RCRP
Table of Contents
RCRP History & Chronology
Sustainability as a Lens to Examine Cedar Rapids
Flood Impact Map
Flood Management Strategy Map
Framework for Reinvestment and Revitalization
Flood Management Strategy Tactics
Flood Management Riverfront Park
The Future of the River
Connectivity Priorities
Connectivity Strategy
Sustainable Neighborhoods
North Side
Downtown
South Side
Neighborhood Planning
Housing Options
Neighborhood Progress
Public Facilities Co-Location
What's Next
The Buy-OutTable of Contents
River Corridor Redevelopment Plan
Sustainable Neighborhoods: Downtown
Create a vibrant cohesive downtown character that diversifies the urban fabric, reconnects east and west, and accommodates key civic, business, and cultural resources.
Priorities from Public Feedback
- Diversify downtown commercial profile
- Densify medical district
- Improve pedestrian connections
- Convert 4th street to pedestrian or transit corridor
- Invest in a “signature street” along 1st Avenue
- Support farmers market expansion
- Reinvest in library as an important civic resource
- Support local businesses to rebuild and reinvest
- Replace relocated civic facilities downtown within a vibrant dynamic commercial environment
- Invest in cultural/arts corridor along 3rd Street
Downtown Development Opportunities
- Locate and develop multi-modal transit hub in conjunction with phased development of transit infrastructure.
- Activate riverfront park with vibrant local market place for regular farmer’s market, as well as periodic artisan and cultural fairs and festivals.
- Develop a vibrant mixed-use district around a new civic center that consolidates civic services
- Create a “Downtown U” that fosters community gathering and learning.
- Diversify retail-commercial profile of the business district to activate street edges and create a vibrant “destination downtown”
- Create signature street along 1st Avenue
- Maintain and support existing cultural facilities on 3rd Avenue and connect to cultural arts corridor along 3rd Street
- Develop street hierarchy consistent with adjacent land uses to locate appropriate parking resources, improve streetscape, and create a more walkable downtown.
- Improve pedestrian infrastructure and streetscapes Add urban housing options to promote 24/7 activity.
- Densify medical district to create vibrancy.











