Second Floor Planned for Cedar Rapids Chamber Building
Auxiant Properties bought 424 First Ave NE in downtown Cedar Rapids and seeks a second story after core samples by Terracon. If feasible construction could begin fall with completion in spring or summer 2014, expanding office space about 50 percent. The Elks Club built the site in 1961 after burning in 1957.
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Cedar Rapids
Metro Economic Alliance
Auxiant Properties
First Ave
Elks Club
Terracon
Beck
Auxiant
Law
Second St. St
First Avenue
The
Civic Development Association
CDA
Chamber
Cedar Rapids Area
Flood of 2013 costs and prep hit corridor businesses
The Gazette reports on how Cedar Rapids and surrounding shops prepped for flooding in 2013. Little Bohemia owner Melsha moved stock to storage and rented a pump while Kid Works and Houseworks relocated to Sycamore Mall, tripling payroll and delaying operations. Pierson’s Flower and Greenhouses invested 100000 after 2008, buying portable gear to stay movable. Dos Tal Catering also invested heavily as the Cedar River threat persisted.
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Cedar River
Little Bohemia
Riedl
al Pierson
Pierson
Ellis Blvd
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City shop owners move stores after 2008 flood
Sue Riedl of Kidworks and Houseworks moved both stores into Sycamore Mall as sandbags appeared around her area. Mumm prepared four trailers and a refrigerated unit with volunteers but evacuation was not needed. Other Corridor businesses reported minimal financial impact while some faced water in basements and temporary closures.
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Sue Riedl
Kidworks
Houseworks
Stevens Drive
Gilbert Street
Iowa City
Sycamore Mall
TheGazette
Mumm
Tony Bata
Bata
New Bo
Maja Hunt
Hunt
Chelsea
Keenan
Sourcemedia.net
Iowa broadband expands to 6 Mbps nationwide in Linn and Johnson
In urban and rural Iowa, 94 percent of the 1.2 million households have access to at least 6 Mbps download, 1.5 Mbps upload. Johnson and Linn counties report 100 percent 6 Mbps capability, with 98 percent of rural homes reaching at least 3 Mbps. The Connect Iowa study notes growth since October 2012 and six months prior.
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Johnson and Linn Counties
Amy Kuhlers
Connect
Iowa
Des Moines
Kuhlers
Linn
Kuhler
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
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George.ford
Jim Slos
Chelsea Keenan
Off Melsha
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Third St SE
Ellis Boulevard
Jeff Mumm
Dostal Catering
Czech Village
Jeff Melsha
Brian Ray
Tommy Southall
Johnson
Kiran Sood
Kiran.sood
Hills Bank
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