Fairfield boosts downtown with $1 million loan fund
Fairfield opens a $1 million low interest loan fund to revitalize the business district. The effort accompanies a Business Improvement Award by the Chamber of Commerce for enhancements including a welcome room an outside ramp and eclectic crafts. Local entrepreneurs Regina and Luke Woodward open Luciano's on the square while Mark Welsh buys Somebody Cares to pair with a Radio Shack. Suzanne Raap converts Larry's Barber Shop and Stogies into Suzanne's Broadway Salon as plans to fill empty storefronts move ahead.
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Chamber of Commerce
Regina
Luke
Regina Woodward
Luciano
Mark Welsh
Somebody Cares
Phipps
Winter kill hits Cedar Rapids carp along Mohawk Park inlet
In Cedar Rapids Mohawk Park inlet hundreds of dead carp lined the banks and in the water as anglers noted a winter kill. Paul Sleeper a DNR fisheries biologist suspects low oxygen over winter caused the deaths and says such reports have been common during the thaw this spring.
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Josh Matejka
Coralville
Mohawk Park
Cedar Rapids
Paul Sleeper
Department of Natural Resources
Sleeper
Marion weighs sales tax for a new city hall project
Marion City Council favors using about 3 million dollars from a proposed local option sales tax to fund a new city hall or a community building. The plan includes possible expansion of the Public Services building and would place offices, council chambers, and community rooms under one roof. Ballots in the July 10 election would specify a one year tax period starting January 1, 2002, with further taxes needing another vote.
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Cindy Hadish
Marion
Parks Department
East Marion
Jeff Schott
Leo Peiffer
Cedar Rapids
Eighth Ave
Public Services
35Th St
Schott
Hiawatha
Robins
Producers' hog venture faces scrutiny over profit claims
Fifty seven members of Confederated commit 720000 hogs a year with fees totaling 1 per market hog plus 350 legal and 85 per hog marketed. Dietzler claims sales could reach 60 to 250 million annually but critics question validity and securities compliance as state investigators review contracts and practices. Keith Held defends membership amid probe and attorney general oversight.
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Confederated
TiBeck
Dietzler
Bill Roach
Attorney General’s Office
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Radio Shack
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Resi
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Larry
Suzanne
North Court
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C.R
Nikki Fox
Cbrusa.com
Cindyh
Iowa
Keith
6Th Street
County Home Road
Edars Rapids
Collins Plaza
Collins Rd
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Rockefeller
Buchholz Financial Services, Inc
U.N. Equity Sales Company
SIPC
One Financial Way
Cincinnati
Ohio National Financial Services
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