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Better Neighbors Series Continues to Teach Community Skills and Awareness
With a new, free training series — Better Neighbors — adults of all abilities can learn new skills and gain a new understanding of issues impacting our community. The North Liberty area is teeming with experts on all sorts of useful topics, and all year long, we will be tapping into these people and service…
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North Liberty Night at the Iowa Heartlanders to Benefit Beat the Bitter Festival
Friday, Feb. 17 is North Liberty Night with the Iowa Heartlanders as they face the Wheeling Nailers at Xtream Arena. The puck drops at 7:05 p.m. An anonymous local business wants to make sure everyone can make attend and dropped off 500 free tickets at the Recreation Department front desk at the Community Center on…
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North Liberty Lights Display Illuminates Liberty Centre Pond
Winter days can be dark, but North Liberty is a bit brighter thanks to North Liberty Lights presented by Tryon Investments. Located around Liberty Centre Pond, the illuminated winter display is lit nightly the entire month of February. The exhibit invites spectators to walk under tunnels and take pictures with colorful winter scenes of snowflakes,…
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Scheels Ice Rink at Penn Meadows Park is Now Open
The cold has moved in so make the best of it by embracing winter and the unique recreation opportunities the temperatures offer. Scheels Ice Rink – the City of North Liberty’s outdoor ice rink – is free and open for the season. The 100- by 80-foot rink is installed on top of the tennis courts…
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Planning for Tomorrow Today: Draft Comprehensive Plan Released
Following a year of gathering public input, the City of North Liberty has released the proposed Connected to Tomorrow comprehensive plan, a vision for the next 20 years, on the project’s website. The plan, a complete rewrite of the document our community uses to guide decisions about land use, transportation, public spaces and investment and…
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See Ice Carved into Iconic Animated Characters on Sunday, Jan. 29
Beat the Bitter’s Ice Sculpture Walk returns to Penn Meadows Park (355 E Penn St) on Sunday, Jan. 29. The carvings are just one of the many displays attendees can admire at Fire & Ice presented by GreenState Credit Union from 4 to 8 p.m. This year, adults and children alike will enjoy ten ice…
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Skate with Friends at a Teens-only Night at the Ice Rink on Feb. 3
A night of ice skating, snacks and music just for middle and high school students, no parents allowed. The five Ws Who: Anyone in 6th to 12th grade What: Friends, skates, snacks and music Where: Scheels Ice Rink on the tennis courts in Penn Meadows Park, 170 N Dubuque St. When: 6 to 8 p.m.…
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Keep Moving this Winter with the Jan. 28 5K-ish Glow Run
The 5K-ish Glow Run presented by Tryon Investments kicks off North Liberty’s Beat the Bitter festivities on Saturday, Jan. 28. The fun run will unveil the North Liberty Lights 2023 exhibition — a free illuminated winter display around Liberty Centre Pond’s walking trail for the month of February. Participants who sign up to run, jog…
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An October Holiday in December, Thanks to Generous North Liberty Neighbors
Story and photos by Dick Hakes, North Libertarian Some residents of the Fox Run neighborhood may have blinked twice on a Sunday last month when, one afternoon, a line of kids dressed in Halloween costumes paraded from house to house with bulging bags of candy. Here you had a werewolf, dragon, cowgirl, witches, the Grinch…
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Yearlong Fun, for Free, with the City Slate
There’s always something fun — and free — to do in North Liberty. In 2023, the new tradition of the City Slate returns, and it’s going to be stuffed full of free fun events for everyone and you can get the information all in one place. Some new favorites will return this year, but there…
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