Cedar Rapids To Use $10,000 Award To Create Mobile Neighborhood Resource Center

CEDAR RAPIDS — The city will add a mobile Neighborhood Resource Center component to its Rollin’ Recmobile van thanks to $10,000 in funding from the National League of Cities.City staff will use the van, which began bringing games and activities to neighborhood parks in 2020 to help remove barriers to recreational programs, to provide more services and resources to Cedar Rapids neighborhoods this summer, according to a news release.The National League of Cities, an advocacy organization representing local governments across the United States, chose eight cities to receive funding as part of its 2021 Leadership in Community Resilience program, including two from Iowa, the other being Dubuque.