Cedar Rapids Hotel Motel Tax Adds Startups Category
Cedar Rapids city council eyed a new fourth category for hotel motel tax grants titled Startups, support and studies. The plan allocates 15 percent to this category and 70 percent to community attraction and tourism, with 15 percent to community betterment, while 70 percent targets visitor oriented programs. The measure follows a February 2000 allocation of 2.2 million and was developed with the Convention and Visitors Bureau and local arts groups.
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Columbine reporter reconsiders career after 1999 shootings
Sheba Wheeler, a Denver Post reporter and 1996 Iowa graduate, rethinks journalism after two weeks covering the Columbine mass shooting. The Pulitzer Prize team faced trauma yet found humanity in stories. Wheeler says the tragedy forever shapes her memory and career doubts.
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Cedar Rapids hearing on Poweshiek water pact planned
Cedar Rapids residents may comment at a 7 p.m. City Council hearing on selling water to the Poweshiek Water Association. A two mile main extension in western Benton County could pump up to 1 million gallons daily, with costs for the line borne by the association.
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