Alcohol Safety Group expands to include bar owners
The Partnership for Alcohol Safety plans broader outreach adding bar owners neighborhood groups and health care professionals to its ranks. UI officials Matt Hayek and Tom Rocklin led a planning retreat with about 20 members including three University of Iowa students to map actions in four areas policy downtown diversification neighborhoods and membership structure.
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Diane Held
The
Gazette
Iowa City
Partnership For Alcohol Safety
University of Iowa
Tom Rocklin
Matt Hayek
Rocklin
Hayek
Leah Cohen
Bo-James
Rock
Crowne Plaza Cedar Rapids Begins Major Makeover
Cedar Rapids largest hotel closes for a two year renovation under city ownership. The Crowne Plaza Five Seasons Hotel exits with 125 staff and guests while officials plan a $25 million takeover and a broader $75.6 million Convention Complex project. The staff will help with shutdown tasks including removing logos and disposing of unsold liquor and Bibles to be reused or discarded.
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Becky Malewitz
the Gazette
Jessie Smith
Paul Ehrhardt
Ed Paoletti
Sacramento
Calif
Ray Dudonis
Yardley
Crowne Plaza
Five Seasons
Cedar Rapids
Dave Franzman
City of
California
Pennsylvania
Deb Stout
Stout
UI students offered violent incident survival training
University of Iowa officials promote Violent Incident Survival Training based on ALICE principles to prepare the campus for potential shooter events. Six officers train two hour sessions, with seven more classes planned this semester, limited to 30 participants each.
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Ne Gazette
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Chuck Green
UI Police
Green
Police
Uiowa
Edu
University of Iowa Shows Explicit Film After Roundover
The Bijou Theater at the University of Iowa will screen Disco Dolls in Hot Skin in 3-D today and Saturday after last year blocking the film. UI officials cite free speech while vowing protection for minors, and Bijou member Zane Umsted defends the program as boundary pushing nostalgia and comedy.
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Tom Ude
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Residents urged to clear a wide path after snow
Iowa City residents are asked to widen sidewalk clearings to aid those with disabilities. Access 2 Independence cited a motorized wheelchair user stranded for days when a path was too narrow. Johnson County Public Health echoed the need to consider the elderly and mobile-impaired.
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Clark Cahill
Gazette
Iowa City
Johnson County Livable Community Policy Board
Access 2 Independence
Steve Gill
David Beardsley
Johnson County
Clark.cahill
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