Hannah Crisman Cedar Falls Council At-Large

02/03/2025

Tomorrow is Council Meeting Monday! Check out my annotated agenda for the details.

Apologies for the delay—it's been a busy weekend for my family! Here’s the annotated agenda for this week’s City Council meeting. Let me know if you have any questions or need more details on anything. I encourage you to join us for the meeting—whether in person at City Hall, by tuning in on...

01/20/2025

📢 This week's annotated agenda is live!

Stay informed about what's happening in Cedar Falls! Check out the agenda, share your thoughts in the comments, and join us tomorrow at 7pm in person at City Hall, on cable Channel 15, or on Channel 15's YouTube under the ~*Live*~ tab!

Welcome to your annotated version of our council agenda! If you’re back again, thank you for your continued engagement, if this is your first time reading, I’m glad you’re here. I’m writing this in what could be the final hours of TikTok (or perhaps not — the internet is full of surprises)...

01/04/2025

I’m excited to share that moving forward, I’ll be posting an annotated agenda before every city council meeting to keep you informed about the topics we’ll be discussing.

📍 Attend in person or tune in online! Your voice matters, and we want to hear from YOU. Have questions or thoughts? Drop them below or reach out before the meeting on Monday. Let’s continue making Cedar Falls the best it can be!

Happy New Year! In an effort to keep you informed and engaged, beginning this year, I am going to provide an annotated version of the upcoming council agenda. This hopefully allows you to better understand the items we’ll be discussing and how they may impact our community. I encourage you to join

01/02/2025

As we kick off 2025, I’m proud to reflect on all that we accomplished together over the last year. In 2024, we made meaningful progress as a community—moving forward with the College Hill Visioning Plan, adopting the Resilience Plan, and creating new jobs at the City to better meet the needs of our residents. We tackled pressing issues like establishing our own animal control division, kicked off the Parks Master Plan, and started work for our upcoming Strategic Plan (we love plans). We continued to shape the future of Cedar Falls; from approving new buildings to welcoming new volunteers to our many boards and commissions. 🏘️🌳🙋‍♀️

We also prioritized connection and celebration. We brought back the Mayor’s Halloween House Decorating Contest, started the Merry & Bright Holiday Lights Tour, and shared so many moments of pride and joy with city staff and our citizens.🎃🎄🥳

2024 was filled with countless other accomplishments, big and small, that made our community stronger and ready for what’s next. Bring on 2025! 👏👏👏

12/27/2024

Shoutout to the people who think the free recycling bins are actually magical portals to anywhere but your house!🌀 Who knew dirty pizza boxes, plastic bags, and literal garbage were recyclable? Spoiler: they’re not.🚯

Please read the signage on the bins for what is accepted, and if you’re not sure, don’t treat the bins like your personal trash can.🗑️ The planet (and the people who clean up after you) would appreciate it! ♻️🌎🙂

12/25/2024

Happy Holidays from the very merry Crismans!

I hope you’ve had a chance to celebrate the ✨magic✨ of the season here in Cedar Falls—whether by shopping small, dining local, or getting out to enjoy the crisp winter air. (Speaking of the outdoors, have you taken the parks survey yet? https://bit.ly/CFParksSurvey 🛹🚴‍♂️🚣‍♀️🛝🌳)

As we wrap up this year, I’m feeling so grateful for all of you and the exciting opportunities ahead of us. In 2025, I’m looking forward to connecting with you more often—stay tuned for updates, ideas, and ways to get involved!

Happy New Year!! 🥳

04/04/2024

There are several new businesses that just opened or are opening soon in Cedar Falls! Tonight I checked out the new Crumbl Cookies at Viking Plaza (421 E
Viking), which opens TOMORROW! 🍪

What new business have you visited that I should check out next??

03/19/2024

After some time off with my new baby boy, I was so happy to be back in the council chambers last night! We had a bunch of great discussion and were able to move forward on a few things like next steps for College Hill zoning updates, a new development in our industrial park, and a referral for a work session to learn more our local waterways.

Did you know you can watch council meetings on YouTube? You can watch them live, or catch up after they've aired. All of the videos can be found under the Live tab.
http://www.youtube.com/

03/04/2024

I will be absent from tonight’s council meeting as I’m at home with my brand new baby boy!

Frederick “Freddie” James Crisman was born February 25th at 3:37am! Weighing in at exactly 8 pounds and measuring 20.5 inches long. He’s got the cutest grumpiest face and we are in heaven.🩵

I’ll be back at the next council meeting!

02/16/2024

We had a great time hearing from Library Director Stern this past week about the many successes of the Cedar Falls Public Library! Did you know you can take cooking classes, make crafts using a Cricut, and see newly released movies, all at the library?! I encourage you to make it a goal in 2024 to visit the library at least once and get your library card!

Thank you to Friends of the Cedar Falls Library for providing treats during our meeting!📚

Among the well-known offerings are story time, the summer reading program, book clubs and resources like its online databases.

02/14/2024

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