Medical District Informational Meeting Held In Heart of District.

November 3, 2010: Cedar Rapids, IA – The Medical District Steering Team conducted an informational meeting in the Lutheran Fellowship Center, located in First Evangelical Lutheran, 1000 3rd Ave SE..

The meeting's purpose was to update district property owners on the new name, graphic identity and where the project stands. Property owners learned more about pending traffic redirection and changes, as well as information about establishing a Self-Supported Municipal Improvement District (SSMID) to form a governance system to manage and implement improvements to the medical district. Creation of a SSMID requires a petition drive, which gathers signatures of property owners in support of the proposed medical district.

Once the petition is drawn up – it will specify the physical scope of the district, activities the district can undertake and outlines the maximum tax rate the district is allowed to collect. The medical district steering committee continues to finalize these details and looks to start gathering the required property owner signatures before the end of the year. The steering team aims to get a majority of property owners to back the SSMID.

A full copy of the presentation can be downloaded here!

Medical District Conducts Second Series of Open Houses on the District Vision and Traffic Circulation Plans.

August 4th & 5th

The Medical District Steering Team, in conjunction with the developers of the Medical Mall shared with the public the proposed visioning for the district, and the district’s current and future traffic circulation and wayfinding needs. The design team of Anderson-Bogert Engineers and Surveyors Inc. of Cedar Rapids and Sasaki Associates, Boston shared the draft Vision Plan that will determine the character and identity of the Medical District.  Anderson-Bogert shared the results of the preliminary traffic study for the Medical District, which includes the impacts of the proposed Medical Mall.

The Presentation and Boards have been updated to clarify the scenarios related specifically to the PCI campus traffic and their costs. The costs for the 4th and 5th Avenues and 7th and 8th Street improvements not included here are additional Medical District costs. You can download the presentation and the public feedback offered at the meeting using the links below:

• August 4 & 5 Presentation and Boards Updated (PDF 5.15MB)
• Summary of Feedback from August 4 & 5 Meetings (PDF 5.15MB)
• Feedback forms from August 4 Information Meeting (PDF 24.2MB)
• Feedback forms from August 5 Information Meeting (PDF 14.5MB)

March 9th & 11th

In early March two meetings were held to kick off the planning of the Medical District. Ninety-two people attended those meetings providing the steering team with good feedback on the overall concept and suggestions about how the district could add value to their businesses and quality of life.

The links below provide transcriptions of the comments and suggestions as well as copies of the written feedback forms. These comments are part of the basis used in the planning and design work currently being undertaken by Anderson-Bogert/Sasaki.

• March 9th & 11th Participant Feedback Sheets
• March 9th & 11th Discussion Notes For All Groups
• March 9th & 11th District Introductory Presentation

As comments sheets are received they will be added to those already collected and will be part of the input into the planning process.

Keeping In Touch With the Neighborhood Associations

Association Meetings have provided the Steering team with a way to reach out to the neighboring areas to get their input into the process. Members of the Steering Team continue to emphasize the importance of keeping those associations up to speed on what is transpiring in the District. Many of the associations have interests common to the property owners within the District.

The District Steering Committee will continue to meet with association representatives during this process. Interested parties are encouraged to contact the Steering Committee using the link at the bottom of this page.