Four critical areas workforce, Economic Development, the simplification of taxes and infrastructure. The biggest challenge for cedar rapids, she says, is workforce. How do we continue to attract more people here, how do we help those that are here that want opportunities, get opportunities and have the skillslsnd thenenow do we work with our schools to make sure that the pipeline of potential workers is in alignment ith what employers need. Baird says there e eds to be more dialogue on immigration to help with the workforce shortage. She wants to make sure the corridor is a welcoming community thats positive about what immigrants can bring to the local, state and national economy. If you just look around our community, weve had a loloof success with people that have come here through various walks of life for Different Reasons and different backgrounds that have actually settled here and grown businesses hhe. On the other r side of the corridor, the icad group, an Economic Development
Imagine going about your average day when someone attacks you from are working to address with a class designed to teach potentially lifesaving skills. Skills. Fox 28 News Reporter dora miller is live in iowa city to explain, dora . The class taught right here at the university of Iowa Police Department is only for womena many first timers in the class say its taught not only to defend themselves, but to learn more about who they are. Are. Selfdefense is something to be taken seriouslya nats no especially when your life depends on it. Nats no oleta 09 37 18 we do a very good job with this program educating women about what Sexual Assault really looks like. And in this rape aggression defense class its not about meeting violence with violencea jenn 06 46 17 i had never thrown a punch in my life. It starts with the mind. Firsttimers, like jennifer wyatt, say thats what theyre taking away from the course. Jenn 06 45 43 they talk a lot about visualization and being prepared in your mind, s
The recovery weve moved to the protection Flood Control mode. The city says protection is crucial for newbo, sinclair hahaha were thrilled because for a while it looked like the west side wasnt going to ge any protection. And the Czech Village area where p p lewisis willllever forget floodwaters drowning out her store. Store. I think once youve been through a bad flood, you just never get over it like in oklahoma and texas the way theyre experiencing that. Theyre lowlying structures. Structures. We dont really see it but in 2014 we had some high waters, and we put these cone sections up ananwe put these ssdbags around them,. Instead of relying on manual labor the city wants this system to maximize efficiency. Efficiency. We want to continue that momentum. Davis around 12 Million Dollars. He says this project will continue until november 2017. Covering the corridor in cedar rapids, steffi lee, cbs 2 news fox 28 news. No flooding, but a cold, rainy day across eastern iowa today. Day. And
Hahaha were thrilled because for a ile it looked like the west side wasnt going to get any protection. And the Czech Village area where pam lewis will never forget floodwaters drowning out her store. Store. I think once youve been thrhrgh a bad flood, you just never get over it like in oklahoma and texas the way theyre experiencing that. Theyre lowlying structures. Structures. We dont really see it but in 2014 we had some high waters, and we put these cone sections up and we put these sandbags around them,. Instead of relying on manual labor the city wants this system to maximize efficiency. Efficiency. We want to continue that momentum. Davis says this portion will cost around 12 Million Dollars. He says this project will continue until november 2017. Covering the corridor in cedar rapids, steffi lee, cbs 2 cbs 2 news ten at 10 continues corridors top stories. Stories. The cedar rapids its belt and making cuts to services. Services. Library supporters were hoping voters would approve