Hawkeye Downs redevelopment plan advances in Cedar Rapids
Two phase plan starts next year to revitalize Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids with fly ash remediation and a hotel, expo center, and go kart racetrack. City incentives include a 10 year 50 percent tax rebate and an estimated 6.7 million in new tax revenue, 2.5 million to Sunline Inc. and Cassill Motors owner Roger Cassill, with timing targets for 2026 completion and a spring 2025 start of phase one.
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Sunline Inc
Sunline
Hawkeye Downs Speedway
Expo Center
Roger Cassill
Cassill Motors
Ashley Vanoray
Ann Poe
Hawkeye Downs
Poe
Cedar Rapids
Tiffany O’donnell
O’donnell
Lars
Cassill
Iowa
Deaf students weigh Iowa School for the Deaf option
The Iowa School for the Deaf in Council Bluffs enrolls about 100 students from Iowa Nebraska and the Dakotas. Families face distance and language access challenges while AEAs offer deaf services and ASL support across 18 Iowa counties.
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Iowa School For the Deaf
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Nebraska
North
South Dakota
Kaftan
Anna Crenshaw
Central Rivers Area Education Agency
Crenshaw
Aeas
Central Rivers Aea
Cedar Falls
Grant
Grant Wood Aea
Cedar Rapids
Linn
Johnson
Speer
AEA
ASL
Guatemala
Iowa School of the Deaf
Sandra Anderson
University of Iowa
Anderson
Scott Morgan
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