Council moves faster on flood relief sales tax spending
Cedar Rapids City Council aims to exhaust flood relief funds from the local option sales tax by June 30, 2014 after spending 243,441 of 16.6 million collected since April 1, 2009. About 90 percent funds flood relief via property acquisition and rehab, with 10 percent aiding property tax relief.
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Rick Smith
Cedar Rapids
Drew Westberg
Regina Iowa City reach new school bus deal
Regina and Iowa City school boards approve a contract sending state transportation funds from Iowa City to Regina for non public school busing next year. Iowa City stops Regina service this fall to save about 260000 annually and Regina seeks bids for its own service. City of Iowa City breaks ground on a 37 million recycling center off Scott Boulevard opening next summer with an environmental education center and public use. Cedar Rapids releases online maps for CR Transit routes with interactive route maps schedules and bus stop locations.
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Iowa City
Regina
Scott Boulevard
Rick Fosse
Cedar Rapids
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Cedar Rapids Mayor to host coffee chat at Hy-Vee store
Cedar Rapids officials will meet residents 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday at Hy-Vee Food Store 1556 First Ave NE. Mayor Ron Corbett and City Council members will solicit ideas and feedback. Similar Saturday coffees are planned for all Cedar Rapids Hy-Vee locations.
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Cedar Rapids
Ron Corbett
First Ave
Mount Vernon seniors test 40-foot balloon in class project
Mount Vernon High School Industrial Tech Design students led by Scott White built a 40-foot hot air balloon. After trial and error with tape and painter's plastic strips ironed together, the eighth design floated briefly before wind brought it down.
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Mount Vernon High School
Tom Mlynarczyk
Tasha Redmond
Nikki Penn
Cody Henik
Jeremy Martin
Industrial Tech
Scott White
Industrial Tech Design
Matt Winder
Community council hears Second Avenue SE closure plan
G R resident James Maxted proposes a three month trial to close Second Avenue SE between 10th and 12th streets SE to study traffic and community impact before any permanent decision on PCI medical mall plans at 10th Street. A traffic study funded by PCI and the city is underway.
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Cedar Rapids
James Maxted
Grande Ave
Second Avenue
10Th
12Th Streets
Physicians’ Clinic of
Iowa
Maxted
Rockwell Collins Systems
University of Iowa
Second Avenue SE
PCI
Third Avenues
10Th Street
Rick.smith
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