Time Check area to gain by Ellis Boulevard extension
City officials move ahead with three traffic roundabouts and an Ellis Boulevard extension to link Time Check with I 380 and downtown. The 3.3 acre MidAmerican site at Ellis and E Avenue NW is being razed after the city bought it for 1.8 million, with demolition by Schrader Excavating costing nearly 114 thousand. Project work begins 2022 on a two year, 8 million plan to realign E and F Avenues NW and improve complete streets for pedestrians and cyclists.
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EDAR
76Th Ave
Schrader
Ellis
Sixth Street
I-380
First Avenue West
F Avenues
First Street
Cedar Rapids Plans Ellis Boulevard Extension to Sixth Street
City staff design an extension of Ellis Boulevard NW to Sixth Street NW to improve traffic flow and access to the Northwest Neighborhood. The project targets better connectivity and regional access for residents and commuters.
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Cedar Rapids
Ellis Boulevard
Sixth Street NW
UI selects 7 projects for 12 million from partnership funding
The University of Iowa will allocate 12.13 million from a 1.165 billion public private partnership endowment to seven projects over two to three years. Projects focus on research student success and equity with cross college collaboration and aims to advance the university strategic plan.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Iowa
Kevin Kregel
Engie
Meridiam
Concert aids missing boy Xavier Harrelson case in Grinnell
A 6:30 p.m. benefit concert at Poweshiek County Fairgrounds Grinnell aims to support Xavier Harrelson 11 missing for a month. Organizers Mollie’s Movement urge orange attire while honoring Mollie Tibbetts’s case and spotlighting other missing children. Proceeds go to awareness efforts as authorities remain silent on the investigation.
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Xavier Harrelson
Montezuma
Poweshiek County Fairgrounds
East St. South
Grinnell
Xavier
Mollie
Finding Others
University of Iowa
Mollie Tibbetts
Brooklyn
Iowa
Guernsey
Cristhian Bahena Rivera
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