Local volunteers came together to host the second Iowa City Repair Cafe on Sunday. The event invited volunteers to help fix a range of appliances from small electronics to lawn and snow blowers at no cost. Event organizer Jennifer New and other volunteers, including Thorin Pugh, Brinda Shetty, Michal Eynon-Lynch, Travis Krause, and.
Iowa City’s Climate Action Commission discussed the possibility of future climate action projects with remaining funds from the American Rescue Plan Act at the commission’s meeting on May 1, but funds have not been promised for these projects yet. Totaling $1.9 trillion dollars, ARPA was signed into law on March 11, 2021, by President Joe.