UPDATE: Beginning the week of Sept. 5, 2022, fall hours will be Sunday through Wednesday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Thursday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Mary Kay Novak McGrath recalls an era when at least two soda fountains served up sodas and other sweet treats in Czech Village […]
Gardeners ready to dig into spring plant...
Gardeners who time it right just might be able to make it to all of these 2022 Eastern Iowa spring plant sales, many of which are happening on the same day. This spring has been exceptionally cool, but planting season will soon be underway, with the sales also timed to hit just before Mother’s Day. […]
Czech legend of Three Frozen Kings offer...
Few days have tempted gardeners to plant early in Iowa this spring. With daytime temperatures hovering in the 50s and nights even colder, already into May, many gardeners are waiting for more conducive weather. Related: Slow start to morel mushroom season Still, with 70-degree days (hopefully) on the horizon, a Czech legend offers a warning […]
As farmers market season kicks off in Io...
Changes are underway at farmers markets in the Corridor, as the outdoor season kicks off in May. One longtime market is ending, while others that arose in the wake of the pandemic are on the rise. The Mount Vernon Farmers Market, a mainstay in Mount Vernon for about two decades, decided to end its run […]
A century later, neighborhood corner sto...
By Cindy Hadish/for the Corridor Business Journal Curtis Odom was happy to buy bacon and a dozen eggs during a quick stop not far from his home in northwest Cedar Rapids. The North Liberty business owner had driven by the Cultivate Hope Corner Store, 604 Ellis Blvd. NW, almost daily in his commute, and finally […]
Photos: EcoFest 2022
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — EcoFest, the popular Earth Day celebration in Cedar Rapids, made a comeback on April 23, 2022, after a two-year hiatus. After cancelling in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and going virtual in 2021, EcoFest returned to NewBo City Market, 1100 Third St. SE. High winds offered a challenge, but storms […]
Mushroom hunters finally finding morels ...
Soil temperatures in Iowa and Nebraska are finally warming enough to jump-start the morel mushroom season. After a chilly early spring, morel hunters began reporting their “finds” April 16 in Nebraska and April 21 in Iowa, according to Nebraska Morels and the Iowa Morel Report. The sponge-like delicacies need sufficient moisture and soil temperatures to […]
On the brink of demolition, one of Iowa’
MARION, Iowa — After sustaining damage in Iowa’s 2020 hurricane-strength derecho, the historic Methodist Church in Marion was written off by most. Marion Mayor Nick AbouAssaly was not one of them. “Everyone was resigned to the fact that it was going to be demolished,” AbouAssaly said. “It was keeping me up at night, but I […]
Award honors visionaries in Czech Villag...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Two entrepreneurs and leaders in Czech Village and New Bohemia received special recognition April 20, at an awards luncheon at the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library. Don Barrigar and Mary Kay Novak McGrath were named the 2022 recipients of the Robert Chadima Visionary Award. The award is presented annually […]
EcoFest set to return to NewBo City Mark...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — After cancelling in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and going virtual in 2021, the popular Earth Day celebration known as EcoFest is scheduled to return on Saturday, April 23, 2022. The event will be 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at NewBo City Market, 1100 Third St. SE. See photos of […]