Category: Recreation
Summer Means Bikes, and North Liberty is a Great Place to Ride
North Liberty is a great place to bike, and summer is a great time to do it. Learn to Ride Pick up a free copy of Bob Oppliger and Connie Szabo Schmucker’s guide to teaching children to ride a bike, titled Teaching Your Child to Ride a Bicycle at the Community Center, 520 W. Cherry…
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Online Farmers Market Pick-up Site Coming to North Liberty for June, July and August
Community members will be able to order local food and farm products for contact-free pickup in North Liberty from June through August 2021. The North Liberty Community Center will become a satellite pick-up location for nonprofit Field to Family’s contact-free “Online Farmers Market,” based out of Iowa City. The City of North Liberty has partnered…
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Public Facilities Open for Drop-in Use June 1
Beginning June 1, 2021, the City of North Liberty plans to adjust hours and services. Locally, cases have returned to levels last seen a year ago. Johnson County’s population is more than 50 percent fully vaccinated, on our way to reaching the local goal of 80 percent of adults by July 4. The availability of…
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Make it Mondays: Paper Plate Sun
The North Liberty Recreation Department’s Make It Monday craft this week, the last one of the series, is a paper plate sun. Included in this week’s kit are all the materials you need to make the craft (you should provide glue and scissors), coloring sheets and activity ideas. Each week, Make It Monday offers a…
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Make it Mondays: Chain Caterpillar
The North Liberty Recreation Department’s Make It Monday craft this week is a chain caterpillar. Included in this week’s kit are all the materials you need to make the craft (you should provide glue and scissors), coloring sheets and activity ideas. Each week, Make It Monday offers a free to-go activity for kids. To participate…
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Make it Mondays: Handprint Butterflies
The North Liberty Recreation Department’s Make It Monday craft this week are handprint butterflies. Included in this week’s kit are all the materials you need to make the craft (you should provide glue and scissors), coloring sheets and activity ideas. Each week, Make It Monday offers a free to-go activity for kids. To participate in…
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North Liberty Offers a Summer Slate of Fun You Can Count On
After a year of shifting plans, stand ins and alternatives, our community needs fun it can look forward to and, most importantly, count on. Today, we’re announcing North Liberty’s Summer Slate, and it’s exactly that: free events that can easily adjust to comply with public health recommendations and provide a mix of online, small group and outdoor…
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Make it Mondays: Paper Snakes
The North Liberty Recreation Department’s Make It Monday craft this week is a paper snakes. Included in this week’s kit are all the materials you need to make the craft (you should provide glue and scissors), coloring sheets and activity ideas. Each week, Make It Monday offers a free to-go activity for kids. To participate…
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Make it Mondays: Button Tree
The North Liberty Recreation Department’s Make It Monday craft this week is a button tree. Included in this week’s kit are all the materials you need to make the craft (you should provide glue and scissors), coloring sheets and activity ideas. Each week, Make It Monday offers a free to-go activity for kids. To participate…
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Summer 2021 Recreation Program Guide Now Available
We head into our second modified summer of recreation programming, but plan to offer some in-person classes, indoor and outdoor pool times, community garden plots, fun to go and some special events (if you’d like a good-and-sad laugh, revisit our guide for summer 2020 which came out in early March). Highlights of this summer include:…
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