Marion's Long Range Plan Moves To City Council
The 124 page comprehensive plan prepared with House of Lavigne Associates is headed to the Marion City Council after approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission. It guides land use transportation and trails as Marion’s population grows from about 34 000 to 35 000 with a June 17 public hearing likely and a July 1 session.
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Marion
House of Lavigne Associates
Kesha Kaiser
Steve Sprague
Marion Planning and Development Department
Sprague
Farmers market offers two venues in Marion this Saturday
Farmers market shoppers in Marion may choose between two markets on Saturday. A new Uptown Marion Farmers Market runs 7 30 a m to 1 p m at Marion Square Park with about 45 vendors. the traditional East End site operates 8 to 11 30 a m at 3375 Seventh Ave. The Uptown market is a Marion Chamber of Commerce and St Luke’s Hospital partnership and is first of three summer events with July 10 and Aug 14 dates.
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Gindy Hadish
Gazette
Marion
Marion Square Park
Marion Chamber of Commerce
St. Luke’s Hospital
Pat Carlson
East End
Seventh Ave
Uptown Marion Farmers Market Beats Traditional Model
The uptown Marion market emerged from Imagine8 as a broader event featuring recycling info, a Hy-Vee cooking demo, kids entertainment, a Marion Fire Department display and health programs. Vendors praised the 1970s shelter, restrooms and loading ease at the east end site.
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Carlson
Uptown
Marion
Ship modeler Bob Carter's long life of craft and work
In Cedar Rapids 90 year old Bob Carter recalls a 1937 clipping and a 50 inch model of the 1853 Great Republic built over 500 hours. The model drew Howard Hall's purchase offer and led to commissions, building a yacht model and the Hawaiian Room at Brucemore. He later pursued engineering and housing projects, remaining active with woodworking and sailing ships.
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Bob Carter
Cedar Rapids
Bob
Armstrong’s Department Store
Howard Hall
Iowa Manufacturing
Brucemore
Howard
Margaret
Hallmar IT
Miami
Palisades
Cedar River
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Seattle
Linkbelt/FMC
Dave Rasdal
the Gazette
Marion clinic counselor charged with sexual exploitation
Angelo D. Lopez, 55, of Marion, is charged with sexual exploitation by a counselor for alleged inappropriate contact with a client at a Mercy Medical Center facility in Marion. He allegedly kissed and touched the woman's clothed breasts on April 11. The victim reported the incident to Mercy, staff notified police, and Lopez no longer works at the clinic.
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Marion
Angelo D. Lopez
Lopez
Scott Elam
Mercy Medical Center
Mercy
Bers
Elam
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