The Des Moines Art Center, which oversees the artwork, said the largely wooden structures need repairs costing $2.6 million.
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The Des Moines Art Center, which oversees the artwork, said the largely wooden structures need repairs costing $2.6 million.
Voters may cast their ballots March 5 in the three-way race to fill a Hiawatha City Council vacancy. Here’s what to know about the three candidates running for the open seat and how to vote.
Utility task vehicles — or UTVs — would be banned from operating on city of Cedar Rapids streets under an ordinance advanced by the Cedar Rapids City Council this week.
In awarding city financial incentives to an unnamed company to build a $576 million data center in the Big Cedar Industrial Center, members of the Cedar Rapids City Council lauded the project -- the city’s largest ever -- as a “historic” milestone for Cedar Rapids.
The payment came under the federal American Rescue Plan Act and was supposed to be distributed by Dubuque County to Dyersville.
The city is working with Iowa City schools, which uses the indoor pool for its swim practices and meets.
Also, Cedar Rapids to consider development agreement for unnamed company’s data center
A “canoe safari,” riverfront walk and more are among proposed features in Cedar Rapids’ Greenway Plan. See what else is inside and how to give feedback before the plan goes to the City Council in the coming months.
Also, Cedar Rapids seeks more feedback on Greenway Parks Plan
Louie Zumbach, a Republican from Coggon, will not seek re-election this November to the District 3 seat on the Linn County Board of Supervisors “due to some soul searching and health issues.” Instead, his daughter Brandy Zumbach Meisheid, also a Republican from Coggon, will run for office.
Later this year, the city of Cedar Rapids will unleash its first neighborhood dog park in the Oak Hill Jackson neighborhood near the New Bohemia District. Another dog park is in the works on part of the old Jones Golf Course.
The Iowa City Council will consider rezoning 6.8 acres from neighborhood public to general industrial so P&G can complete its planned $6.4 million purchase of the property from Kirkwood Community College. Neighbors say it’s not just to allow more industrial in an area with a larger share of low-income and minority residents.
City of Cedar Rapids officials anticipate they’ll have to be more “targeted” as they set future priorities and spending plans to fund new initiatives as they cope with the budget impacts of state tax reform.
Low- to moderate-income households primarily affected by the 2020 derecho may apply to buy one of 76 soon-to-be built single-family homes around Cedar Rapids. The city’s revived ROOTs program will use $15 million in federal disaster recovery funds to expand affordable housing.
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