Forum on nurturing ideas for community improvement
The Gazette sponsors a public forum on September 11 from 7 to 8 30 p m at the National Czech Slovak Museum and Library 30 16th Ave SW to discuss building community consensus and turning ideas into reality. Jerry Enzler of Americas River in Dubuque Tim Borich ISU planning professor and Cedar Rapids Vision Planning Committee member will present.
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the Gazette
National
Czech & Slovak Museum & Library
16Th Ave. SW
Jerry Enzler
Dubuque
Mississippi River
Tim Borich
Iowa State University
Cedar Rapids
Community leaders gather for Cedar Rapids charity event
A slate of local figures including Mary Jen Bear of Peppertree Studios Jeanne Brandes of the Cedar Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce Mike Deupree Gazette columnist John M. Ely Jr. and others attend a fundraiser hosted by Garrison Goodlett Science Station executive director Ganesh Ganpat and Liz Hoskins YWCA executive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanne Brandes
Cedar Rapids Area
Ganesh Ganpat
Winning ideas for Iowa City Gazette improvement contest
Iowa City winners propose riverfront beautification a west side corridor looped bike system municipal golf course child friendly spaces and downtown revival. Other plans include affordable day care curbside recycling apartments river access boat rentals and a citywide bus train link plus a downtown convention center and beltline.
Cedar Rapids Top 25 ideas contest winners named
The Gazette reveals 25 winning ideas from 375 submissions to improve Cedar Rapids life. Winners, aged 9 to 75, include plans for a downtown orbiting bus route, multicultural events, riverfront beautification, smarter traffic timing, a Cedar Rapids ballroom, and colorful downtown murals inspired by Quaker Oats silos.
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Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Flowers on roadsides observed on interstate medians
Clara Hardiman describes roadside floral displays along routes 74 through Peoria Illinois and Clarksville Tennessee and the Pennyrile Parkway in Kentucky. She notes overpasses with daffodils and tulips, Pennyrile fences with rose bushes and vines, and median strips glowing yellow with coreopsis and black eyed Susans. She suggests coordination among gardening clubs Kirkwood Community College and civic bodies to beautify Cedar Rapids roadsides.
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Clara Hardiman
Seventh Ave
Iowa
Tennessee
Peoria
Ill
Clarksville
Tenn
Kentucky
Kirkwood
Community College
Cedar Rapids
Water and land tied in corridor watershed plans
Gene Jahncke 74 former teacher on 19622nd Ave SW urges Linn County and nearby towns, farms, environmentalists and businesses to collaborate on comprehensive water and watershed plans aligning land-use, river corridor and county master plans.
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Gene Jahncke
Linn County
Cedar Rapids residents propose people’s paths and arena plan
Peter H Jaynes and Gary A Norris propose expanding bike trails with multi use paths along the river from Edgewood Road Bridge to Sac and Fox Trail and beyond Czech Village plus street bicycle lanes. Envision Wright Brothers Arena near Eastern Iowa Airport with U S Cellular Center kept as convention site. Stan Pidima backs a city planetarium open to schools and public evenings. Fountains downtown urged for Greene Square Park Town Center US Cellular Center and Museum of Art areas.
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Peter H. Jaynes
Aspen Lane
Cedar Rapids
Edgewood Road
Czech Village
Gary A. Norris
Streets Department
Cedar Dr
Iowa
Wright Brothers Arena
U.S. Cellular Center
Town Center
US Cellular Center
Museum of Art
Greene Square Park
Cedar Rapids residents propose community projects and air people ideas
A Cedar Rapids survey features Laura Reichert proposing an outdoor theater in a public park with a sloped hill for amphitheater use and bandstand potential. The piece also outlines plans for an artisans village on Third Street, a public pool schedule, smoking ban, May's Island market and summer outdoor films, plus sidewalk expansions and a transit link.
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Laura Reichert
K Ave
Tom Saxon
Federal Bank
Kiowa Trace
May’s
May’s Island
Des Moines
Nollen Plaza
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Mary Jen Bear
Peppertree Studios
Mike Deupree
John M. Ely Jr
Sarah Fiala
Garrison Goodlett
Liz Hoskins
YWCA
Joseph McGill
African American Historical Museum and Cultural Center
Cheryle Mitralsky
Kirkwood Foundation
Rick Sellers
KMRY
Kyle Skogman
Skogman Homes
Krystle Richey
Iowa City
Institute
Iown
John Arbore
Yellow Pine Dr
Megan Begley
Ellis Blvd
Marianne A. Bern
30Th St
Joseph E. Grady
Amberjack
Hiawatha
Second Avenue SE
St. Paul
Minn
Lori Hager
Southview Dr
Marion
Walford
Daryl Hanneman
34Th Ave
Dan Lekin
42Nd St
Hanneman
Jonathan
Lekin
Bruegger
Bagel Bakery
Arbore
Begley
Bem
Hager
Hardiman
Jahncke
Austin
Texas
Honolulu
Minneapolis
Boston
Enri Ostrenga
Front St
Fairfax
Stan Pidima
Normandy
Jaynes
Norris
Ostrenga
Pidima
Larry Rettig
South Amana
Sunday Gazette
United States
Cedar Rap
Michael Richards
Craftsman
Chandler
Third St
Third Street
CSPS
3Rd Street Live
the White Elephant
Little Bohemia
Kristi Roehr
McKinsie Ct
Lowell Rutz
Nora Schultes
Prairie Dr. NE
Reichert
Rettig
Rutz
Saxen
Schultes
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