Linn County Sustainability is about halfway through a pilot program with the Linn County Emergency Management Agency and four community organizations to create an All-Hazards Emergency Plan Template an effort to help community groups plan for disasters before they strike.
Those living in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City, with the support of their neighbors, can organize to form neighborhood associations. But can any resident start an association within their city and get funding? How are neighborhood boundaries and names determined, anyway?
Tamara Marcus is resigning as Linn County’s first sustainability director to launch a new sustainability and equity consulting service serving Corridor local governments, businesses and nonprofits. The majority-Democrat Board of Supervisors is unlikely to restructure the sustainability department.