Basketball court replacing playground at Penn Meadows Park
North Liberty moves forward with a new outdoor basketball court at Penn Meadows Park replacing aging playground equipment on the south side near Owen Shelley Baseball Field. The $60,000 project is funded by Wellmark 3-Point Play grant of $19,000 plus hotel motel and franchise fee revenue, with a full concrete court, Mega Slam hoops, glass backboards and seating. Construction has begun and the court aims to open by September. lighting is not planned now but may be considered later.
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North Liberty
Penn Meadows Park
Guy Goldsmith
Owen Shelley
Goldsmith
Wellmark
Megan Woolard
the Gazette
Blast uses controlled blast to remove NW Iowa rail bridge
In a two part operation the South Dakota side of a collapsed rail bridge over the Big Sioux River was blasted to sections. BNSF spokesperson Kendall Sloan said the partial demolition allows safe removal with a crane over the coming week. A second blast will target the Iowa side likely in September.
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North Sioux City
S.D
South Dakota
Iowa
Big Sioux
KTIV
Sioux City
Kendall Sloan
Bnsf Communications
Sloan
Amy McBeth
BNSF
Bnsf Railway
Big Sioux River
S.C
Tim Hynds
Sioux City Journal
Corridor awards 5.03M in housing tax credits across Corridor
Seven Corridor housing projects share 5.03 million in state workforce housing tax credits to add 310 units in Cedar Rapids and neighboring communities. Gov Reynolds and the Iowa Economic Development Authority highlighted 37 million in incentives to fund 62 projects creating over 2,000 units statewide, with emphasis on small communities. Local projects include Guaranty Bank Building conversion and multiple Cedar Rapids sites, plus Marion and Coralville developments.
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Cedar Rapids
Kim Reynolds
Iowa Economic Development Authority
Iowa
Reynolds
Durham
IEDA
Jeff Pomeranz
Erson
Third St. SE
Guaranty Bank
Eighth Street
Matthew 25
Eighth Street NW
Eighth St. NW
Blackstock Lofts
KN Properties 15
Tyler Oswood
Second Ave
Cedar
Chad Pelley
Highway 151
Marion
Rookwood Estates
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Megan.woolard
Thegazette
Penn St
St. Andrews Dr
Forevergreen Rd
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City of North Liberty
Associated Press
Debi Durham
Iowa Finance Authority
Aspect Investments
Steve Em
Parkview III
IRL
Parkview Investments
Coralville
Parkview Lofts
Iowa River Landing
Bell Tower Place
Conlon Construction Co
Uptown Marion
Marion Methodist Church
Eighth Avenue and
12Th
Marissa
Payne
St. Vincent de Paul
Cedar Rapids, Metro
Eddie Piccard
Kenyon Murray
Iowa Hawkeye
St. Ludmila’s Parish Center
St. Vincent de Paul P.O
Jacqueline
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