A non-profit group called Transformative Circle did a survey to ask if the city of Coon Rapids, MN should change its name due to the perceived racial overtones it carries.
Last week was full of good news for Region XII Council of Governments after over a million dollars in grants they authored for local projects and communities were approved. On Tuesday, they were contacted by the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) after two Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) projects were selected for funding. The City of Coon Rapids will receive $500,000 channeled through the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) State Revolving Fund (SRF) for an estimated $2.465 million sanitary sewer improvement project. Region XII also authored a request from the City of Casey, who was awarded $300,000 from the SRF for a separate $620,000 sewer project. Region XII was then notified on Friday their request for just over $300,000 to the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines for the Competitive Affordable Housing Program (AHP) was approved. These funds will be put to use in Region XII’s service region as grants for low to moderate income owner-occupied housing reh