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Coming out of retirement to rebuild Cedar Rapids
June 11: What Works: For many, retirement represents a life of leisure at the end of a career. But a year after floodwaters ravaged Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the city is slowly rebuilding with the help of a group of retired tradesmen who have renewed their work licenses. NBC's Kevin Tibbles reports.   Watch video
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"What Works" is a continuing series on "NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams." As Senior Producer Tracey Lyons explains in this blog post, these are "reports which spotlight ideas or innovations that are solving various problems in communities across the country." You can read and watch all the stories from the series on this page.

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