Talk:Cedar Rapids, Iowa

message: Who updated the radio heading to say KKSY-FM 96.5?  That's blatantly wrong.  96.5 is WMT, and Clear Channel is illegally branding it as KKSY although they still do identify as WMT-FM 96.5 at the top of the hour.  This has been reported to the FCC (by me and several others) and they have promised that action/fines will be taken.  Someone should revert those changes back.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.191.199.168 (talk) 19:07, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Radio

message: Doesnt somebody want to put in the weather of this place in. I am not from this place, so am not a good person to write about this, and the page will be very much useful if somebody can fill in with the weather details too. For somebody who is travelling to that place.Balaji Varma 16:32, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Weather

message: The article lists Cedar Rapids as having a GNP well below what quoted as the Iowa average and roughly half the United States average.  This doesn't seem right. Ace of Sevens 01:09, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Per Capita GNP

message: Michael Emmerson actor is also from Cedar Rapids as stated on his Wikipedia page.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.25.240.121 (talk) 01:58, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Notable Natives

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message: More. What about Montreal? Has someone really checked all cities in the world? --Chl (talk) 19:04, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The Bavarian city of Bamberg's Rathaus (City Hall) is on an island. At any rate, the word "unique" in this article is inaccurate unless qualified. "Unusual", yes: "unique", no. Loganberry (Talk) 00:19, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: lolcat I took "uniquely" out. .:DavuMaya:. 10:39, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: "one of only two mainland cities to have their governmental offices on an island"

message: There has been a bare mention of the great flood that involves CR, where all the governmental buildings on Mays Island (city hall, county court house, county jail, and United States court house) are all flooded up to the first floor level. The Quaker Oats factory is flooded out too (see June 2008 Midwest floods) --Ace Telephone (talk) 03:05, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Depending how severe the flood affects the city in a long-term period (which it probably will), we should err on caution and not blow it up. Accordingly, the City has 100 and 500 year flood zones since it's built so low to the river, check its website. So its not like this is not expected to happen. .:DavuMaya:. 20:51, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Except for the fact that this flood broke past even the 500-year zone. IIRC, flood stage is 12', record was 19.7' set in 1993, 500-year zone was 24.5', and the river crested today at around 31.8'. This is epic by any measure, even for a riverine or coastal city. --Golbez (talk) 00:18, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

text: Indeed, well I'll upload some of my photos of CR in 2007 so we can see what is now underwater :) .:DavuMaya:. 05:43, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: The Flood

message: I repeatedly have heard the I-380/A Ave bridge in downtown referred to as the "5-in-1 dam" or "5-in-1 bridge". Does anyone know why? The best I can come up with is that it contains five spans (Two for I-380, two for A Ave, and the dam below), or maybe there are 5 locks on the dam? I have no clue. --Golbez (talk) 03:31, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Five in one bridge

message: There is not a section on the recent floods.  I live here and I can personally tell you that the flood as severely affected the city.  Many flooded out homes are still empty, businesses not open, and our major theaters are not open.  Rebuilding could possibly run into the billions.  At this time, it is the single most important event defining the city.  I don't have enough expertise to write a good article; all I know is what I read in the local paper.  Someone with a lot of knowledge in this area should write a section. Mathgod333 (talk) 00:21, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: No section on the June 2008 flood

message: While trying to clean up vandalism by an IP, I reworked the main portion of the Demographics section.  All of the "new" stats are copied from those on the original version of this article, which was taken from those of the Census Bureau directly by a bot.  Please note that some of this information is hard (but not impossible) to discover from the Census Bureau data.  Nyttend (talk) 22:26, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: My changes to the Demographics section

message: Can someone please explain to me why this has its own section as though it is a stand out feature of Cedar Rapids. Is it because our society feels some kind of guilt due to the current conflicts in the Middle East? Cultural sympathy? I've lived in Cedar Rapids for six years and although I've met a few muslims, I don't feel this is something that is worthy of its own section while excluding other religious or cultural influences. Until I read this article, I never knew about this. Quite simply, its not significant enough to be included here because the impact to the city and the knowledge of which, is minimal.
Nuki255 (talk) 18:07, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: What's there is not excessive (two paragraphs), and stands out enough from its surrounding section to perhaps warrant a subhead. Cedar Rapids itself may not be a huge Muslim destination, but it does certainly have a Muslim heritage, by virtue of having one of the oldest extant mosque and Muslim cemetery in the country. It's certainly a larger presence and heritage than people would expect in the rural upper Midwest, and most likely more than anywhere else in Iowa. It's definitely important enough to be included, though I'm not sure if Demographics is the proper place; probably history. And finally: If you didn't know a fact before reading it in an encyclopedia, that probably doesn't mean the encyclopedia is at fault. :) --Golbez (talk) 18:25, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Muslim heritage

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message: as there are around 60 people in the above section is it time to split it off to its own article? if there are no objections i will do this in the next few days.Coolabahapple (talk) 03:27, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: done, please see List of people from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Coolabahapple (talk) 09:28, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
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message: The number of Catholic Schools that was listed is incorrect. It said six elementary, two middle and one high school. That was true in 2008, but it is no longer true. As of now, June 12, 2020, there are 4 Catholic elementary schools, two Catholic middle schools, one Catholic PK-8 school, and one Catholic High School. How can I add the link with the correct information to the reflist and delete #s 81 and 82? The link that #81 and #82 lead to is one with outdated information. Schickdavid3 (talk) 00:04, 13 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Catholic Schools 

message: * Specific text to be added or removed:
 Cedar Rapids City Managers since 2006
City Manager       	In office
 Jeff Pomeranz	 2010–
 Jim Prosser  	 2006–2010
* Reason for the change: The City Manager is an important leadership position within the Cedar Rapids government structure similar in nature to the relevancy of sharing the list of Mayors throughout history or a list of past CEOs on a for-profit entity's page.
* References supporting change: https://www.cedar-rapids.org/local_government/departments_a_-_f/city_manager_s_office/city_manager.php, https://www.thegazette.com/news/how-much-debt-should-a-city-risk
65.156.255.208 (talk) 16:16, 17 June 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Done  PK650 (talk) 05:08, 18 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Government - City Manager History