Tag: flood
Iowa Flood Center awarded $1 million for Eastern Iowa
Congress’s Community Project Funding awarded the Iowa Flood Center (IFC) $1 million to expand drought and flood monitoring, watershed management and forecasting services in...
Reynolds announces plans to invest in water infrastructure, quality
Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Dec. 8 a $100 million investment in water infrastructure and water quality efforts for the State of Iowa.
Through a new...
Riverview Plaza brings flooded area back to life
Riverview Plaza Phase I and Phase II have transformed the streetscape along First Avenue in Coralville with greater density and a more urban feel....
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...
Keeping connected with IT when disaster arrives
By Dave DeWitte
dave@corridorbusiness.com
Business continuity planning can go a long way during a disaster, as UFG discovered during the September 2016 flood evacuation of its...
Cedar Rapids officials: Flood preparations complete
Volunteers stack sandbags outside the Geonetric building on Sept. 23 in Cedar Rapids' NewBo district. PHOTO/ADAM MOORE
By Dave DeWitte
dave@corridorbusiness.com
As the Cedar River rose this...
Buildings offered for redevelopment as flood demolitions near end
Story and photo by Cindy Hadish
CEDAR RAPIDS –Two commercial buildings that were destined for demolition will be given a second chance.
The change is significant as...
Protecting the arts
UI campus prepares for floods as '08 projects move ahead
By Pat Shaver
IOWA CITY—By 2016, the University of Iowa will look like a new campus.
Just...
Spring floods test lessons from 2008
By Cindy Hadish
CORRIDOR--Relentless rains pummeled Cedar Rapids as Mayor Ron Corbett discussed remaining recovery efforts, nearly five years after unprecedented flooding engulfed the city's...