Great Places program fuels local dreams in Iowa
The Gazette endorses continuing momentum for Iowa Great Places projects including Central City and Cedar Rapids ties. Local groups should push ideas like an Iowa Writers Road and mural tours, while Creative Corridor efforts persist with government and civic cooperation to secure resources.
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Great Places
Coon Rapids
Clinton
Sioux City
Tom Vilsack
Iowa
Department of Cultural Affairs
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Bud Kudart
Grant Wood
Cedar
Rapids
Meredith Willson
Mason City
Chambers of Commerce
Boards of Supervisors
Letters clash on gym teachers and Iraq war stance
A Cedar Rapids reader questions a claim about overweight gym teachers and recalls a personal PE mentor who inspired healthy living. The letter also critiques city rezoning processes and condemns the Iraq war, urging troop withdrawal and highlighting antiwar demonstrations with UI students and Iowa City participants.
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Cedar Rapids
Webster
Searching for optimism and the way back home
A pair discusses the strain of long deployments in Afghanistan. They consider malaria in Kandahar, travel routes via Kabul Dubai and Dallas, and the toll of years apart as insurgents wage deadly attacks. The Brookings Afghanistan index and IMF data frame a grim backdrop.
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Kandahar
Afghanistan
Kabul
Civilization
Dubai
Zurich
Dallas
Fort Worth
Persian Gulf
Iraq
U.S
Cedar Rapids faces concerns over 420 unit manufactured home park
Neighborhood residents challenge proposed rezoning in northeast Cedar Rapids as plans shift from low density residential to mixed commercial and residential uses for a 420 unit manufactured home park. Questions arise about compatibility with master city plan and impact on neighborhood value.
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Planning Commission
Cedar Rapids
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