Development bids opened for Czech Village street project
Cedar Rapids The City Council opened bids totaling about 1 million for Czech Village street and sidewalk work on 16th Avenue SW with utility updates this summer and major paving in 2006. The plan adds brickwork trees and a relocated clock, increases on street parking from nine to 21 spaces, and includes a future west side roundabout gateway and an east riverfront welcome mat near St. Wenceslaus Church. Bids listed: All-American Concrete 914057, Rathje Construction 938785. action pending.
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Cedar Rapids
16Th Avenue
Don Thomas
Thomas
Czech Village
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church
16Th Avenue SW
All-American Concrete
West Liberty
Rathje Construction Co
Marion
Cedar Boat Club to Light Biggest Cedar Rapids Fireworks Show
Cedar Rapids hosts the 30th annual free fireworks display at Ellis Park Mohawk Park along the Cedar River at dusk Sunday. Commodore Dean Brown says 2,400 shells will light the sky after last year’s 1,300 shell show. Police will restrict Ellis Boulevard NW traffic in the evening. Before the fires, the Five Seasons Ski Team performs a free water ski show from 7 to 8 pm featuring jumps barefoot pyramids and a 27 person pyramid.
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Dean Brown
Commodore
Cedar Boat Club
Ellis Park
Mohawk Park
Cedar River
Brown
Ellis Boulevard
Five Seasons
Neighborhood associations foster sense of belonging in Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids area hosts several core neighborhood associations formed since the 1990s focusing on safety affordable housing and community cohesion. Leaders from Wellington Heights Mound View Oak Hill Jackson Northwest Neighbors and Taylor Area describe efforts to keep neighborhoods safe clean and livable with projects from home renovations to planning community events and programs.
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Suzanne Barnes
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Wellington Heights
Gan
Association
Terry Bilsland
Mound View
Joe Nosek
Jeremy Brigham
Rosemary
Ron Coleman
Nosek
Oak Hill-Jackson
Jerry McGrane
Oak Hill-Jackson Association
Baker’s Oven
Ninth St
McGrane
Northwest Neighbors Association
Frank King
Laura Segall
the Gazette
Blake Hansen
Anamosa
Brianna Mossman
Jane Boyd
14Th Avenue
Oak Hill- Jackson
Ice Cream Social at Greene Square Opens Neighborhood Celebration
Greene Square Park hosts a 6 to 7 p.m. ice cream social as part of the Freedom Festival with games exhibits and giveaways. The Cedar Rapids Municipal Band concert follows at 7:30 p.m. A group photo at 7 p.m. will appear in Thursday's Gazette. In rain, events move to the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art.
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Greene Square Park
Cedar Rapids
Metro Area
Gazette
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
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Twin Pines
Salvation Army
Kirkwood Estates
Taube Park
Midway
Monroe School
Lisa Lundgren
Brytta Fitzgibbons
Time Check Recreation Center
Fifth Street
Northwest Neighbors
James Fleming
Danae Diaz
Redmond Park
Jeff McQuiston
Ninth St. SE
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