Bed-and-breakfast among planned uses for New Bohemia properties

Challenge grant awarded toward buildings' renovation

Posted by PM on January 30th, 2012 10:19 am

CEDAR RAPIDS — At face value, the two flood-damaged buildings in the middle of the New Bohemia district might seem unworthy of repair. The buildings at 1113 and 1117 Third St. SE in Cedar Rapids New Bohemia district will be restored with the help of a challenge grant through Main Street Iowa. The $50,000 grant will be matched by owner Jon Jelinek. But businessman Jon Jelinek saw things differently, and now the homes will be restored with the help of a $50,000 challenge grant through Main Street Iowa. “It’s going to complete that side of the street,” said landscape architect Ruth ...

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"Snapshot Iowa" Youth Photography Contest Announced

Posted on January 13th, 2012 11:52 am

“Snapshot Iowa” Youth Photography Contest Announced DES MOINES, IOWA, January 11, 2012 –The Iowa Architectural Foundation is pleased to announce the second annual “Snapshot Iowa,” a photography contest for 7th – 12th graders. This program is proudly sponsored by the Architecture in the Schools Committee of the Iowa ...

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Group seeks new historic district

Posted on January 12th, 2012 1:48 pm

Group seeks new historic district Preservation commission outlines area important to city's manufacturing past. Burlingon Hawk Eye Buildings where decades of work was performed by thousands of Burlington-area residents are near recognition at the state and federal levels through designation as a Manufacturing and Wholesale Historic District. The city's Historic ...

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Aerial views, information about 118,000 cultural resources now on-line

Posted on December 30th, 2011 9:40 am

Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs 600 E. Locust Street Des Moines, Iowa 50319 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Dec. 21, 2011 Contact: Jeff Morgan, 515-281-3858 DES MOINES – The Department of Cultural Affairs today announced information about nearly 114,000 historical and architectural properties, 280 National Register districts, and 3,500 cemeteries have been mapped and are now available on-line. ...

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DMSC + firehouse = a perfect match?

Posted on December 29th, 2011 9:47 am

The Des Moines Social Club may soon have a new, permanent home. That is, if the nonprofit can get it. The city’s central fire station building, located at 900 Mulberry St., will soon be empty, as a new fire station is under construction at 1330 Mulberry St. In a few months, ...

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Valley Junction up for Main Street Award

Posted on December 29th, 2011 8:43 am

The Historic Valley Junction Foundation is a semifinalist for the 2012 Great American Main Street Award. Other finalists include the cities of Bath, Maine; Culpepper, Va.; Harve de Grace, Md.; Jacksonville, Ill.; Portland, Mich.; Russellville, Ark.; Steamboat Springs, Colo.; Washington, Mo.; and the East End of Charleston, W.Va. The competition ...

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