Iowa City council OKs second reading rezoning former Kirkwood campus

Concerns around air quality persist, council members say ordinance aligns with existing zoning
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  • Kirkwood's Iowa City campus, located at 1828 Lower Muscatine Road.

    The Iowa City council passed a second reading, 5-1, considering an ordinance that would rezone the former Kirkwood Community College Iowa City campus site to a general industrial zone.

    The ordinance would rezone approximately 6.8 acres of land located at 1810, 1816, and 1828 Lower Muscatine Road to accommodate Procter & Gamble’s (P&G) expansion goals for Oral-B Laboratories.

    In February, P&G entered into an agreement with Kirkwood to buy the…

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