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
2018 school year. Officials say the project is right on schedule. Most of the foundation has been put in and the site has been graded, a lot of the concrete block has gone up, about half of it is done, theyre laying about 2,000 blocks a day, there about 300,000 blocks in this building. Construction and the roads around the school is set to begin this march. It will be complete before the school opens. It will probably be a long summer out there if you drive that road regularly. Live in ic, mark carlson, kcrgtv9 news. The results of a special census last fall will help North Liberty get more funding for Road Construction projects like this. The census showed the citys population has grown to more than 18 thousand, which is up nearly five thousand from a census count in 2010. Thats 36 percent growth in five years. And it means North Liberty will get an additional and construction. Iowa lawmakers clocked in this morning for the 2016 legislative session. Shortly after that, Something Speci
Warm front moves in tomorrow, which should help out in the temperatures as we head back into the 20s areawide. We are still on track for 30s on thursday after this, a system is still on track for friday and possibly a second one for saturday. In either case, we are too far out for any details on amounts or impacts. Well be watching this as we move forward. Stay warm out there today windy and cold high 28 winds nw 1530tonight partly cloudy low 42 winds w 515tomorrow m cloudy, sct. Flurries high 2026 winds s 515tomorrow night partly cloudy low 1622 winds sw 510 linn county Auditor Joel Miller says hes sorry the countys annual valuation report isnt ready. And that could impact your property taxes. He says system issues means the system wont produce a report he can approve. Cities, townships, and School Districts use the report to determine their yearly budgets. If that number is lower than the previous year, it could raise taxes. Miller says people have inquired about the system, and he w
Im trying to be a little nod. Its their Fourth National championship in the last seven years. 11th overall. Jesse was there. Hell have a complete wrapup. A lot to including that deep freeze in the midwest moving east and take a look at this car in upstate new york. Completely frozen encased in ice. Sam and our team are standing by. But we are going to begin with that breaking news. A deadly suicide bomber in one of europes most popular tourist destinations in istanbul, turkey. Terry moran is in london with the latest. Reporter this attack in the historic heart of istanbul close to that famous blue mosque happened about 10 20 this morning. A massive blast that shook nearby buildings heard across the city. Police swarming the scene. The injured rushed to nearby hospitals. Some with serious injury, at least ten people have been killed. 15 wounded and Foreign Tourists are among the dead, we hear. A german tour group was nearby. One peruvian, one norwegian, the turkish president erdogan sai
Thursday after this, a system is still on track for friday and possibly a second one for saturday. In either case, we are too far out for any details on amounts or impacts. Well be move forward. Stay warm out there today windy and cold high 28 cloudy low 42 sct. Flurries high 2026 winds s 515tomorrow night low 1622 winds sw 510 thanks kaj. Linn county Auditor Joel Miller says hes sorry the countys annual valuation report isnt ready. And that could impact your property taxes. He says system issues means the system wont produce a report he can approve. Cities, townships, and School Districts use the report to determine their yearly budgets. If that number is lower than the previous year, it could raise taxes. Miller says people have inquired about the system, and about the situation. Im sorry this happened, i dont like it myself, very upset about it, doing what we can do to fix it, well get it fixed as soon as we can, use the numbers from last year until we can get you the numbers for th