Cedar Rapids’ LightLine Loop and the African American Museum of Iowa’s renovations project received grants from the ARPA-funded tourist attraction program.
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Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
Cedar Rapids’ LightLine Loop and the African American Museum of Iowa’s renovations project received grants from the ARPA-funded tourist attraction program.
Cedar Rapids officials at looking at the impacts of high inflation and construction costs on the permanent flood control. The system is estimated to cost $750 million, but that figure has likely grown, so the city’s assessing the scope to ensure projects planned can be done within budget.
According to unofficial results, the public measure, which needed 50 percent of votes to pass, failed with 401 voters — or 84.2 percent — voting “no.” A total of 75 voters — or 15.8 percent — voted “yes.”
CID is finally ready for takeoff with the fourth phase of its terminal modernization project -- signaling the end is near for the massive, $120.9 million project.
In partnership with local nonprofit Trees Forever, the city of Cedar Rapids is offering a low-cost tree adoption for Cedar Rapids residents. Here’s how to get yours.
As Cedar Rapids looks to acquire over 20 homes in the Time Check area for flood control system construction, a homeowner has appealed the city’s acquisition. The levee the city’s looking to build is still in the design phase.
The Cedar Rapids dewatering project will use 30 wells to dry out a segmented portion of the lake before levee construction begins.
The path to funding a new Linn County resiliency coordinator role still is unclear after the supervisors settled on $1.74 million in spending reductions in the 2024 fiscal year.
Cedar Rapids is working to amend its agreement with the developer undertaking Westdale Mall’s transformation to allow the developer to tap into a reserve fund created when loans associated with the project were restructured.
While Iowa lawmakers have passed a bill to fix a state error, leaving local governments down millions in expected revenue as they set their budgets for the 2024 fiscal year, Cedar Rapids still plans to invest in key priorities like flood control and economic development.
Also: Four Iowa City parks will get various improvements later this year.
The mental health access centers in Linn and Johnson counties would be funded below their requests under a proposed budget for fiscal 2024. County officials and providers warned this would result in reduced services, if not closure of the facilities.
The water is drawn from deep aquifers, is rich in nutrients and has perplexed Marion residents for years.
An influx of $38 million in federal funding will fuel investment in the construction of 290 new single- and multifamily housing units in Linn County — mostly Cedar Rapids — to aid in recovery from the 2020 derecho.
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