Marissa Payne

A swath of land in northwest Cedar Rapids near downtown may soon be earmarked for a potential casino, should a state panel ever award a license to operate a gaming facility here.

Citizens are banding together to refresh the garden in Ellis Park that honors iconic English playwright and poet William Shakespeare. It’ll have enhanced structures and natural preservation elements in the coming years.

The Linn County Board of Supervisors extended a pause on accepting new applications for utility-scale solar installations through Sept. 30 for the last time before the three-member board adopts new code governing the projects.

Mental health and disability services throughout a nine-county area in East Central Iowa will get a $5.47 million boost after a regional board on Thursday approved spending down much of its end-of-budget year surplus.

The city of Cedar Rapids is working on a five-year plan to upgrade 55,000 water meters throughout the city. The meter and meter-reading equipment replacement will make the technology more efficient and allow most to be read digitally, allowing staff to more quickly access the data.

The Leadership for Five Seasons Class of 2023 recently presented checks to Foundation 2 Crisis Services and Tanager to support community mental health services.

Electricity transmission company ITC Midwest is relocating its headquarters from a leased space in downtown Cedar Rapids to a purchased facility in the redeveloped Westdale Mall area, providing growing room for the company in a new, permanent location.

As construction continues on the anchors of Cedar Rapids’ $81.5 million mixed-use First and First West site, the development team is planning to bring online other components of the massive project in the urban core.

Although the flood wiped out much of the neighborhood, it’s on the cusp of recovery with permanent flood protection on the horizon. Investments from residents and developers are slowly but surely bringing it back to life.

Learn about the different types of infrastructure built into the massive network and how the city is working with the community to build a system that will fortify Cedar Rapids against future flooding.

Planning Commission splits on proposal, which now goes to City Council

ReLeaf Cedar Rapids, the plan to replenish the tree canopy Cedar Rapids lost in the 2020 derecho, was recognized last week with Congress for the New Urbanism’s 2023 Charter Award.

The program that employs people who’ve experienced homelessness to patrol Greene Square and key downtown areas is starting again for the summer months.

As the Linn County Board of Supervisors considers changes to county code governing utility-scale solar projects, the board focused on language surrounding the long-term operations of the installation.

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.