Katie Mills Giorgio

Moxie and Mortar owners adapted to unexpected learned in the pandemic.

223 Baby Co opened its doors at the beginning of October as one of the newest retailers in downtown Iowa City.

When Cale Henderson saw the empty building space in the Town & Country Shopping Center, he knew right away that it would make a great event rental space.

University of Iowa students create birthday boxes --filled with a gift and games, a birthday cake, birthday decor and more -- for children in need.

Each year the city’s forestry division seeks a homeowner to donate an evergreen tree to be placed in Greene Square and decorated for the holiday season. The derecho made that task a bit more challenging, though.

HappyGram is a card delivery service for those living in senior communities. Family and friends go to the HappyGram website where they can write a personalized message and upload a photo from their computer or smartphone.

In her role as a Coe College professor, Maria Dean said she enjoyed helping students make connections to a future career path, never discouraging them as she’d been discouraged early on in her career.

Local bookstores brace for supply chain challenges

Pack your flashlight (and a change of clothes for the ride home)

Wilson’s Orchard and Farm has grown beyond its apple-picking roots into a hub for sustainability and community.

Iowa couple turns fun into their enterprise, renting their Airstream for near and far vacations.

As much or more than many other sectors, the travel industry has been hard hit by the effects of the pandemic for more than a year and a half. And the role they are playing in assisting consumers and business travelers is a bit of a roller coaster, Corridor travel agents said.

In partnership with the organizations that created the SET fund in late 2018, Rachel Rockwell helps manage grant dollars and convene collaborators to advance the work identified by the SET task force

Iowa City Downtown District, with sponsorship from MidWestOne, supported many of the new businesses with grants for signs and matching grants to existing businesses for upgrades and storefront enhancements.

Created in memory of longtime city volunteers Charlie and Pat Kress, a person can stand on the month of the year, which is laid out on a marked concrete pad, and their shadow will show them the time.