Moody's Investors Service has awarded the City of Iowa City the highest credit rating possible, an Aaa bond rating, for its outstanding general obligation debt. The City has maintained an Aaa rating since November 1973. The top tier Aaa rating ranks Iowa City among the most financially stable cities in the state of Iowa and the nation.

The Moody’s rating is used by banking authorities and investors to evaluate the potential risk of loans, bonds, and other financial transactions with municipalities and other governmental entities. A top rating by Moody’s, a global market rating...

The City of Iowa City has posted its newest water quality report, also known as the “Consumer Confidence Report” (CCR), to its website at www.icgov.org/ccreport . The report, which covers the year 2015, indicates that Iowa City drinking water far surpasses all federal and state drinking water quality standards.

The CCR is issued every year per Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requirements. It includes information on water sources and water treatment methods, as well as information on impurities that may have been present in the...

The historic Houser-Metzger House at 422 Iowa Avenue, which most recently served as a youth center for United Action for Youth (UAY), will be lifted from its current location at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, May 4, and moved across Iowa Avenue, through a City Hall parking lot, and then onto Van Buren, Washington, Dodge, and College Streets to its new location at 623 College Street. The move will halt traffic and leave the City’s parking lot inaccessible for part of the day. Work is expected to be completed by 5 p.m. When the house arrives at its destination, College Street will be closed for two to...

On Friday, April 29, the Willowwind School campus will receive a facelift in the form of a new tree, provided through the Iowa City Parks and Forestry Division’s Arbor Day Program. This 37-year-old program aims to educate students on the benefits of trees, while offering them the hands-on experience of planting a tree themselves. This year, students from Willowwind will plant a Skyline Locust tree after a brief educational presentation and reading of the Arbor Day Proclamation, originally read at the Iowa City Council Meeting on April 19. The program will begin at 10:45 a.m.

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