Local buying movement gains momentum in flood-hit Iowa
Minneapolis consultant Cinda Baxter promotes the 3/50 Project urging households to shift 50 dollars monthly to three locally owned businesses. The concept has spread nationwide and reached Cedar Rapids where downtown venues largely remain locally owned after the 2008 flood.
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Baxter
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Smulekoff’s and
Hall Bicycle Co
Nancy Whittenburg
Marion
Basket Boutique
Hiawatha
Cedar Rapids
Fireworks return to downtown G R threatened by costs
Freedom Festival officials and Cedar Rapids city leaders discuss securing police and fire services for a downtown July Fourth show. Negotiations focus on a city security bill that rose from 1300 in 2007 to about 19000 last summer and on potential private security to cut costs.
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Freedom Festival
Russ Oviatt
May’s Island
Oviatt
Jim Prosser
Prosser
Kirkwood Community College
Council members back TrueNorth site for new library
Four City Council members told The Gazette they favor building the city’s $45 million library on the TrueNorth block, a site not endorsed by the library board. The block faces the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art and Greene Square Park across Fourth Avenue SE. Mayor Corbett cautioned that the nine-member council may choose among three proposed sites tonight, while praising all three as excellent options.
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the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
TrueNorth
Library Board
Monica Vernon
Pat Shey
Justin Shields
Tom Podzimek
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
Fourth Avenue SE
Greene Square Park
Ron Corbett
Council split likely on library site parking ramp plan
Net blog coverage reports Rick Smith on the vote to approve parking ramps tied to the Emerald Knights block on Second Avenue SE. Podzimek had backed Gazette Communications site in the 500 block of Third Avenue SE after library board endorsement but shifted after Lonnie Laffen of JLG Architects spoke about the downtown plan.
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Emerald Knights
Second Avenue SE
Podzimek
Gazette Communications
Third Avenue SE
Library Board
Lonnie Laffen
JLG Architects
Grand Forks
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Psychiatrist tests Becker sanity in coach shooting case
The trial of 24 year old Mark Becker faces closing arguments in Butler County District Court over whether he was sane when he killed Ed Thomas, head football coach at Aplington Parkersburg High School, with jurors to rule after jury instructions. Dr. Michael Taylor testified Becker’s paranoid schizophrenia caused delusions and hallucinations but did not negate responsibility.
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Allison
Mark Becker
Ed Thomas
Butler County District Court
Becker
Thomas
Aplington-Parkersburg High School
Michael Taylor
Des Moines
Butler County
Big Trial Small Town 1A Live Blog Review
GazetteOnline.com coverage tracks Mark Becker's trial with Trish Ad Mehaffey providing updates from the courtroom. The live blog captures developments, witness statements, and procedural steps as the case unfolds in a tight, small-town setting.
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Trishad Mehaffey
Mark Becker
GazetteOnline
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