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Improvements to Mount Vernon Road are one of more than 40 projects planned this year on Cedar Rapids streets as the 2023 construction season gets underway.

The Cedar Rapids dewatering project will use 30 wells to dry out a segmented portion of the lake before levee construction begins.

Also, Cedar Rapids City Council advances Hawkeye Downs rezoning

Also, Linn County Trails Association gives $100,000 for Fourth Street trail construction

Several high-impact quality-of-life projects will move forward in coming year

“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.

Also: Iowa City will fund capital grant program for nonprofits.

A state panel has asked Cedar Rapids to reapply for funds to support the ConnectCR project to revitalize Cedar Lake, but city officials say the decision won’t stop the transformative endeavor from moving forward. Reapplying “fits perfectly” with the project timeline, city officials say.

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Julie Kraft, 58, has been using her energy as a self-professed “community cheerleader.” She runs her own communications business while serving on various local committees and boards such as ConnectCR and the Revival Theatre Company.