Tag: flood recovery
Cedar Rapids leaders: Greenway Parks Plan will expand amenities, provide economic boost
Cedar Rapids leaders say the city’s Greenway Parks Plan will not only provide a vital boost to flood recovery efforts for riverfront areas on...
O’Donnell encourages Cedar Rapids residents to keep momentum going
The pace of economic development projects in Cedar Rapids over the past year is encouraging, but work remains on a number of fronts to...
Business leaders, officials discuss 2008 flood rebound
Former Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett discusses the emotions and lessons of the 2008 floods during the CBJ's Commercial Real Estate Luncheon on June...
Orchestrating University of Iowa building projects
Story by Pat Shaver
Photo by Rachel Jessen
IOWA CITY—As a wrecking ball was tearing through the flood-damaged Hancher Auditorium, about 1,400 yards of concrete was...
Urban farm brings flood plain back to life
By Sarah Binder
Looking at empty plots west of the Cedar River, Matt Meyer sees opportunity.
Mr. Meyer is the director of Cultivate Hope, a project organized by community development...
Public investment leads to private growth
Corbett: “We have our second wind”
By Sarah Binder
CEDAR RAPIDS—Like an athlete finding the endurance to carry on, Cedar Rapids is finding its second wind.
Mayor...
Bornbach adds marketing services
Serial entrepreneur brings her experience to business coaching
By Sarah Binder
CEDAR RAPIDS—You need to know what makes you special.
Theresa Bornbach, founder of Business and Talent Made Better,...
Library shows off progress, envisions enhanced experience
By Sarah Binder
CEDAR RAPIDS--Forget everything you think you know about public libraries.
For Bob Pasicznyuk, the philosophy of the new downtown library is to turn...