The longtime city employee will join NextEra as a senior project manager.
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Currently, sidewalk cafes are allowed downtown and in the Riverfront Crossings district. The council voted in favor of allowing sidewalk cafes without a liquor license outside of these areas to operate.
The Marion City Council awarded $60,000 in federal American Rescue Plan Act funding toward Marion Cares for its immediate housing assistance program.
The train car next to the depot in City Square Park could be moved to Grant Wood Trail to make way for the Central Plaza project.
Uptown Marion received a $100,000 Main Street Iowa Challenge Grant for the Davis-Draper Building from the Iowa Economic Development Authority, the district said Thursday.
The city discussed moving to one meeting per council week instead of two, but ultimately decided to keep the schedule. It is possible the council’s work session meetings could begin later to give more members of the public an opportunity to attend.
A key piece of the revitalization of Uptown Marion, the city’s historical business district, has taken two construction seasons to compete and now has officially reopened Seventh Street — the main drag through the district of boutique shops, restaurants and galleries.
On the darkest day of the lunar month, some say the triumph of light over darkness has more in common with other holidays than you might think.
Two 19-year-olds were arrested Wednesday on charges that they vandalized several cars, abuilding and street signs in Marion in July. The graffiti included “KKK,” “I am a Nazi” and swastika symbols, according to a news release from the Marion Police Department
Seven brownfield or grayfield projects in the Corridor received a total of $5.6 million in Iowa Economic Development Authority tax credits on Friday — with three of the projects landing $1 million or more.
See why Halloween fanatics in the Corridor get their greatest joys each year from the darkest holiday.
Two former elected officials — Republican Susie Weinacht and Democrat Elizabeth Wilson — are vying for the House District 73 seat to represent a portion of Cedar Rapids and much of the north and eastern sides of Marion.
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