Articles Tagged: Marion

‘Status quo’ spending plan includes raises for library shelvers

The city of Marion and the Chamber of Commerce are offering a survey to residents to give feedback on the Creekside Pride initiative, a plan to make Indian Creek more accessible for recreation.

Cedar Rapids native Austin Frerick says he will fight for a fair and progressive tax structure and to level the playing field for locally owned farms, restaurants and businesses so they can compete against foreign corporations.

At last week’s Marion City Council meeting, officials directed city staff to formalize a timeline and prepare documents to move forward with the fully micro-transit option, which would be in partnership with Horizons. The city is waiting for resident survey results to fully commit to the plan.

The Marion Public Library will be making permanent changes to the Uptown Library hours starting Saturday.

Marion will get $40,000 and Hiawatha $10,000 to help replant tree canopies lost in the 2020 derecho.

Marion is asking residents to participate in its National Community Survey in January, February. The survey is designed to evaluate how city government serves its residents, gauge perceptions of the city and make comparisons with peer local government agencies.

The now-retired Grant Harper decided to run for office in 2019 after a career that included teaching and coaching at Linn-Mar and various positions at Iowa Electric (now Alliant Energy) and Pearson Education.

The event, initially scheduled for Jan. 20, will now take place on March 10

The survey is designed to evaluate how Marion’s city government is serving residents, gauge perceptions of the city and make comparisons with peer local government agencies. Some residents have been selected randomly to participate in the survey by mail, while an online link will be open to all residents in February.

The city’s end goal is to replant and restore the 110-acre property

Developers seeking commercial tenants, residential applications to open soon

See the most popular food stories of 2021 — a year that couldn’t stop dozens of new openings in the Corridor, despite myriad challenges.

The Marion Heritage Center and Museum is officially open to the public again, with a new exhibit that includes information and a detailed timeline of clean energy history in Marion and the state of Iowa.

With Cedar Rapids’ ReLeaf effort and other communities replanting strategies, even more will be planted in 2022 and beyond.