Cities around Iowa turn to UNI’s Public Art Incubator for assistance with their public art collections, offering students hands-on experience as they “contribute to their communities in a real way.” Students restored two Cedar Rapids sculptures through the program this summer.
A group of Iowa City residents has been working to place the Robert A. Lee Community Recreation Center on the National Register of Historic Places.
Linn County is pursuing a new approximately $19.3 million headquarters building for the Secondary Roads Department.
Officer Isaiah McNamee, standing on the rooftop ledge of the Hilton Garden Inn in downtown Iowa City, held onto the man to keep him from falling. The man had climbed over the glass barrier and considered jumping. After speaking with McNamee, the man changed his mind and wanted to get to safety, but it wasn’t easy 12 stories in the air.
Jim Miller has resigned as executive director of The District: Czech Village and New Bohemia to pursue a new role within a local social services organization. His departure marks the third resignation of Cedar Rapids core district directors in the last year.
The public park at the heart of Kingston Yard, Cedar Rapids’ mixed-use development at First Street and First Avenue West, opens Wednesday with a new stage and green space. Here’s what to know about the park and inaugural performances planned on July 4.
Coralville-based Watts Group is pursuing another Cedar Rapids project in the rapidly growing southwest quadrant adding for-sale townhomes and condos to the market.
Also, Cedar Rapids taking proposals for redevelopment of NewBo parking lot
With input from bar owners, Cedar Rapids Police Chief David Dostal said police are more proactively patrolling downtown and have put in place other measures to address public safety issues around downtown bars on weekend nights. Have these steps worked?
The Cedar River was expected to crest overnight and then drop below flood stage by Sunday morning.
Heaviside LLC, the development entity behind the proposed $576 million Google data center in Cedar Rapids, recently closed on land slated for the project for $16.573 million and grading is now underway on the site.
“Rising waters on the Cedar River make recreational use of the river dangerous for boaters, canoe/kayakers, and tubers,” the city said in a statement.
Black residents and other racial and ethnic minorities living in the Cedar Rapids metro are disproportionately underrepresented in homeownership, a recently unveiled Linn County analysis of housing inequities found. Here’s how the findings can help local officials reduce the gap.
Earlier this month, the public was invited to see two concepts for a rebuilt Coralville Rec Center. The center would be available for public use, and it would be used by Iowa City schools’ swimming programs.
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