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New Year’s Resolution: Have Fun: Community Activity Highlights for January 2023
You can get a copy of the full guide to classes and programs in our Community Center, which includes our Recreation Center, Library, Aquatic Center, Gerdin Conference Center and other spaces, published three times each year, in person at the Community Center, 520 W. Cherry St., or online. These highlights of the coming month are published…
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55+ Connections: Week of 12/18/23
This is the 55+ Connections weekly update. If you would like to sign up to get more updates from the city go to northlibertyiowa.org/subscribe. North Liberty Holiday Hours The Library will be closed December 24 – 26, as well as December 29 – January 1, but will be open for regular business hours on…
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GreenState Credit Union Commits $25,000 to North Liberty’s Next Stage Capital Campaign
The City of North Liberty has received a $25,000 contribution from GreenState Credit Union in support of Building North Liberty’s Next Stage campaign. GreenState’s pledge, received in mid-November, helped City staff secure a $900,000 Community Attraction & Tourism grant from the Enhance Iowa Board on Dec. 7. The state grant favors projects that have local…
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Introducing Taylor Drift, the Penn Street Pulverizer and Friends
Winter’s a grind, and locals understandably grow weary of cruddy weather, no-parking declarations, short days and the other trappings of the season. So, too, do our Streets Department, who before, during and after the storm to keep streets passable, and Parks Department, who clear trails and public parking lots throughout town, and they work early…
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Celebrate 2024 with the After New Year’s Eve Celebration on Jan. 4
Get ready to GLOW up 2024 at this year’s New Year’s celebration. Join us for an After New Year’s Eve dance party with crafts, snacks and a balloon drop. The five Ws Who: Young kids and their families What: Drop in for activities, a dance party, and balloon drop at 7:30 p.m. Where: Jones Gym…
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North Liberty’s Beat the Bitter Festival has Snowballed into a Full Lineup of Events
Winter doesn’t have to be dull. North Liberty’s Beat the Bitter offers a lineup of free and paid events to brighten up the post-holiday dark days. Explore the schedule at beatthebitter.com and take advantage of early-bird pricing for festival programming that requires it: 5K-ish Glow Run presented by Field Day Brewing on Jan. 26. Run…
Read More55+ Connections: Week of 12/11/23
This is the 55+ Connections weekly update. If you would like to sign up to get more updates from the city go to northlibertyiowa.org/subscribe. Update: Film Screening: King in the Wilderness This event is scheduled for Jan. 11, 2024. We hope you’ll join us then. 55+ Connections Friday Lunch Friday, December 15 11:30 AM …
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State Awards $900,000 to Next Stage with 90 days to raise $100,000
Today, the Enhance Iowa Board awarded a $900,000 Community Attraction and Tourism grant to a North Liberty’s Next Stage project. The award is contingent on raising $100,000 in the next 90 days. Gifts can be made through the Community Foundation of Johnson County online or by mailing a check with “Centennial Park” in the memo…
Read More55+ Connections: Week of 12/4/23
This is the 55+ Connections weekly update. If you would like to sign up to get more updates from the city go to northlibertyiowa.org/subscribe. Older Driver Safety Week December 4th-8th is Older Driver Safety Awareness Week. Between 2012 and 2021, the United States population of people 65 and older increased by 29%. In 2021,…
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Cultivating Joy and Communication
It can be difficult to know whether a challenging behavior is an indicator of some deeper lying condition or just a phase that might eventually be grown out of. Speech therapist and therapy manager, Caitlin Thornburg, says that at Sensory Kids parents are encouraged to trust their instincts as it is better to address potential…
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