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Home sales homeownership 2023

Report: 53.1% of Iowa real estate agents are female, below U.S. average

The residential real estate sales profession is dominated by women, but the percentage of female real estate agents in Iowa is lower than the...
A rendering shows the proposed design of the Cedar Rapids Country Club expansion indoor tennis facility.

Council votes to advance Cedar Rapids Country Club expansion plan

Indicating they felt confident previously-expressed concerns had been adequately addressed, the Cedar Rapids City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to approve the first reading of...
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Proposed casino license moratorium upsets Cedar Rapids supporters

UPDATED: Supporters of a proposed Cedar Rapids casino are decrying a measure approved by the Iowa Legislature that would impose a two-year moratorium on...

Raptors FC launching indoor soccer teams in Cedar Rapids

Professional indoor soccer is returning to Cedar Rapids. Officials with the Iowa Raptors FC and the Major Arena Soccer League 2 announced at a news...
Members of the Linn County Technical Review Committee discuss details of the Duane Arnold Solar projects with NextEra Energy representatives during a committee meeting Thursday, May 19, 2022 at the Jean Oxley Administrative Office Building in Cedar Rapids. CREDIT RICHARD PRATT

Linn County official asks NextEra to consider raising Duane Arnold Solar panel heights

Most of Thursday’s Technical Review Committee meeting to review NextEra Energy Resource’s rezoning applications for two industrial-scale solar energy projects near Palo covered detailed...
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Buff City Soap to open second Cedar Rapids location Thursday

Buff City Soap, a handmade retail franchise known for its plant-based soap and body products made in-store daily, will soon be opening its second...
Construction work continues for a new McDonald's restaurant at 4520 First Ave. NE in Cedar Rapids. CREDIT RICHARD PRATT

New McDonald’s coming to former bank site along First Avenue near Lindale Mall

Construction is under way on a new McDonald’s restaurant at the former site of a US Bank branch near Lindale Mall. A building permit was...
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New flex warehouse coming to southwest Cedar Rapids

A new flex warehouse building under construction along Interstate 380 on the south side of Cedar Rapids should be ready for occupancy this fall. Wendy...
Joe Ahmann at First and First West groundbreaking

Construction begins on First and First West project

City officials and developers gathered Wednesday afternoon to formally break ground on the $100 million-plus First and First West project in downtown Cedar Rapids,...

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