Cedar Rapids hub will serve as a model for an expanding network across the county.
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Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
Cedar Rapids hub will serve as a model for an expanding network across the county.
To guide work on area trails and bikeways for years to come, Cedar Rapids and Linn County Conservation are partnering to complete a Trails and Bikeways Plan. Here’s how they’re teaming up and how you can share input on what amenities you’d like to see in the local trail network.
Also, Mount Vernon High School’s marching band performing in the National Memorial Day Parade in Washington, D.C.
The board that governs regional mental health and disability services advocated for spending down a nearly $9.2 million surplus before the end of the budget year in June by boosting support for underfunded services within its nine-county area.
See photos from Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg’s visit to the Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids
The long-vacant historic downtown property that formerly housed the Dragon Restaurant may be revitalized and turned into a $4.2 million mixed-use building, potentially serving as the precursor of another go at redeveloping the Guaranty Bank site.
A local developer is looking to transform UnityPoint’s office building that was destroyed in a 2021 fire into a $18.5 million multifamily housing facility. It’s one of several projects seeking state workforce housing tax credits.
Ten acres at the corner of First Avenue and Second Street in Coralville — a “gateway between the University of Iowa and Coralville” — will include restaurant, retail, commercial and multifamily housing as part of a redevelopment project.
Cravings for Chipotle burrito bowls, chips and guacamole will be easier to satisfy once a location opens in Coralville. The location will offer online order drive-thru pick up only.
The first phases of the Johnson County administrative campus renovation are likely going out to bid in early June — with construction anticipated to start in August — after months of review, redesign and discussions of how to keep costs down.
Also, Cedar Rapids shares water quality report
Linn County Supervisor Louie Zumbach pitched streamlining services with area local governments in his State of the County address while lamenting record-high inflation and downplaying the role of state property tax reform in the fiscal woes facing the county.
The Marion City Council voted unanimously Thursday to approve a contract with Beverly, Mass.-based Sensys Gatso USA, to install and maintain two automated traffic cameras, as well as maintain a mobile traffic unit in the city of Marion.
There are about 2,193 households in Johnson County with limited English proficiency. The language access program will help these households fully engage with county government and benefit from county services.
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