Cedar Rapids Activist
Time Check. History. Public records. Politics. Photography. And the stories behind the headlines.
This site documents Time Check after the 2008 flood: who made the decisions, who advised them, where the money came from, who got paid, and what those decisions meant for the people under the maps.
I Brought Receipts
An ongoing public-records series examining the decisions made after the 2008 flood: who made them, who advised them, where the money came from, who got paid, and what those decisions meant for Time Check.
Read the SeriesAbout Cedar Rapids Activist
Cedar Rapids Activist began after the 2008 flood as a place to document what was happening in my neighborhood and my city. Years later, it has become an archive of local history, public records, photographs, videos, community stories, and the questions that never quite went away.
This archive is built on public records, meeting minutes, contracts, and firsthand experience. It is maintained by Ajai Dittmar, a Time Check resident who was displaced from 1426 1st Street NW in June 2008.