<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2De3oy_1BDOuida00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2De3oy_1BDOuida00" width="986" height="555" >CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Drivers on Interstate 380 or those in the Southwest side of Cedar Rapids may have noticed a row of bright-colored homes.The properties, located on M Street SW, are part of a project by developer Eric Gutschmidt called "Rainbow Road." The name is inspired by a famous course from the Mario Kart video game franchise.Gutschmidt told Iowa's News Now he first started construction five years ago, and the development will include units for different people with different needs."What this is is a pocket neighborhood," Gutschmidt said. "So this is 18 different houses and apartments all with a central courtyard that is shared in common space."There will also be a permaculture landscape, Gutschmidt says."Permaculture is a blend of different plants that are designed to work together in a micro ecosystem," he explained. "So basically the entire yard is going to be a garden for the community at some point."As for the color scheme, Gutschmidt said "this is fun.""I'm just tired of like white houses, grey houses, beige houses," Gutschmidt said. "They just suck the life out of you and if you're going to do something colorful, you might as well go all out."Before the project, the land was occupied by blighted properties and vacant lots."There were six existing 100-year-old houses and four vacant lots," Gutschmidt said. "And so then this is kind of a combination or a blend of existing homes and new construction."Each home also has a unique name.<blockquote>"We have roses are red, tangerine dream, banana rama, dollhouse and kind of on down the line," Gutschmidt said, while pointing at each house.</blockquote>The project has also drawn visitors."We've definitely have been getting a lot of folks who have been driving down the neighborhood. Driving slow. A lot of folks have been bringing their kids down here, apparently this is really popular with kids in the back seat," Gutschmidt said.The rest of the homes are expected to be finished in the summer, and the landscaping portion to follow.</div></body>

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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Drivers on Interstate 380 or those in the Southwest side of Cedar Rapids may have noticed a row of bright-colored homes. The properties, located on M Street SW, are part of a project by developer Eric Gutschmidt called "Rainbow Road." The name is inspired by a famous course from the Mario Kart video game franchise.

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