My Life. My neighborhood. Our world.

We started Rebuild and Grow with the best intentions and have done our best to move things forward. Truth is, recovering and rebuilding after the flood is a monumental challenge for all of us. While we each continue to contribute to Cedar Rapids recovery in our own personal way, we simply do not have the bandwidth to do it all. Most especially, we need to focus our attention to ensuring that our own small business, SoyaWax International, in the New Bohemia neighborhood is not yet another victim of small business failure after the flood.

Thankfully, there is a "cup half full" dimension to this announcement. That is, we are very pleased to acknowledge and encourage folks to visit the Cedar Rapids Block by Block web site. There you will learn about the tremendous (and thankfully well-funded) efforts by Cedar Rapids folks to self-help each other as we rebuild our neighborhoods and our city.