Breaking Ground
  Builders, city staff work on streamlining
the development process in C.R.

  Eastern Iowa builders and developers are hopeful that by working with the city they can remove what they consider roadblocks to construction and development in Cedar Rapids.

Developers say the time-consuming approval process stalls development plans and causes so much frustration that some have avoided building in Cedar Rapids if they can. They say surrounding communities are smaller, which makes it faster and easier to get a project approved. “Time is money,” said Scott Olson, architect and broker associate at Skogman

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