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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 ...
Cedar Rapids was flooded by historic high waters on the Cedar River.Friday 17 years since that record crest of 31.12 feet, 11 ...
Since a devastating 2008 flood inundated Cedar Rapids, hundreds of millions of dollars has been spent to rebuild city's downtown. There’s a new federal courthouse, library, fire station and ...
WATERLOO — Library ... in Cedar Rapids, is currently undergoing renovations due in part to the city’s efforts to update its flood control system. It has been closed to the public since ...
The city of Cedar Rapids has released a draft Community Climate Action Plan that outlines actions needed to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The plan will go before the city ...
CEDAR RAPIDS ... may be asked to wait before entering. Masks are required. The Library asks visitors limit their time to 30 minutes or less, or up to one hour for a public computer.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - The Cedar Rapids Public Library ... The library’s book drops will still be open and materials go through a 72-hour quarantine period before returning to circulation.
Even as Cedar Rapids was flooding ... were 107% of the pre-flood assessed value of those properties. Even the flood-damaged National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library was moved to higher ground.
The Cedar River which flows through the city was first expected to rise to 15.5 feet before growing ... Cedar Rapids public works director, said. Despite the increasing flood levels (the crest ...
This is so much more than yet another public market ... Drop in on Cedar Rapids today, and if you didn't know the city before and weren't looking for clues, you'd be hard put to recognize that ...
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 ...
25--CEDAR RAPIDS ... a separate flood protection system around the wastewater plant, worked with Alliant and ITC to move utility lines, moved key public services like the library and fire ...