CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – After canceling the 2020 event due to the coronavirus pandemic and holding a scaled-back version last year, supporters are eager to see a return of the popular Houby Days festival to Czech Village. Still, the closure of the 16th Avenue Bridge of Lions due to construction, and other work along the […]
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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 […]
Easter Showcase plans return to Noelridg...
CEDAR RAPIDS — Following a two-year hiatus, the popular Easter Showcase is scheduled to return to the Noelridge Greenhouse on Saturday, April 16, and Sunday, April 17, 2022. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event — where visitors can view tropical plants, cacti, seedlings and other plants that grow in the greenhouse — was not […]
Final Photos: Longtime Iowa business pre...
CEDAR RAPIDS — A mainstay of Cedar Rapids is winding down its retail furniture division after nearly 85 years in business. Phelan’s Interiors, 728 Third Ave. SE, began its final retail sale on Friday, April 1, 2022. Related: Smulekoff’s closes after 125 years “Due to the shift in residential trends and the presiding uncertainty of […]
Iowans plead guilty in large-scale poach...
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources announced the conclusion of a year-round poaching case on March 29, 2022. Five northwest Iowa men pleaded guilty to numerous wildlife violations, the DNR noted. Read on for more from the DNR: Ida Grove, Iowa — An investigation that began as a turkey poaching case last fall has concluded […]
Linn County Master Gardeners and Prairie...
HIAWATHA — Community members will have room to grow their own food through a new initiative between Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality Center and Linn County Master Gardeners. The new Green Community Gardens will feature 30 garden plots to rent at Prairiewoods, along with gardening education. “We really hope that people who live in apartments that don’t […]
Photos: St. Patrick’s Day parade returns
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Temperatures that stayed below freezing kept the massive crowds of the past at bay, but sunshine reigned as the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade made its return to downtown Cedar Rapids. Nearly 70 entries rolled through the traditional parade route along Second and Third Avenues SE on Saturday, March 12, 2022, […]