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LOVING this weather 🌞. . #downtowniowacity #thi

LOVING this weather 🌞.
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#downtowniowacity #thisisiowa #thinkiowacity

Enjoy a beautiful walk and stop by @p_s_won for th

Enjoy a beautiful walk and stop by @p_s_won for the Post-Consumer Content a series of outdoor art installations that is still going on for a few more weeks. The installation was curated by Louise Fisher, featuring local artists investigating the ethical production and consumption of environmental art.
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August 2-7 TIM TABOR
August 9-14 PRAIRIE SCHOOL OF ART
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#downtowniowacity #thinkiowacity #thisisiowa #publicspaceone #supportlocalartists

@velvetcoat has debuted their new outdoor merchand

@velvetcoat has debuted their new outdoor merchandising cart! A custom design by @akar.architecture, the cart was designed to allow Velvet Coat to proudly display sale items outdoors but protect them from sun and weather damage.
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This project was made possible through the Cosign+ storefront enhancement program, sponsored by @midwestone
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#downtowniowacity #thisisiowa #cosign+

A friendly reminder that Iowa City and Johnson Cou

A friendly reminder that Iowa City and Johnson County have a mandated order requiring face coverings. Mayor Bruce Teague issued an order that, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and safety of the community, every person in the City of Iowa City must wear a face covering that covers the nose and mouth when in a public place. These spaces include, but are not limited to grocery stores, pharmacies, hardware stores, retail stores, outside if keeping six feet away from others is not possible, public transportation, or private car services. No business open to the public may provide service to a customer or allow a customer to enter without the customer wearing a face covering. Please see the @cityofiowacity website for the full details and stay safe!
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If you're looking for a new mask, look no further! Downtown has a handful of businesses offering a variety of masks, fun designs, and different materials. Visit the stores to shop, phone in orders for pick-up, or go to their website to purchase online.
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See our highlighted story for some of the different styles from the following shops:
@iowabookic, @whiterabbitgalleryic, @raygunshirts, @catherinesboutique, @shoppitaya, @beadologyiowa, @activeendeavic, @benosflowers, @villages_iowacity, @textilesinc, @revivaliowacity, @theshopiowacity, @undergroundprinting, and @omgiftsforbodyandsoul

Wear appropriate face coverings, and continue prac

Wear appropriate face coverings, and continue practicing physical distancing. Everywhere. To protect everyone.
#downtowniowacity #thinkiowacity #thisisiowa

It's a beautiful day in downtown. . The fountain o

It's a beautiful day in downtown.
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The fountain on the pedmall is back!
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The new shade structure in Black Hawk Mini Park is up and looking amazing.
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The additional street seating got a much needed artistic paint job thanks to @greenstatecu.
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#downtowniowacity #thinkiowacity #thisisiowa

Our community is Holding Our Own in many ways —

Our community is Holding Our Own in many ways — one of which is by supporting local businesses...
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... by supporting local businesses with our purchases and keeping our resources here. Changing our buying habits to support those businesses who are friends, neighbors, and family members. They have been here for us through every challenge this community has faced. They fight beside us, they support us, and they are part of what makes the Iowa City Area one of the best places to live.
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Today we launched a new Shop Local program. For every $150 spent shopping local, receive a $20 gift card of YOUR choice to a local business. Additionally, $5 will be automatically donated to the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) and Immigrant Business Grant Fund. See details at icareatogether.com
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#downtowniowacity #thinkiowacity #thisisiowa #icareaholdingourown

