In This Issue...
The 32nd Annual SaPaDaPaSo St. Patrick's Day Parade will take place this Saturday, March 17 at 1:00 p.m. in Downtown Cedar Rapids.
A popular community tradition in Cedar Rapids, the St. Patrick's Day Parade will travel the standard city parade route and will start on 6th Street SE; turn left onto 2nd Avenue SE, left onto 2nd Street SE, left onto 3rd Avenue SE ending at Greene Square Park.
Note...a no parking tow away zone will be enforced along the parade route from 12:00 - 3:00 p.m. during the parade on Saturday, March 17. Spectators are encouraged to use 3rd Avenue and 4th Avenue Parkades, entering on 4th Avenue SE. Both parkades are handicapped-accessible and folks with special needs are encouraged to use those areas.
For more information about the 32nd Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade, please visit www.sapadapaso.org.
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Before moving to Cedar Rapids in July of 2006, I had the tremendous pleasure to live, work and play in Downtown Austin, Texas, one of this country's most active and exciting cities. And while Austin offers a variety of first-class arts, music, culture and entertainment opportunities on a nightly basis, quite a few of those options are cost-prohibitive and hard to gain access to for the general public. Similarly, you won't find yourself rubbing shoulders with local politicians, invited to community planning forums or asked for your personal opinion on the state of the city, unless you know someone who knows someone (or have a lot of money behind you).
A Cedar Rapidian for seven months now, I am still astonished daily at the way that this community opens its arms to new residents. The ease with which anyone (young, seasoned, or in between) can gain access to affinity groups, boards, clubs, etc. is something that is wonderfully new to me. When I look around Downtown Cedar Rapids, I see members of our City Council out hitting the streets, listening to the opinion of citizens; I see a community of business and property owners that care deeply about the health and success of this city; I see an amazingly intelligent (and well-organized!) group of young professionals who are passionate about their community - far from the reputed apathy that their generation is often characterized by - and most importantly, I see a City looking inward and realizing that the healthy of a community is often judged by the vibrancy of its Downtown.
This leads me to a second, and much more curious discovery about Cedar Rapids....
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- Cedar Rapids Public Library
One of Downtown Cedar Rapids' most popular attractions, the Cedar Rapids Public Library, is also home to a very valuable resource. CRPL's Business Services Center is free, open to the public and includes many of those expensive databases that small businesses can't afford to access on their own.
The Cedar Rapids Public Library not only encourages local businesses to use their Business Services Center, they also want you to let them know how they can improve the collection to meet your Downtown business needs.
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Mercy Medical Center's Mercy Flowers & Gifts will present its 2007 Welcome to Spring event, filled with beauty and entertainment, Thursday, April 27, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Friday, April 28, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Proceeds from this year's festivities benefit the Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy, soon open in the Cedar Rapids area. Everyone is welcome to this free event!
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A powerfully moving giant screen film unlike any other, MacGillivray Freeman’s "HURRICANE ON THE BAYOU" carries audiences behind today’s news headlines on a journey deep into the soul-stirring heart of Louisiana — before, during and after the unprecedented devastation of Hurricane Katrina. Unfolding against the poignant backdrop of the most costly natural disaster in America’s history and featuring state-of-the art CGI special effects depicting Katrina’s fury, "HURRICANE ON THE BAYOU" follows a group of four musicians, both legendary and rising, as they uncover the electrifying culture of New Orleans; explore the beautiful, alligator-filled bayous on airboats; recount their personal stories of Katrina; and most of all, bring the focus to the rapidly disappearing wetlands that are New Orleans’ first line of defense against deadly storms.
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Stop by and check out our booth at the 2007 Open for Business Expo! The Downtown District will be in both #27 on Thursday, March 22 from 11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. in the U.S. Cellular Center in Downtown Cedar Rapids. Stop by and meet the Downtown District staff, pick up some goodies and check out what we've been up to! The Open for Business Expo is the area's largest business-to-business marketing event, drawing more than 4,000 visitors each year!
The Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce will also be hosting their monthly PM Exchange from 4:30 - 7:30 p.m. at the Business Expo. Admission will be $5 for chamber members and will feature live music by Billy Davis and Mark Vincent Price. For more information check out www.cedarrapids.org.
Don't let the kids sit at home in front of the TV during Spring Break! Take part in the engaging and educational programs taking place all week long at the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art and the Cedar Rapids Public Library. A complete list of activities and contact information after the jump!
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We are excited to announce the Arthritis Walk for Cedar Rapids and Iowa City will be held Saturday, May 5, 2007 in Downtown Cedar Rapids at the Helen G. Nassif YMCA. Registration will begin at 8:00 am. All participants who raise over $100 will receive an Arthritis Walk t-shirt. Walk participants will tour the streets of Downtown Cedar Rapids on a 1-mile or 3-mile route to show their support for their family, friends and community members who suffer from arthritis. While the ones with arthritis wear the signature blue hats to show they are working to control their disease. The funds raised through the Arthritis Walk directly support arthritis research, health education and government advocacy initiatives to help improve the lives of people with arthritis in Iowa. Start your own team today at www.arthritis.org.
Save the date! The ever popular Downtown Farmers' Market is returning for the first Saturday of the month from June through October. (June 2, July 7, August 4, September 1 and October 6) Held from 7:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., this year's Market will include almost twice the number of vendors and wonderful entertainment. You won't want to miss it!
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Winter Market
March 7, March 21, April 4, April 18, May 2, May 16
Where: Nucleus Retail Incubator, 207 2nd Avenue SE
When: 4:00 - 7:00 p.m.
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Pub Crawl
April 13, 5:00 PM
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Theatre Cedar Rapids 2006/2007 Season
October 19, 2006 - August 18
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US Cellular Center Presents: Evanescence
March 23, 7:00 PM
US Cellular Center
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Rainbow of Hope: Cancer Survivor Day
April 22, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Mercy Medical Center
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Spring Break Activities
March 26 - March 30
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art & Cedar Rapids Public Library
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