The Cedar Rapids Downtown Farmers Market will open in June as planned, but there will be a big change when it does. Both the June 6 and June 20 farmers markets will be drive-through markets. Around 30 vendors will be selling produce, honey, baked goods and other farm products. Online ordering for the June 6 […]
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Twenty restaurants are offering special menus for Cedar Rapids Restaurant Week
Cedar Rapids foodies, unite! It’s almost time for the eighth annual Cedar Rapids Restaurant Week, and someone needs to try all the food from the participating restaurants. The nine days of restaurant-hopping kick off on Friday, Feb. 21, in an effort to attract customers during a typically slow time of the year for local businesses. […]
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Participants in the seventh annual Cedar Rapids Restaurant Week announced
The restaurants participating in the seventh annual Cedar Rapids Restaurant Week were announced on Tuesday by the event’s organizer, the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance (CRMEA). From Friday, Feb. 22 to Saturday, March 2, the following 17 restaurants will be offering special menus to their patrons
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Murals and More unveils new Cedar Rapids skywalk mural by AKACORLEONE
A small crowd gathered for the unveiling of a big mural in downtown Cedar Rapids on Monday evening. Murals and More, which is steadily creating the Cedar Rapids Mural Trail, dedicated the organization’s first mural of 2017 on the east side of the skywalk on Third Street between Fourth and Fifth Avenues.
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An entrepreneurial hangout in downtown Iowa City
In a self-described “collision” of the arts and technological innovation within business world, EntreFest will take hold of downtown Iowa City for a two-day series of meetups, conferences, workshops and more.
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Local politics shaken, not stirred
Policy on the Rocks Lion Bridge Brewing Company — Thursday, January 7 at 4:30 p.m. The Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance kicks off its 2016 Policy on the Rocks series today, at Lion Bridge Brewing Company in Czech Village on Cedar Rapids’ SW side. This first of the year’s monthly events slides in right before […]
