The Marion City Council will vote on five project applications Thursday. The church, which could be converted into multifamily housing, is among them.
116 3rd St SE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
The Marion City Council will vote on five project applications Thursday. The church, which could be converted into multifamily housing, is among them.
Rates will likely continue to gradually increase, thanks to landfill closure and more expensive waste management options.
The National Weather Service placed the Corridor on a winter storm warning between 6 p.m. Wednesday until 6 a.m. Saturday in advance of a major winter storm bringing high winds and, with them, a bitter wind chill of some 30 to 40 degrees below zero.
A flood gate -- over 11 feet tall and 82 feet long, weighing more than 80,000 pounds -- is being installed to roll across First Avenue E when a flood threatens downtown. A similar gate will be installed later on the avenue on the west bank of the Cedar River.
Cedar Rapids City Manager Jeff Pomeranz -- the highest paid city administrator in Iowa -- is slated to receive a 4 percent pay bump this week with a City Council vote.
Johnson County — which uses the Muscatine County Jail to house some of its inmates —threatening to cancel its contract with the jail over administrator’s “hateful” commentary.
Colleagues say that Sandi Fowler, the deputy city manager who has worked for the city of Cedar Rapids for more than 30 years, is a true public servant who always kept citizens at the center of decision-making.
Starting June 1, American Airlines will begin nonstop service from the Eastern Iowa Airport to Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., adding a route that’s been years in the making for Cedar Rapids.
A section of 29th Street NE will be closed for about two weeks because of a water main break.
Local officials in Linn and Johnson counties are exploring solutions to potentially relocate jail facilities, as one county’s facility nears the end of its life while the other has years left, but sits in a less-than-ideal spot.
Action may not come again until new board is sworn in next year.
The council took no formal action during the meeting but asked city staff questions and heard from the public. Mayor Chris Hoffman said the city will continue to communicate with residents as discussions progress.
The county supervisors included $1 million for Kirkwood tuition assistance in the latest round of ARPA allocations this fall
“You don’t often get the chance to reprogram 130 acres in the middle of your city,” council member Tyler Olson said of the effort to craft a greenway plan to transform the 130-acre space along the west side of the Cedar River.
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