Paul’s Discount is closing its store on Hwy. 1 after 37 years of providing Iowa City with everything from plumbing supplies to baseballs.
Iowa City business
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Your Village: What’s the oldest business in Iowa City?
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‘A beautiful run’: Steve Goetzelman plans to close 30th Century Bicycle on Valentine’s Day
30th Century Bicycle owner Steve Goetzelman announced on his Facebook profile today that he plans to close his popular downtown Iowa City bike shop on Valentine’s Day. The business has offered new and used bikes, accessories and repairs since it opened on Earth Day 2009.
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New flower store, Willow & Stock, moving in to former Home Ec. Workshop
Amber Neville and Angela Barnett got the keys today to 207 N. Linn Street, the site their future flower shop, Willow & Stock, coming soon to Iowa City’s Northside Marketplace.
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Mediterranean-inspired coffeeshop ‘Cortado’ to open this fall in downtown Iowa City
Signage appeared this weekend announcing a new coffeeshop in downtown Iowa City — Cortado Coffee & Café, 26 S. Clinton Street (the former location of Austin Burke Clothier). Reached for comment, co-owner Yochai Harel shared his background and hopes for Cortado, mentioning that it will provide espresso and coffee drinks while bringing “some Mediterranean flavor […]
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Ciao Chait: An Iowa City institution closes its doors in retirement
Final Retrospective: Benjamin Chait Opening reception for the sixth and final artist retrospective at the gallery Chait Galleries — Friday, June 3 at 5 p.m. (Showing through June 15). As Chait Galleries prepares to close on June 15, everyone is asking the same question: Where will we go now? For 14 years, Chait has been […]
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Celebrating 30 years: How Iowa City daydreams
Free Comic Book Day Daydreams Comics (21 S Dubuque St.) — Sat., May 7 He has a name worthy of a superhero, and has been using his powers for good as the owner of Daydreams Comics in downtown Iowa City since 2010. The store is celebrating 30 years in business in 2016. To mark […]
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Owners remember Old Capitol Brew Works as it closes its doors this weekend
Though Paul Krutzfeldt said it does not make sense for him to run a bar an hour away from his brewery, he admitted that it was a bittersweet decision to close…
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Iowa City Marketplace: City Council’s approval of $1.75 million in TIF aid has some crying foul
At their bimonthly meeting this past Tuesday, the Iowa City Council voted 6-1 to allocate $1.75 million in Tax Increment Financing (TIF) funds for two…
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Fair Trade pop-up shop heads to former ‘Wedge’ space in the Ped Mall
After the Downtown Women’s Warehouse Sale last weekend, the former Ped Mall Wedge space (136 S. Dubuque St.) will once again
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The restaurant that got a sequel: Cactus 2 opens a few doors down from Cactus
When many restaurants decide to expand their businesses to new locations, they don’t often choose to do so in the same neighborhood as the original space…
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Why are tenants in Johnson County the most cost-burdened in Iowa?
For many in Iowa City, just making the rent is a struggle. Approximately 30 percent of the population in Iowa City was living below poverty level from 2008 to…
