High Properties and other local partners are looking to turn a city-owned property in the New Bohemia District into a $23.7 million residential and mixed-use complex.
116 3rd St SE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
High Properties and other local partners are looking to turn a city-owned property in the New Bohemia District into a $23.7 million residential and mixed-use complex.
The Cedar Rapids City Council has signed off on a contract with Alexandria, Virginia-based International Association of Chiefs of Police to search for a new individual to lead the Cedar Rapids Police Department for an amount not to exceed $62,650.
The National Alliance to End Homelessness is working with Cedar Rapids stakeholders to provide a “starting point” to improve local systems to reduce the number of people experiencing homelessness.
A swath of land in northwest Cedar Rapids near downtown may soon be earmarked for a potential casino, should a state panel ever award a license to operate a gaming facility here.
Citizens are banding together to refresh the garden in Ellis Park that honors iconic English playwright and poet William Shakespeare. It’ll have enhanced structures and natural preservation elements in the coming years.
The Linn County Board of Supervisors extended a pause on accepting new applications for utility-scale solar installations through Sept. 30 for the last time before the three-member board adopts new code governing the projects.
Iowa is receiving $43.5 million in federal funding to buy zero- and low-emission buses, with over half of those dollars going to the city of Iowa City.
Also, a new Johnson County program that will increase child care slots for low-income families is now accepting applications.
Mental health and disability services throughout a nine-county area in East Central Iowa will get a $5.47 million boost after a regional board on Thursday approved spending down much of its end-of-budget year surplus.
The Iowa City Police Department has implemented majority of the recommendations outlined in the 2020 plan to restructure the department toward community policing. The police chief said the plan is “just a start” and now is an opportunity for council to weigh in on next steps.
An engineering consulting firm will conduct a facility condition assessment and present findings to the Iowa City Council later this year. The firm will also offer a recommendation if City Park Pool should be repaired or completely replaced.
The city of Cedar Rapids is working on a five-year plan to upgrade 55,000 water meters throughout the city. The meter and meter-reading equipment replacement will make the technology more efficient and allow most to be read digitally, allowing staff to more quickly access the data.
Also, federal funds boost Forevergreen Road extension in North Liberty, Coralville
As construction continues on the anchors of Cedar Rapids’ $81.5 million mixed-use First and First West site, the development team is planning to bring online other components of the massive project in the urban core.
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