I suggest that you take walk, drive, or cruise around Coralville real soon. The 'landscape' is changing. The old vacant lots (corn field when I was a kid) next to the 'Old School ( 1876) on 5th street will be re-developed soon. 2 contenders are submitting their plans/ideas to the Coralville City Council later this month. The site SHOULD be the new home of apartments, condos, greenspace, bike trails, etc. We will see what the Council decides......
YOU should also go to the Iowa River Landing..LOOK at the skyline! A HUGE new hospital owned by the University of IOWA is under construction along with the HUGE parking ramp! The exterior work is really looking good, and now they are really going at it, inside.....Along side and just across the new street is the all new HOTEL as locally owned and a part of the Hilton chain. I think it is 95 rooms or so, PLUS new retail stores will soon go up, AND go down the hill (9th Street) and see the final stages of construction of the all new Backpocket Brewery! As I always say, 'what's a town that doesn't have its own brewery!!) So much more, a new extended stay hotel under construction near the Coral Ridge Mall, and HOT NEWS, Sears is leaving the Mall, and new stores will be arriving.. This is good. Sorry to see Sears leave, but it creates new opportunity of new/other stores that we might like..Don't forget the extension now underway on the east end of Oakdale Blvd, and BIG rumors around town of more buildings to come in the Iowa River Landing...Coralville has been 'in progress' since its inception in 1873.. Looking good!
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Rex, you are familiar with the area in which I live. With all the developement around 1st Avenue and 5th St., is there any concern for the 'older neighborhoods' being consumed by all this? With all the increase in traffic, I am concerned about the safety of my neighborhood. Thanks for your opinion.
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