Dave Drown News Today

Three candidates will compete for two at-large seats on the Cedar Rapids City Council in Nov. 7 city and school elections. Here’s where they are on fundraising.

Several housing projects in the Corridor will get a boost from workforce housing tax credits recently awarded by the state — adding 458 residential units online in the area, with Cedar Rapids projects driving the influx of housing.

Monica Vernon of Cedar Rapids announced Thursday she is stepping down as executive director of The District: Czech Village and New Bohemia to spend more time with her family. But she will continue as administrator of the self-taxing district that pays for improvements in the district.

An adaptive reuse project to bring the former Dragon restaurant building in Cedar Rapids back to life received support from the City Council.

The Loftus Lumber redevelopment into a mixed-use facility that is expected to transform a long-vacant block between downtown and the New Bohemia District is slated to get a final green light Tuesday from the Cedar Rapids City Council.

After a legal dispute between the land owners and the initially proposed developer, a local developer is looking to transform the long-vacant Loftus Lumber site into a mixed-use facility featuring market-rate rental units and retail space.

First of two buildings to open next June

The first building in the 204,000-square-foot Edgewood Logistics Park is scheduled to open in spring 2022.