Category: I♥NL
City Recruits Residents to Serve as Neighborhood Ambassadors
https://vimeo.com/460582280 Good neighbors build great neighborhoods, and great neighborhoods make for a more connected and resilient community. Knowing more people in town makes it easier to ask for or offer help, understand someone else’s perspective, raise a concern in a productive way, or lean on one another when a pandemic throws a curveball. It is…
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On-Demand Course Available to Build Capacity for Social Justice
The North Liberty Library is partnering with Captivate, a local business owned and operated by Black women, to offer the online, on-demand course “Walking on Eggshells, Stepping on Toes,” as we work to build community capacity for issues of social justice, to North Liberty residents. The course works to introduce allyship, review the stages of ally development, and…
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Residents Invited to Paint Storm Drains
Storm drains are the mouths to rivers and lakes, and when pollutants enter the storm drains, the can easily be carried into waterbodies. Murals found on storm drains throughout North Liberty remind the public the important role these drains play in Iowa’s water quality and our responsibility to keep them clean. The storm drain project began…
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PlaceMates Returns for Virtual Dinners with Neighbors on Sept. 28
PlaceMates introduces residents of 52317 to fellow North Libertarians. While PlaceMates was first designed to be potluck dinners held concurrently in homes throughout the city (the program matched over 100 households across 22 potlucks in 2019), it has pivoted to a virtual alternative to comply with social distancing amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. That said, now is…
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Resources from Hear Me! See Me!
Thursday night, hundreds of people gathered in Penn Meadows Park for an event, Hear Me! See Me!, organized by Councilor RaQuishia Harrington and members of the community. The event brought North Liberty together to begin conversations about racial justice and equity. Speakers, including Councilor Harrington, Mayor Terry Donhue, Police Chief Diane Venenga, Liberty High School…
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Summer Lunch & Fun Returns for 2020, with Some Changes
The annual program, which provides lunch and enrichment for kids 18 and under while school is out for the summer returns, but with some changes, on June 8, 2020. It will be offered every weekday through Aug. 7, with the exception of July 3. Organizers ask participants to be patient as they adapt to the…
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Solar Power Group Buying Program Returns, Launches June 4
Residents in Johnson County and West Branch, Iowa, can learn about energy efficiency and solar energy as well as have an opportunity to get an affordable solar array for their home, farm or business through the Solarize Johnson County 2020 program. The program is based on an initial discounted base price and then additional discounts…
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Capture This
With all this time hunkered down, the city’s communication team invites residents to browse through their camera roll and photo libraries and share photos that showcase North Liberty. Collected photos may appear on the city’s website, social media accounts, promotional materials, and be in the running to grace the cover of a future North Liberty Activity…
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A Physically Separated Egg Hunt
We were saddened we had to cancel our annual Easter egg hunt (#socialdistancing), but had to make sure safety was a top priority. Since we all couldn’t meet for a morning of fun, we have come up with an alternative Easter egg hunt. First: download an egg from below, print it and color it (there…
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Get into the Vinyasa Yoga Flow with a Free Class
The recreation department will offer a free, eight-week yoga program starting this February. The program open to patrons of all levels looking to further pursue their yoga practice with steady Vinyasa flow. This class will be dedicated to both a balance in power and restorative poses. Perfect for those looking to strengthen themselves while also…
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