The City of Cedar Rapids

The City of Five Seasons
City Neighborhood March 2018 News
The City of Cedar Rapids is a designated Blue Zone Project city.  Promoting healthy life styles and healthy activity choices.

Smart Asset rated Cedar Rapids as the best place for children in America. Out of 198 metro areas across the country we rated 1st place in 2015, 2016 and in 2017.

The Cedar Rapids Parks and Recreation Department manages over 96 parks and trails on over 4,171 acres of land. In addition to urban parks of all sizes, there are many acres held in reserve for future park expansion and flood control. Athletic fields, pavilions, playgrounds, and restrooms abound throughout the system.The City of Cedar Rapids is a designated Blue Zone Project city.  Promoting healthy life styles.
Every year the Cedar Rapids community experiences the wonders of changing seasons in our Midwestern landscape. Some may say that taking the time to appreciate everyday beauty extends life, almost like an extra season is added to every year. This fifth season affords us time to enjoy all other seasons, and to enjoy life.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is a vibrant urban hometown in the heart of east central Iowa. As the second largest city in the state, we are…

  • The largest corn-processing city in the world
  • One of the leading manufacturing regions in the United States
  • One of the leading bio-processing and food ingredient centers in North America

Cedar Rapids is home to almost 300 different manufacturing plants and two dozen Fortune 500 companies.

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Bike Lanes

Cedar Rapids continues to add cycling accommodations across the community, enabling more citizens to enjoy the benefits of traveling by bike. Bike accommodations encourage people to participate in active lifestyles, help reduce the number of cars on the road, positively impact the environment by reducing harmful emission, and help attract younger families and professionals who want to live in connected and active communities.

Click on the Bike Lane Usage button to view a YouTube video.

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