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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 2011
Page
5
The piece recalls Iowa’s massive volunteer effort with 76,534 readers, 13,169 deaths including 8,498 from disease, and Iowa’s high enlistment rate. It notes Manchester’s desecrated 50-foot Liberty Pole and the local response, plus references a Cedar Rapids author and his war history work.
Iowa City plans a Divaris Real Estate contract to study downtown market potential with focus on the University of Iowa impact. The plan includes 30 mile radius demographics, owner-occupied housing, and lessons from college towns to guide a future SSMID and retail expansion.
Iowa City plans to negotiate easements to build an overpass at the First Avenue Iowa Interstate crossing. The project aims to lower the road and place a railroad bridge overhead, reducing blocks of traffic that can exceed ten minutes. Construction expected spring 2012 with a two year timeline and an estimated $7.1 million cost.
The City Council revised Cedar Rapids ethics ordinance aligning with practice that board and commission members may vote on recommendations if benefits are shared with the public. The Board of Ethics, Iowa's sole local ethics body, clarified voting on harbor rates and golf fees among other matters.
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