In mid-July, the Iowa City City Council authorized $14.1 million dollars in TIF-funded financial aid to the $49 million dollar, 15-story luxury high-rise named The Chauncey. The debate over the city’s decision to essentially subsidize part of the construction of The Chauncey—which will include more screens for FilmScene, a bowling alley, art gallery space and […]
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City Council issues $100,000 challenge grant in support of 1105 project
There’s never been a better time to support The 1105 Project thanks to a resolution passed last week by the Iowa City City Council. The Iowa City City Council…
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Your Town Now: Iowa City’s 2014 Outlook
Having appreciated “Auld Lang Syne,” it’s time now, in the cold light of January, to consider several issues that are locally important for 2014. Emerald Ash Borer Is On the Way On Nov. 1, the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reported that 25 eastern Iowa counties are quarantined because of the emerald ash borer (EAB). If residents […]
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Report questions efficacy of 21 ordinance, 21 Makes Sense Co-Chair Tom Rocklin disputes
The University of Iowa-based Iowa Policy Research Organization (IPRO) released a report Monday that suggests Iowa City’s 21-Ordinance has had no measurable…
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An interview with city council candidate Royceann Porter
As the city council election draws near, Little Village posed the same set of questions to four candidates. The answers will be published one candidate at…
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An interview with city council candidate Catherine Champion
As the city council election draws near, Little Village posed the same set of questions to four candidates. The answers will be published one candidate at a…
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An interview with city council candidate Rockne Cole
As the city council election draws near, Little Village posed the same set of questions to four candidates. The answers will be published one candidate at a time through October. Interview with candidate Kingsley Botchway. Interview with candidate Catherine Champion. Interview with candidate Royceann Porter. Little Village: A recent national study by the American Civil […]
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An interview with city council candidate Kingsley Botchway
As the city council election draws near, Little Village posed the same set of questions to four candidates. The answers will be published one candidate at a…
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Ped Mall politics: Is anecdotal evidence enough to warrant an ordinance?
Something on the Ped Mall stinks. And no, it’s not hapless Iowa City residents sweating away in the oppressive heat. It’s the proposed ordinance championed by…
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Community: There ought to be a law…and a bus.
“This is my home and I love it,” Marquez said. “My children have been raised here, and I want my children to be good citizens who are educated.” Still, she has the perception that minorities are targeted by the police. She described the daily sight of the one to four police cars sitting at the single entrance and exit to her neighborhood.
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Your Town Now: Neighborhood Nirvana
In an unprecedented meeting on Feb. 26, representatives of the City of Iowa City and the University of Iowa student government (UISG) sat down to discuss student concerns, namely with city safety provisions, student-landlord relations and all things downtown.
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UR Here: Open Spaces
In the days when prairies stretched from river to river across the expanse of what we now call Iowa, bison disturbance was essential to the health of the ecosystem. As the herds thundered across the grasslands and created wallows—depressions in the ground in which the animals rolled to cover themselves in mud and dirt—like a […]
