Framework for Reinvestment and Revitalization

The Framework for Reinvestment and Redevelopment integrates the seven plan elements into three main themes for the future of the City to accomplish the Vision.

1. A Flood Management Plan
   Provide increased protection against future floods and leverage the flood management strategy to create a great Riverfront Park for Cedar Rapids.
2. Connectivity
   Knitting together the City and its neighborhoods via transportation improvements to public transit, trail systems, the street grid system, rail operations, and specific streetscapes.
3. Sustainable Neighborhoods
   Targeted areas within the City serve as opportunities to reinvest and redevelop to provide housing, strengthen neighborhoods, enhance the downtown business and arts communities, and improve public facilities.

Cedar Rapids must not only recover from the flood and be better, but greater. We must move towards our vision - “Cedar Rapids, a vibrant urban hometown – a beacon for people and businesses invested in building a greater community for the next generation.”