Iowa City Downtown District Holds Open House: Iowa City Daily News Links, Sept. 21

Nice little rain on the last day of summer. Fitting.

On to the Links.

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From this Site

In today's Daily Iowan Reader, the Iowa Hawkeye offensive line has made some improvements since the start of the year.

A Coralville gas station is offering $1.84/gallon gas on Monday as a criticism of President Obama's energy policy.

The now vacant Roosevelt Elementary School building will remain a part of the district in a new capacity.

The Iowa City Police are looking for a woman who vandalized some plants near hotel Vetro earlier this month, and for a man who used a stolen credit card.

In our Patch Poll this week we're asking if mandatory fees are a way around raising tuition.

In our Parent Talk this week, we ask if there are consequences to sleep training your child.

From Other Sites

Lauren Coffey of the Daily Iowan writes that the City of Iowa City and Iowa Board of Regents have expressed interest in similar websites to the public input website launched recently by the Iowa City School District.

Meredith Hines-Dochterman of the Gazette profiles the new UI Goldern Girl.

Mitchell Schmidt of the Iowa City Press-Citizen writes about how a volunteer effort saved a home from demolition on Prairie Du Chien Road.

Schmidt was also at the new Downtown District's open house where he heard about some of their plans for moving forward.

Josh O'Leary of the Press-Citizen writes that the University of Iowa marching band could have a new practice area soon.

The wife of a psychiatric patient who committed suicide in 2009 at UIHC is suing the University of Iowa seeking damages for his death. (Associated Press)

After a long search, a genuine voter fraud case (of three people) appears to have emerged. (Des Moines Register)

Daily Links Excerpt of the Day

More than 50 people visited the Iowa City Downtown District office to not only meet Bird — who started work Monday — and tour the newly acquired office and meeting space, but also take part in a dialogue with the district’s 19-member board.

Plans for the future include a social media, online and word-of-mouth marketing campaign in not only the Iowa City area but also neighboring communities such as Cedar Rapids and the Quad Cities.

A “tree hugger” program aims to fund and perform a “controlled knit-bombing” campaign — an urban yarn-based street art — on close to 100 area trees and a holiday/year-round lighting program currently being tested out front of hotelVetro on the pedestrian mall could become seen across the entire downtown area.

Featured Directory Listing of the Day: Iowa City Animal Shelter