Marissa Payne

The city of Cedar Rapids will create a grant program using, at most, $750,000 in federal American Rescue Plan funds to help nonprofits after the city paused payments of hotel-tax revenue.

The city plans to use $10.2 million of its approximately $28 million share of federal American Rescue Plan Act funds on two west side Flood Control System projects, bringing permanent protection to the part of town where Army Corps. of Engineers funding can’t be used.

Differences have emerged in the four Cedar Rapids mayoral candidates’ stances on equity in policing, the city’s use of speed cameras, and support for marijuana decriminalization.

The Cedar Rapids not-for-profit has organized home tours and walking tours on Friday and Saturday to celebrate the restoration of its new headquarters and dedication in honor of a late board member.

Some urge accountability in city’s use of tax increment financing.

Buch most recently worked at Urban Dreams as the Cedar Rapids site manager, focusing on workforce development initiatives as part of the city’s partnership with the nonprofit.

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Of the Cedar Rapids mayoral candidates, Tiffany O’Donnell has raised nearly twice as much money as incumbent Brad Hart, and Amara Andrews declines to release contributions. Myra Colby Bradwell says he is not fundraising.

In a forum hosted Thursday by The Gazette, Cedar Rapids mayoral candidates see an opportunity for more affordable housing and a thriving riverfront

City officials laud the plan, which centers equity, as a model for other communities to be more green and achieve carbon neutrality.

Sunrise Movement and Advocates for Social Justice call for Alliant Energy to make a shift to renewable energy sources

The collaboration connects underserved populations with job opportunities, helping employers recruit for hard-to-fill low- and middle-skill jobs and serving those who are under- or unemployed and face barriers in the workforce.

As scientists recently shared a landmark report concluding that human-caused emissions of greenhouse gases is contributing to unprecedented and increasingly intense climate events, Cedar Rapids has unveiled its Community Climate Action Plan to boost resiliency to the local effects of accelerated global warming.

A Wednesday forum hosted by NewBoCo marks the first appearance with four candidates in the Cedar Rapids mayoral race leading up to the Nov. 2 city election.