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How University Heights Was Surrounded by Iowa City
Curious Iowa travels into the history of University Heights Iowa its incorporation in 1935 to avoid higher tax rates and its current status as a small city trapped by surrounding Iowa City growth. The Koser brothers built the community and residents favored a single family residential character resisting annexation while embracing a 2015 development that added One University Place with City Hall retail and condos.
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Bettendorf
Windsor Heights
Alan Kemp
Iowa League of Cities
Des Moines
Urbandale
Clive
West Des Moines
University Heights
Iowa City
Curious
Iowa
Pat Yeggy
George and
Lee Koser
Koser Brothers
Veggy
George Koser
Yeggy
Daily Iowan
Emery Rhodes
University Place
Mike Haverkamp
Haverkamp
Golfview Avenue
Bess Fox
First
Fox
Johnson County
Swisher
West Branch