Board up apartments after fire at Fifth and Seventh
Cedar Rapids Fire Marshal orders the burned-out Fifth Avenue Seventh Street building boarded up by tonight amid a planned demolition set for Monday. Residents report thefts and unsafe conditions while manager Nassif cites ice and doors that won’t close.
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Fifth Avenue
Seventh Street
Cedar Rapids
Phillip Saunders
Saunders
Nassif
Marge Bryant
Bryant
Jackie Phillips
the Gazette
Phillips
Rinas Urges TIF Base Protection in Cedar Rapids
Linn County Supervisor Joe Rinas urged a House subcommittee to support a bill shielding the Cedar Rapids TIF base from rollback effects. He warned that eroding the base could starve local taxing jurisdictions and cost both the city and county. Rep. James West noted two rollback options, with West favoring protecting the increment.
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Des Moines
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Iowa House of Representatives
Cedar Rapids
Joe Rinas
Marion
House
James West
State ‘Center
Ways ‘and Means Committee
West
Rinas
Linn County
Mason City
Census office opens in Cedar Rapids district
The Cedar Rapids area census office opened at 219 Second St SE with an open house attended by city, county, state and federal staff. Mayor Donald Canney cut the tape. The office will hire enumerators and other workers for the 1980 census beginning April 1 when all U.S. households will receive questionnaires.
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U.S
Cedar Rapids District
Donald Canney
Fice
Second St. SE
United States
Committee expands Cedar Rapids housing board to 30
The Cedar Rapids Citizens Housing Code Committee, appointed by Mayor Don Canney, grows to about 30 members as it returns to a page by page revision of the proposed housing code. Chairman Scott Olson says weekly meetings will run four to five weeks, aiming to blend revisions with public comments from October hearings.
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Cedar Rapids
Don Canney
Scott Olson
Olson
Canney
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