Cedar Rapids, Iowa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The City Hall and County Courthouse are located on Mays Island, an island on the river. Cedar Rapids is one of only a few cities in the world to have governmental offices on a municipal island.^[1

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The city is also an economic hub of the state and is at the core of the Interstate 380

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Cedar Rapids/Iowa City Technology Corridor

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Cedar Rapids is nicknamed the City of Five Seasons for the traditional four seasons and a "fifth season" which is "a time to enjoy" the other four.^[7] The symbol of the five seasons is the Tree of Five Seasons sculpture in downtown Cedar Rapids along the north river bank. The name "Five Seasons" and representations of the sculpture appear throughout the city in many forms

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In June 2008, the Cedar River surpassed the 500-year flood plain and placed an estimated 438 city blocks on both banks of the river under water. Nearly 4,000 homes were evacuated.^[8] (see Great Iowa Flood of 2008)

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Although many of these companies have been located in Cedar Rapids for quite some time, a larger number of high-tech industries are locating in or around Cedar Rapids because it is part of the Technology Corridor, a region of the state that also includes the Iowa City metro area to the south. Much of Iowa's technological businesses and industries operate from this corridor. Since a diversification of the local economy, the unemployment rate has held at a reasonable rate and wages are consistently among the highest in the state.

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