What is going into the former Brinkley’s Landing? Your Call the Courier questions answered

Q: Is the Waterhawks Ski Team going to have public shows?

A: Yes. Performances are on June 7, 12, 19 and 26; July 3, 10, 17, 24-26 and 31; and August 7-9, 16, 23 and 30. June and July shows begin with a pre-show at 6 p.m. and the main show at 7 p.m. August shows have a pre-show at 5 p.m. with the main show at 6 p.m.

Q: What is the MercyOne sign indicating by the Waterloo Courier building?

A: There used to be some MercyOne offices in the building. The sign (along with the Courier’s sign) is still up but there are no tenants in the 100 E. Fourth St. building.

Q: In the movie “Song Sung Blue” was that all Hugh Jackman’s guitar playing?

A: No. Hugh Jackman said he was physically playing the guitar, but the sound was muted. What viewers heard was guitar playing from an actual musician.

Q: What is crypto mining that they’re talking about in Cedar Falls?

A: A company named Simple Mining, which mines Bitcoin, proposed to build a cryptocurrency mining facility next to where Cedar Falls Utilities plans to build a power plant in the city’s industrial park. The Cedar Falls City Council rejected zoning changes that would allow cryptomining facilities and data centers within city limits May 20. Bitcoin and cryptocurrency mining is a difficult topic to grasp but the process validates cryptocurrency transactions on a blockchain network – or a ledger with transaction data – and adds them to a distributed ledger. A distributed ledger is different than a normal business ledger that would be held with a bank or financing institution and more like a document without any middleman.

Q: What business is going into the building on the river that used to be called Brinkley’s Landing. Is that being remodeled?

A: The building at 722 Water St. is being redeveloped into 26 residential units.

Q: I was wondering if there’s something going into the old Hy-Vee on University Avenue in Waterloo on the opposite side of the VA Clinic?

A: Waterloo’s economic development department said the property owner at 4000 University Ave. is working with the city and planning for a tenant in the vacant space. No other information was given.

Q: Are they still planning on building a new baseball stadium in Waterloo? We really need to replace Riverfront Stadium.

A: No further decisions have been made on the future of the Riverfront Stadium after an architectural study found a new ballpark would cost about $40 million.

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