Eye 380 plan aims to beautify Cedar Rapids interstate corridor
A volunteer group Eye 380 seeks funding from the Iowa Department of Transportation and area businesses for landscaping along Interstate 380 in Cedar Rapids. The plan centers on Wilson Avenue SW and McLoud Run sites with native plantings, limestone walls, and ongoing maintenance, aiming to start in spring and further develop over the next 10 to 20 years.
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Cedar Rapids
Eye 380
Interstate 380
Iowa Department of Transportation
Dale Kueter
Eve 380
Wilson Avenue SW
McLoud Run
Kueter
Gazette
Ruth Fox
I-380
Boyson Road
Wright Brothers Boulevard
Fox
Wilson Avenue
Hiawatha
Kirkwood
Highway 30
Landscaping project funds eye pleasing drought tolerant plantings
Eye 380 plans drought tolerant plants and hardy grasses for Wilson Avenue with purple coneflower redbeckia redbud thornless hawthorn and Knock Out roses. Designers Hoefer and Shepley plan rolling hill motif and highway corridor improvements funded by a DOT roadside landscaping grant. Donations and ongoing maintenance details noted with donor Becka Simpson honoring her mother Becky Shawver.
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Wilson Avenue
Diane Hoefer
Iowa
Grant Wood
Hoefer
Kirkwood/Highway 30
Eric Shepley
Boyson Road
McLoud Run
DOT
Kueter
Becka Simpson
Iowa City
Becky Shawver
Kirkwood
Community College
Simpson
Eye 380 project fundraising details and contact
Donors can mail a check to Trees Forever as fiscal agent for Eye 380 with a note for the Eye 380 program at Eye 380 c o Trees Forever 770 Seventh Ave Marion Iowa 52302. For more information visit Eye380.org.
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Seventh Ave
Marion
Iowa
Gazette Communications Inc Publication Details
The Gazette published daily in Cedar Rapids Iowa from 500 Third Ave SE with subscription rates for in state and out of state mail and motor route delivery. It notes AP exclusive republication rights and provides contact numbers for subscription service and general inquiries.
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Third Ave
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Gazette
Gazette Communications Inc
Gazette Communications, Inc
P.O
Roundhouse in limbo near Czech Village in Cedar Rapids
Volunteers dismantled the Riverside Roundhouse after the 2008 floods to clear land for the National Czech and Slovak Museum but land promises failed to materialize. City officials expect a plan by spring while the structure sits storage on 17th Avenue SW and organizers seek use for Czech Village events.
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Czech Village
17Th Avenue SW
Edar Rapids
Cedar Rapids
National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library
Alex Andersen
Andersen
Ernie
Joe O’hern
O’hern
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Mucha
Alphonse Mucha
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