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Popping, Locking and Breaking, Oh My!
Joel and Liz of All the Way Up Studio are cultivating a community around hip hop dance, and they’re encouraging everyone to give it a try. North Liberty is the headquarters of local media, regional financial and national transportation companies and home to solar energy and tech startups, and entrepreneurs getting their big ideas off…
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What the Heck is That?!
Oh, that. You’ll be seeing more of that in the coming weeks and months. Earlier this year, we spent time listening to all sorts of folks in our community about what made North Liberty special, what we needed and where we should be headed in the next five, 10 and 30 years. There’s more work…
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Activity Guide for Winter 2020 Now Available
The seasonal North Liberty Activity Guide is now available online, covering recreation, aquatic, library and community programming and events offered January through April 2020. Registration for most programs begins Dec. 2, 2019. The guide highlights new programming and returning favorites for kids, adults, seniors and families. Highlights include North Liberty’s winter festival Beat the Bitter, ski…
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Show Us Your Pumpkins at Our Community Pumpkin Display
Add a carved pumpkin to North Liberty’s community pumpkin display at the Ranshaw House! Bats and funny faces and Tigerhawks will be flickering on front porches soon, but it’s time for your creative pumpkin designs to get the attention they deserve. The public is invited to bring a carved pumpkin to the Ranshaw House, located…
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City Council Candidate Statements Published as Early Voting Begins
A regular city-school election will be held on Nov. 5, 2019, to fill four seats on North Liberty’s city council: three full four-year terms and the remaining two-years of another term. Early voting begins today at the Johnson County Auditor’s Office. Each candidate was invited to record a short video statement, and these can be…
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The Old and The New
Martha Stoakes has a love of spaces. Her passion makes her perhaps the perfect person to be just the third owner of the HA White General Store at Front and Cherry streets. There, in the building that started its life more than a century ago, is where she plies now her trade with her architecture…
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Experience Life Through the Eyes of a Returning Ex-offender
On Monday, Nov. 18, from 2 to 4 p.m., Inside Out Reentry Community will provide, with support from the City of North Liberty, a Reentry Simulation at the North Liberty Community Center, 520 W. Cherry St. Attendance is free, but registration is required and limited to 50 people. The Reentry Simulation was developed by the United…
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Awe-inspiring mega kites to soar above North Liberty
On Sunday, Oct. 6, the City of North Liberty and The Eastern Iowa Airport are bringing fun to the sky with awe-inspiring mega kites. All are invited to Centennial Park, 1565 St. Andrews Drive, for an afternoon of free, fall family fun from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Blankets, lawn chairs and picnics are welcome.…
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This is Halloween
It’s truly fall, and as we move towards October – and as attention turns to Halloween – we have some treats for you. But first, the question everyone asks: When is Trick-or-treating? If you’re not a transplant from central Iowa or a few other pockets out east, or haven’t heard of Beggars Night, this may seem like a…
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Liberty Homecoming Parade to Impact North Liberty Road Traffic
Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019, the Liberty High School community will celebrate its homecoming with a parade. The school’s second parade is scheduled for 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. and will require the closure of several streets near Liberty High School for the route. The following roads will be closed during the parade: North Liberty Road from…
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