In an effort to prevent blight in neighborhoods, a policy advanced this week by the Marion City Council would add another tool for city staff to improve the conditions of neglected vacant buildings.
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In an effort to prevent blight in neighborhoods, a policy advanced this week by the Marion City Council would add another tool for city staff to improve the conditions of neglected vacant buildings.
Among the five Cedar Rapids projects that were recently awarded redevelopment tax credits from the Iowa Economic Development Authority, local developer Steve Emerson’s proposed transformation of the old Guaranty Bank block received a major boost.
Once rehabilitation work is complete next spring on a once-blighted building in Wellington Heights, Hawkeye Area Community Action Program will own and operate the old Colonial Centre property that the city of Cedar Rapids is transforming into affordable housing.
The City of Cedar Rapids is teaming up with Iowa State University researchers to study how “forever chemicals” hold up during wastewater treatment at the Cedar Rapids Water Pollution Control Facility.
Those living in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City, with the support of their neighbors, can organize to form neighborhood associations. But can any resident start an association within their city and get funding? How are neighborhood boundaries and names determined, anyway?
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Could another organization host signature downtown events such as the farmers market? A mayor-appointed panel that oversees Cedar Rapids downtown initiatives will explore such questions and consider potential changes to downtown management.
Starting in December, tenants will begin moving into a new affordable housing development in southeast Cedar Rapids that will add 44 rental units to the city’s core. Five units are reserved for young people aging out of the foster care system.
State Sen. Molly Donahue, D-Cedar Rapids is launching a bid to challenge Republican incumbent Louie Zumbach for the District 3 Linn County supervisor seat in 2024. Looking to leave the Republican trifecta of state government behind, she said, “I can do a lot more for my community” in the local seat.
After searching for about a year for a new finance director, the city of Cedar Rapids has tapped Abhijit “Abhi” Deshpande to fill the role starting Jan. 15.
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Earlier this year, for the current fiscal 2024 budget — covering the time period from July 1 through June 30, 2024 — the three-member supervisors board made proposed spending cuts after already drafting a budget to fill a $1.74 million gap from a bill correcting a state error that left local governments down millions in expected revenue
The REAP grant will go toward native plants, trails and recreational amenities on the historic grounds
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