Have you seen the new artwork downtown?! Sponsored

Have you seen the new artwork downtown?! Sponsored by the Graduate Iowa City, “Campfire Stories” is a new mural painted by Drew Etienne. You can find it in the walkway entrance to the Ped Mall by the Graduate Iowa City.
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“With Iowa City’s history as a cultural center of literature and incubator of notable authors, I wanted to create a design that would illustrate the power that literature and storytelling has to bring people together. This is why I chose scenes that evoke the thousands-of-years-old tradition of telling stories around the campfire and other ways these stories now manifest as in poetry, books, song lyrics, and love letters. I chose to portray the scenes in the style of a woodcut, a medium that has also been used for conveying information, stories, and cartoons for thousands of years. The characters and scenes are meant to be digestible and communicative to as wide a demographic as possible.” - @drewetienne .
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Drew Etienne received his BFA in painting from Indiana University where he earned the Harry Engel Painting Scholarship and the Drawing & Painting Area Award. In 2014, he was a recipient of the Indiana Arts Commission's Individual Artist Grant. Drew is currently an MFA candidate in Painting and Drawing at the University of Iowa. Since 2012, he has completed four public art projects in Bloomington, IN, two in Iowa City, one in Tipton, IA, and one in Maquoketa, IA. In the Spring of 2019, he was a resident artist at the University of Iowa's Grand Wood Public Art Residency.
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#thisisiowa #downtowniowacity #thinkiowacity

The Downtown District stands in solidarity with th

The Downtown District stands in solidarity with the outcry for change and the need to end systemic racism.

While the Downtown Iowa City we all know and love

While the Downtown Iowa City we all know and love winds down for the time being, we in the Iowa City Downtown District want to thank you for continuing to support our neighborhood businesses. District businesses want everyone know, that while in a different format for now, we are here, we are working to bring you the same great service as always, and we miss you!
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We've asked district businesses to participate in a social distancing photography session and send a quick note on what they are working on.
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𝙃𝙞 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮!
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𝙒𝙚 𝙖𝙩 𝙎𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙏𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙨 𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝𝙮. 𝙒𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣.
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𝙒𝙚 𝙙𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙫𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙗𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙪𝙥 𝙤𝙧 𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮.
𝙬𝙬𝙬.𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙨.𝙘𝙤𝙢/𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙨
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𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚,
𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙦𝙪𝙚

While the Downtown Iowa City we all know and love

While the Downtown Iowa City we all know and love winds down for the time being, we in the Iowa City Downtown District want to thank you for continuing to support our neighborhood businesses. District businesses want everyone know, that while in a different format for now, we are here, we are working to bring you the same great service as always, and we miss you!
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We've asked district businesses to participate in a social distancing photography session and send a quick note on what they are working on.
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𝙁𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝘿𝙤𝙬𝙣𝙩𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙄𝙤𝙬𝙖 𝘾𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙞𝙣 1992, 𝙋𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙤𝙨 𝙈𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙂𝙧𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙖 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙄𝙤𝙬𝙖 𝘾𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙘𝙪𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙚. 𝙎𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨, 𝙋𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙤𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 65 𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨, 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙝 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙖 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙨.
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𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩, 𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙤𝙨 𝙖𝙥𝙥 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙪𝙥 𝙤𝙧 𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮!
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-𝙋𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙤𝙨 𝙈𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙂𝙧𝙞𝙡𝙡. 𝘽𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙤𝙨 𝘽𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝘽𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙩.

While the Downtown Iowa City we all know and love

While the Downtown Iowa City we all know and love winds down for the time being, we in the Iowa City Downtown District want to thank you for continuing to support our neighborhood businesses. District businesses want everyone know, that while in a different format for now, we are here, we are working to bring you the same great service as always, and we miss you!
We've asked district businesses to participate in a social distancing photography session and send a quick note on what they are working on.

𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥𝙚𝙙 𝙪𝙨 𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨!
𝙒𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙤𝙣!
𝙐𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙪𝙨 𝙖𝙩 319-333-1297 𝙤𝙧 𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙘𝙠 𝙪𝙨 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙬𝙬.𝙞𝙘𝙢𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙮𝙨.𝙘𝙤𝙢.
𝙏𝙃𝘼𝙉𝙆 𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝘼𝙇𝙇!

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Through a collaboration with Think Iowa City, Iowa City Area Development Group, Iowa City Area Business Partnership and the Iowa City Downtown District, we're providing continued updates and resources for COVID-19 related information. Thanks to the support from MidWestOne Bank, West Bank, GreenState Credit Union, Great Western Bank, Hills Bank, Two Rivers Bank, U.S. Bank and CBI Bank Trust, Johnson County and other area partners, the Project Better Together team has created a community-wide Shop Local program to help encourage and motivate local spending at Johnson County local businesses. Starting June 22nd, for every $150 spent shopping local, receive a $20 gift card of YOUR choice to a local business.