Four years since it first opened in the Northside, Goosetown Cafe has embraced its founding vision with seasonal changes that now make the menu evolve every week.
116 3rd St SE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
Four years since it first opened in the Northside, Goosetown Cafe has embraced its founding vision with seasonal changes that now make the menu evolve every week.
The East Central Iowa Council of Governments is still looking to allocate low-interest loans to businesses in Eastern Iowa affected by the pandemic or adding jobs that were negatively affected by COVID-19.
Kim Wolfe shifted her business, Fairy Under a Full Moon, to fully online.
When Carissa Johnson came upon a luxury picnic business in Arizona in 2021, she recalled, “The idea stuck with me and I wondered if I could do something like that in Cedar Rapids.” So she started Boujee Picnic.
Back Porch Pickers and Artisans in Mount Vernon features 56 antique dealers, artists and crafters sharing the 9,000-square-foot space.
Two Cedar Rapids students have been chosen for Iowa State Youth Action Squad to encourage community advocacy and expand their learning, research and leadership skills. One idea is to create a business incubator for Black-owned businesses in the Cedar Rapids area.
The program, a partnership between The Downtown Self-Supported Municipal Improvement District (SSMID) and Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance, will give the winning business $20,000 toward “rent and build-out” at a selected property in downtown Cedar Rapids.
Maher Brothers Transfer and Storage was started in 1922 in Iowa City as a company that worked moving consumer goods across the country after World War I. Today, it is led by brothers — and equal business partners — Tom and Tim Riley who have been at the helm for several decades.
The $1 million Cultivate Hope Corner Store, operated by nonprofit Matthew 25 at 604 Ellis Blvd. NW, has opened with a focus on reduced-cost, healthy food in Time Check. Its mission is to educate residents on nutrition and promote food access.
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday that two restaurants cannot collect damages from insurance policies for losing business following the governor’s March 2020 order requiring restaurants to temporarily stop in-person dining amid rising COVID-19 cases.
Cedar Rapids Thew Brewing posted on Facebook Tuesday it had ceased brewing operations.
The shop stocks products from their own businesses supplemented by local artisans and craftspeople.
Julie Parisis knows the experience of being a NewBo City Market shopkeeper firsthand, having run a space several years ago before joining the administrative staff.
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