also, tickets available for Marion’s State of the City address next month
Over 77 percent of voters in the county approved the measure, which needed 60 percent approval to pass. This was the second time that Johnson County voters approved a conservation bond — in 2008, voters approved a $20 million bond. The bonds are paid off through property taxes.
The repairs, which consultants estimate could be done within the year, do not address any of the space needs of the jail and sheriff’s office. County officials have said for years that the facility is crowded and unsafe for both inmates and staff.
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