Housing environment isnt always as easy to obtain as we first might imagine. The issue of Affordable Housing in cedar rapids is a perennial one, but this summer it came to a head with a controversy surrounding the Crestwood Ridge mixed Income Development proposed for some land along edgewood road. Here with me this morning to untangle some member of our city council. Thank you for joining us, scott. Scott my pleasure. Heather phoebe trepp who is the executive director of willis dady shelter. Phoebe thanks for having me. Heather welcome phoebe. And lynda waddington, a columnist for the gazette. Lynda good morning. Heather good morning, lynda. Thank you all so much for joining us. I thought we would begin very quickly with a little bit of an overview of how has shifted over the years. Many years ago when i was in school in chicago, i used to do a lot of volunteer work with what was at the time called the projects, cabrinigreen. That kind of concentrated, lowincome housing is a model that
A cold front will pass through early today, but itll hardly live up to its name just yet. Something you may notice is the wind switching around to the northwest, and itll be a bit breezy at times with winds sometimes gusting over 20 mph. Well have highs in the upper 60s. Cooler air does arrive tonight as lows drop to around 40, with highs staying in the lower 60s tomorrow. The sky remains mostly clear between now and then. Showers develop on tuesday and continue into wednesday. At least a half inch may fall, especially across the northern half of the area. Today mostly sunny. Breezy at times. Wind nw 1525. High 69 alo 67 dbq 68 iow 70 tonight mostly clear. Wind n 515 low 40 alo 38 dbq 39 iow 41 rigged if he doesnt win next months president ial election. The republican nominee doubled down on that claim while campaigning in pennsylvania yesterday. He spoke in gettysburg where he also laid out his plan constitutional amendment for term limits for members of congress. Trump also said he p
A cold front will pass through early today, but itll hardly live up to its name just yet. Something you may notice is the wind switching around to the northwest, and itll be a bit breezy at times with winds sometimes gusting over 20 mph. Well have highs in the upper 60s. Cooler air does arrive tonight as lows drop to around 40, with highs staying in the lower 60s tomorrow. The sky remains mostly clear between now and then. Showers develop on tuesday and continue into wednesday. At least a half inch may fall, especially across the northern half of the area. Today mostly sunny. Breezy at times. Wind nw 1525. High 69 alo 67 dbq 68 iow 70 tonight mostly clear. Wind n 515 low 40 alo 38 dbq 39 iow 41 rigged if he doesnt win next months president ial election. The republican nominee doubled down on that claim while campaigning in pennsylvania yesterday. He spoke in gettysburg where he also laid out his plan constitutional amendment for term limits for members of congress. Trump also said he p
Meeting tonight. Jordee, this was a lengthy discussion . Yes. For more than 3 Hours Council heard both positives and negatives about this plan. Those for the proposal say theres not enough Affordable Housing in cedar rapids. Those against the proposal say they arent against the low Income Housing units, they just dont want the development in their neighborhood. 27 51, just against the location of this, or any apartments that would go here deanna schriner has lived n edgewood and crestwood roads for about 45 years. She says throughout the years, this neighborhood has become too congested. 28 31, the traffic the safety the drainage, the storm water runoff. Thats why shes against the proposal for Affordable Housing units. If passed, the complex would have gone up just across the street from her home. 28 44, there really isnt anything close around here this is in the middle of a residential neighborhood night to express concern for this project. Nat 59 40, absolutely every homeowner or ren
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