KGAN CBS 2 News 10 September 13, 2016
This was a grand gateway to cedar rapids and a sign of a thriving community. Many people want to see it that way. Again. The lincoln highway was the first coast to coast paved throughway in the country. Country. Varoooooooooooom today the Mount Vernon Road stretch is five lanes of speeding traffic fast food houses and empty lots. Patricia on a walk drive it and the area needs more retail. Retail. If there was a store. Some kind of grocery store, people might be going there you know and hopefully it would slow the traffic down. Stuffy stuff feedback from hundreds of neighbors who have called it...
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