Anonymous gift spurs final fund drive for Cedar Rapids museum
A Cedar Rapids resident giving anonymously helped trigger the final push for the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art relocation. Campaign chair Henry Royer announced $5.7 million pledged toward a $6.5 million goal, with next week set for volunteers to finish calling community leaders to secure the remaining funds and ensure eligibility for major grants.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
Henry Royer
Merchants National Bank
Carnegie Library
Fifth Street
Third Avenue SE
Roger
Kresge Foundation
The
Hall Foundation
Joseph Czestochowski
Czestochowski
Cedar Rapids hotel motel tax up 13 percent in spring
The 2 percent rise in hotel motel taxes collected in Cedar Rapids during spring boosted revenue by 13 percent. A quarterly payment of about 234000 was received from the state for April through June, the first months of a 7 percent tax. The city expects 750000 for the fiscal year, with at least half of tax receipts directed to recreation cultural facilities or tourism and convention development.
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Cedar Rapids
Ed Burrell
Marryce Heidt
Central City to receive early gift from Falcon estate
Central City will get $200000 from the Lera Falcon estate sooner than planned with a second $200000 due next March. City officials plan a Falcon Civic Center to serve mobile meals for the elderly and host community activities, including possible city offices.
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Central City
Lera Falcon
Gerald Renfer
City Hall
Sharon Mettler
Independence
Falcon
Buchanan
Linn
Laurance
Falcon’s
Falcon Civic Center
Mettler
QuikTrip Rezoning Sees Limited Support in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids council faces a likely defeat for QuikTrip Inc. planned store at F Avenue and Ellis Boulevard NW after an informal meeting showed only one supporter Elmer Delaney. Mayor Don Canney expects the measure to die without a second. A Sept. 18 vote is set amid about 800 petition signers opposing the rezoning.
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Cedar Rapids
QuikTrip Inc
QuikTrip
F Avenue
Ellis Boulevard
Don Canney
Drunken driving charges hit Linn County motorists
Nineteen motorists were charged with drunken driving in Linn County since Friday. Names, ages, addresses, and arrest times span Marion Cedar Rapids Hiawatha and nearby areas with offenses recorded as first or second offenses and arrests from Friday night through Tuesday dawn.
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Linn County
Dwayne Ness
Ninth St
Marion
Sixth Avenue
Rebecca Kendall
Second Ave
Third Avenue
Marion student speaks at St Pauls Lutheran Church
Linn-Mar High School exchange student Dawn Dostal will speak Thursday at St Pauls Lutheran Church in Marion. The event at 915 27th Street features a neon potluck followed by a travel film and the speaker.
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Marion
Dawn Dostal
Linn-Mar High School
Mexico
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
27Th St
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