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Grand Forks Herald editorial for Cedar Rapids: ‘After a flood, hard work gets results’ June 29, 2008

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Grand Forks Herald building a few days after it was destroyed by fire and floodwater during the 1997 Red River Flood.

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From Grand Forks Herald:

The point is to reassure residents of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, about what lies ahead. It’s true that flood recovery is “a long, tough road,” as Cedar Rapids officials learned and learned again during their visit here last week, a story in the Cedar Rapids Gazette reported. …

Cedar Rapids’ physical infrastructure may be in tough shape, but its social infrastructure likely is intact. And rebuilding the former is a lot more realistic and “doable” than is overhauling the latter. …

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