Iowa Creative Corridor plans five year regional growth vision
Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance leader outlines a five year, consensus based plan to brand and grow Iowa's Creative Corridor from Iowa City to Cedar Rapids. The group hires Market Street Services to guide the effort and aims for regional economic development with regional branding and a unified strategy. The initiative follows floods in 2008 and involves Iowa State University and community leaders amid questions about leadership and involvement from University of Iowa President Harald Harreld.
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US Bank
Nancy Kasparek
Ortberg
Kasparek
Baird
Harreld
Iowa
Market Street Services Inc
Market Street
Capital Crossroads
Greater
Des Moines
Iowa State University
Steven Leath
ISU
Leath
IBM
Boston
University of Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Metro Economic Alliance
Iowa City
Benton
Cedar
Johnson, Jones, Linn
Washington
State pays reveal top earners and median salaries across Iowa
The Iowa public payroll shows ISU President Steven Leath at 835 461 including 500 000 base, 320 461 deferred payout and 15 000 car allowance. UI and ISU basketball coaches earn multi million totals, with Fran McCaffery at 1 55 million and Lisa Bluder 795 776. The statewide median salary is 49 367 with Linn County median 50 368. Gov Branstad remains at 130 000 while 2 397 state workers earn more than him.
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ISU
Steven Leath
University of Northern Iowa
Ben Jacobson
Iowa
Linn County
Vincent Reid
Peter Gruber
USHC
Matthew Howard
Joseph Turek
Bruce Gantz
Fran McCaffery
Lisa Bluder
Terry Branstad
U.S
New York
Maine
Council On State Governments
West-side voters oppose Cedar Rapids library levy
Cedar Rapids voters backed by only 10 percent of precincts blocked a library levy. West-side polling places voted against it while overall traffic at the west-side branch accounted for 30 percent of library visits. Local official Schmidt noted a national trend against tax funding for libraries and discussed possible hour cuts to downtown and Ladd libraries.
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Cedar Rapids
Ladd
Schmidt
Jeff Pomeranz
West-Side
Liz Martin
the Gazette
Dara Schmidt
University Heights Eyes Recount After Narrow Write-In Margin
In University Heights, a city of 799 registered voters, write-in candidate Weldon Heitman leads Mayor Louise From by six votes in a tight council race prompting an administrative recount. The Johnson County Auditor's Office plans the recount after Board of Supervisors approval, with Nierling noting high write-in activity and turnout.
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University Heights
Johnson County
Carrie Nierling
Weldon Heitman
Louise
Mike Haverkamp
Jim Lane
Silvia Quezada
Dorothy Maher
Jerry Zimmerman
Shahzad Ali
Zimmerman
Oxford
John Deeth
Johnson County Board of Supervisors
Nierling
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Erin
Jordan
Thegazette
Stephen Mally
Hawkeyes
Kirk Ferentz
Rick Smith
Thegazette.com
Mitchell.schmidt
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