DES MOINES – Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett says he believes prospects are better this session for a cost-sharing approach toward flood protection and rebuilding efforts in Iowa communities to clear the Legislature and get signed into law. “I think we have a really good chance this year,” said Corbett, a former House speaker,...
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CORALVILLE – Tax policy usually doesn’t get many people excited, but it proved to be a popular, and divisive, topic in Coralville Wednesday. A standing-room only crowd of more than 200 people attended a two-hour forum on tax-increment financing at the Coralville Public Library. Many local government officials were there, along with state lawmakers,...
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CORALVILLE – Coralville is making preparations for a $24 million renovation of the Interstate 80-First Avenue interchange. The City Council is scheduled to vote Dec. 27 on a resolution to seek a $1 million grant from the Federal Highway Administration to cover half the cost of designing the project. The Iowa Department of Transportation...
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CORALVILLE – By this time next year, driving through north Coralville should be much more convenient. Johnson County and Coralville plan to start work in early 2012 on a project extending Oakdale Boulevard from near Pembrokeshire Drive to Dubuque Street to the east. The work is scheduled to be mostly done by the end...
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IOWA CITY – Not only is Iowa City most likely losing its Von Maur to Coralville, but its taxpayers are essentially helping Coralville pay to build a new store, according to a new report. The owner of an average single-family home in Iowa City pays an extra $80 annually in property taxes because of...
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CORALVILLE – Coralville’s Iowa River Landing District is again facing criticism, this time from an unlikely source: members of the business community. A group of developers and businessmen met with City Administrator Kelly Hayworth and Mayor Jim Fausett last week to express their concerns that 40,000 square feet of office space planned for the...
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IOWA CITY — Coralville Mayor Jim Fausett, who has led the city since 1996, held onto his seat Tuesday, beating his opponent by just 19 votes. “We will continue what we’ve been doing with the Iowa River Landing and Costco – anything we can do to make the quality of life better for Coralville...
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CORALVILLE – The first time the Coralville City Council met as a group to discuss a multimillion-dollar agreement with Von Maur was the night it voted to approve the deal, according to city officials. The council quickly approved the $9.5 million agreement Sept. 27 with no questions, debate or a public hearing. Instead of...
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CORALVILLE – Tax increment financing and cross-city relationships, two big issues between Coralville and Iowa City of late, were addressed at a Coralville election forum Monday night. The three City Council and two mayoral candidates for the Nov. 8 election all expressed support for using tax increment financing, or TIF, on projects, although two...
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CORALVILLE – The Coralville mayoral and City Council candidate forum  that was to be held tonight (Oct. 18) has been cancelled because of a death in the family of one of the candidates. The other candidates did not want to hold the forum without the candidate, according to a news release from forum sponsor...
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