CEDAR RAPIDS - When historic ... in the 2007-08 budget year - before flooding wiped out the library's old location on First Street SE - it's edging nearer the pre-flood numbers and is 54 percent ...

The Cedar Rapids Public Library is facing three critical months. The library's board of trustees is making plans for a $45 million, 105,000-square-foot new central library to replace the one ...

Cedar Rapids was flooded by historic high waters on the Cedar River.Friday 17 years since that record crest of 31.12 feet, 11 ...

On June 13, 2008, the Cedar River crested to a historic 31.12 feet, 11 feet higher than the river had gone before. Seventeen years later, Cedar Rapids is more t ...

310 city facilities flooded -- including the downtown fire station, library ... nearly double what they were before 2008. Protecting it all is the Cedar Rapids Flood Control System currently ...

Tragedy struck Cedar Rapids ... a devastating flood swept the city and destroyed hundreds of homes, businesses, and several prominent public structures, including the public library.

After all, the river that runs through downtown Cedar Rapids ... flood swamped 310 city facilities, including City Hall, the central fire station, the central bus depot and the main public library.

The new site is a couple blocks from the former flooded facility, outside the flood zone ... within the library to the street. The success of the Cedar Rapids Public Library demonstrates ...