Downtown recovery begins after 2008 Cedar Rapids floods
After the June floods, downtown Cedar Rapids shows signs of revival with Theatre Cedar Rapids back open while the Paramount Theatre remains closed. Comedy moved to the Clarion Inn and the public library now serves patrons at Westdale Mall. Some returning businesses, including Blend and a used-car dealer on the old Dairy Queen site, have already closed.
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Dave DeWitte
Ne Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Paramount Theatre
Cedar Rapids Symphony
Penguin’s Comedy Club
Clarion Inn
Dairy Queen
Doug Neumann Esti
Downtown Cedar Rapids Eyes Postflood Revival Push
Accent plans 1 billion dollars for downtown recovery from June 2008 to June 2013 plus an estimated 900 million for flood protection. Some residents argue spending focuses on downtown while wealthier east-side neighborhoods avoided flooding. Dennis Burrier criticizes the approach as frosting before baking the cake.
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the Gazette
Guy Ayers-Berry
Second Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Dennis Burrier
Burrier
Go Daddy election stirs battle over jobs in Cedar Rapids area
A metro area job fight pits Cedar Rapids Mayor Corbett against Hiawatha leaders over Go Daddy plans. Hiawatha officials accuse Corbett of subverting a potential 500 downtown Cedar Rapids jobs while Cedar Rapids seeks to attract employers to flood-damaged downtown.
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Rick Smith
Cedar Rapids
Ron Corbett
Hiawatha
Tom Theis
Dick Olson
Corbett
Theis
Go Daddy
Bob Parsons
Branstad Culver differ on paths to govern Iowa voters choice
Newly elected GOP nominee Terry Branstad and Gov. Chet Culver debated policy differences on campaign day one. Branstad promised “help is on the way” to curb the Democrats’ job-killing agenda while Culver framed his own plan to stop Branstad from moving Iowa backward.
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Rod Boshart
James Q. Lynch
Des Moines Bureau
GOP
Terry Branstad
Chet Culver
Iowa
Branstad
Culver
Tam
University of Iowa to Lease Private Apartments for 2013 Amid Growth
University of Iowa expects 4,475 first year students this fall, up from 4,289. Regents approve a new west campus residence hall costing 20 to 32 million dollars, likely ready in fall 2013. In the interim, UI negotiates leasing private apartments to house returning and new students.
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Ee Gazette
Vinton
University of Iowa
Board of Regents
Regents
Rescue efforts target immigrant cottages facing demolition
Preservationists seek an emergency grant to study and possibly save eight flood damaged worker homes across from St. Wenceslaus Church at Fifth Street SE and 12th Avenue SE in Coral Rapids. Six of eight cottages await demolition within weeks as asbestos work begins around July 1. Rod Scott of Preservation Iowa cites imminent environmental hazards from ashes and hazardous materials in five homes and structural damage in the sixth.
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Cindy Hadish
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Sinclair Meatpacking
St. Wenceslaus Church
12Th Avenue SE
John Riggs
Fifth St. SE
Preservations
Rod Scott
Preservation Iowa
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