Street naming rules vary by city and require petitions
The city ordinance guides how streets are named or renamed. Developers propose names, reviewed by staff. Cedar Rapids uses a City Staff Review Committee, while Marion relies on the Planning and Zoning Commission. A street name change requires a petition signed by two thirds of fronting property owners plus a list of fronts. Public hearings, notices, and council votes follow, with potential protest by 20 percent or more of owners blocking the change absent three fourths council support.
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McMickle
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Planning and Zoning Commission
City Planning Commission
Engineering
No Name Street Tells Its Tale In Iowa City History
Iowa City’s No Name Street has a tangled naming history. The Elks once dedicated a right of way to Johnson County, also called Calibria Court, with plans for Sage Street that vanished. In the 1990s it reappeared on a plat as No Name Street, though some records still call it Calibria Court. Knoche notes the street has always been known locally as No Name Street.
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Ry Dew
Frank Smith
Johnson County
Iowa City Press Citizen
George
Peter
Thompson Road
Johnson County Board of Supervisors
Dingleberry Road
Robert “Chug” Wilson
Wilson
Board of Supervisors
the Gazette
Betty Ockenfels
Iowa
Iowa City Public Works
Ron Knoche
Iowa City Elks
Knoche
Iowa City Capital Improvement Projects
Old Marion Road and road-name changes in Marion Cedar Rapids era
The article details historic Marion road connections via Sixth Avenue to Marion Boulevard, explains the 1976 ordinance renaming Bowman Road NE to Boyson Road NE and Ely Avenue SW to Wilson Avenue Drive SW, and outlines quadrant addressing and Drive suffix rationale. It also covers Marion sign updates, logo use on signs, costs of replacements, and ongoing installation funded by local-option taxes and prison industry sign production.
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Marion
Marion Road
Sixth Avenue
Marion Historic Preservation Commission
Cedar Rapids
Marion Boulevard
Collins Road
Bowman Road
Boyson
Carl Pauli
Boyson Road
Ely Avenue
Wilson Avenue
Pauli
Cedar River
First Avenue
Wilson Ave
Bowling Street
Ely Road
Marion City
City of Marion
Amber Bisinger
the Gazette
Iowa Prison Industries
Bisinger
Cedar Rapids weighs new bond plan to revitalize Harrison area
Cedar Rapids schools pursue a future ready plan after a failed 2023 bond to raze Harrison Elementary. Principal Trista Manternach will lead Harrison and Madison next year as officials explore a Northwest site and a November 2025 bond for a new facility.
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Trista Manternach
Harrison
Madison
Chad Schumacher
Cedar Rapids
Harrison Elementary
Schumacher
Madison Elementary
Woodside Dr
Geoff Stellfox
the Gazette
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Iowa City
Dingleberry
Dingleberry Farm
Don McComas
Curly Fuhrmann
Joe Brandstatter
Charles Bocek
State Historical Society of
No Name
Nick Rohlman
Bailey.cichon
Thegazette.com
Harrison/ District
Save CR Heritage
Acher
Grace
King
Thegazette
C.R. Schools
11Th St
Savannah Blake
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