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Accepted at over 100 Downtown locations to Park, Shop, Eat and Stay with the Downtown Gift Card. 

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The Iowa City Downtown District is a story in of itself, a place steeped in local flavor and history, alive with participatory art and music, a living room to the University of Iowa, a home to literary giants, and an extraordinary community experience. We’re more than just great shopping and restaurants. If you’ve never been, you should be here.

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Downtown Retail Forum

On Tuesday, March 10th, the ICDD will be holding an open Retail Forum at MidWestOne Bank from 3-5pm. The spring retail forum is intended to go through key chapters from Paco Underhill's book "Why We Buy" and couple the topics with the recent results of the downtown Iowa City retail study by Downtown Works. The forum will be led by Maggie McClelland. Registration is now available here. 

Top Chef:Downtown

The 2015 Top Chef:Downtown sponsored by Hills Bank and Trust Company, US Foods, hotelVetro and EMS Detergent Services will provide 300 lucky ticket buyers a friendly competition of a diverse menu brought to you by Downtown's best chefs, mixologists and baristas on March 30th from 5-8pm. Participants will be put through their paces in impromptu interviews with the judging panel and assessed not only on their dish recipe, but also on their presentation and technique. See the entire list of participants here.

Call for Artists - 2015 UICCU BenchMarks

This spring, the Iowa City large scale public art project Benchmarks will return for its fourth year in downtown Iowa City. The UICCU BenchMarks program has transformed the downtown public benches for the last three years, bringing a new way of viewing these pieces of infrastructure.The 2015 theme "Passing Through,"is a open theme to interpretation but meant to invoke motion, reflection, and a sense of adventure. Artists are now able to apply until March 22nd more...