Articles Tagged: New Bohemia District

While there are no peppers, there are plenty of pickles at Peter Piper’s, a new shop that opened July 1 in NewBo City Market.

After a legal dispute between the land owners and the initially proposed developer, a local developer is looking to transform the long-vacant Loftus Lumber site into a mixed-use facility featuring market-rate rental units and retail space.

Arts and culture organization CSPS is looking to raise around $120,000 by the end of 2022 to maintain operations as the group waits for the IRS to reinstate its tax-exempt status, which it lost last year after not filing three years of tax returns.

Three Iowa BIG students are organizing a June 24 event in New Bohemia to support both the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital and local businesses.

See photos from the first Pride parade in Cedar Rapids and what the visible celebration of Pride means to the LGBTQ community.

The festival is from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and includes more than 80 creatives, all from Iowa, sprawled across the NewBo and Czech Village neighborhoods in Cedar Rapids.

If awarded $27 million by the state, Cedar Rapids envisions a project that will enhance the greenway around the Cedar River in Czech Village and NewBo as a recreational hub and tourist attraction with flood control, housing and other amenities.

After two years of virtual events, EcoFest is bringing back a live event to NewBo for Earth Day.

For four years, Frank the cat has been the best sales clerk at Next Page Books bookstore in Cedar Rapids’ NewBo neighborhood. “He’s become the face of the bookstore,” store owner Bart Carithers says.

Next to Raygun in the former home of Pig and Porter, Crosby’s brings an extension of Midtown Station to NewBo with a few twists.

A new mural celebrating the immigrants of all backgrounds, races and ethnicities who have shaped Cedar Rapids is located on the west side of Ideal Social Hall facing the 16th Avenue bridge.

Kismet Coffee & Bloom combines couple’s passions in their first business together in the former Dostal House in NewBo.

After much anticipation, The Hip-stir in Marion has opened up for dine-in service.

The old fire station at 1111 Third St. SE is starting a new chapter as an AirBNB rental after a storied history in the New Bohemia District.

The annual dinner will open up ticket sales today for 500 seats.