Articles Tagged: Iowa City Downtown District

This year, 42 restaurants in the downtown and Northside neighborhoods showed up for Taste of Iowa City on Aug. 27. If you’re looking for quality over quantity, check out these options.

All 105 panels in the corridor next to the Graduate Hotel in downtown Iowa City are being cleaned and an acrylic, dichroic finish is being affixed to them

In its 34th year, the Iowa City Jazz Festival continues to draw acclaimed performers from across the country.

The Iowa City Downtown District is looking to expand its boundaries as it works through the process of renewing its status as a Self-Supported Municipal District.

Summer is right around the corner, which means its prime time for live music, festivals, fairs and family fun. From jazz to rap to country to rock, there’s plenty to listen, dance and sing along to in Eastern Iowa and beyond this summer.

The proposal for development of the lot at 21 S. Linn St., which is estimated to cost about $40 million, calls for a six-story building to offer retail, entertainment and residential space.

Seventy-five businesses in the downtown Iowa City area have been in continuous operation for 20 or more years, and next month, the Iowa City Downtown District will recognize them with a series of new initiatives for Legacy Business Month.

From flower festivals and patriotic parades to county fairs and hot air balloons taking to the skies, there is so much to do, see and celebrate around Eastern Iowa in the coming months.

Also, Cedar Rapids library’s ‘artist-in-residency’ program put on pause

Free Week, a new celebration of Iowa’s largest arts and culture district, will open performances, hands-on workshops and live music to the public at over 15 venues throughout Iowa City from Feb. 18 to 22.

This year, 48 restaurants in the downtown and Northside neighborhoods of Iowa City showed up for Taste of Iowa City. But what should you show up for?

Downtown District offers new program to support Dubuque Street businesses impacted by construction project.

Space will allow entrepreneurs to try brick-and-mortar retail

X Marks the Arts, a collaboration among various venues, the Iowa City Downtown District, University of Iowa and community organizations, hopes to ensure that the district designated by the Iowa’s Department of Cultural Affairs in 2022 is more than a title on paper.

See what caught my attention at one of Iowa City’s premiere annual food gatherings, and which ones won the hearts of the judges.