 On May 1, Iowa City’s beloved open-air market is back in the Chauncey Swan parking ramp, the remodeled Chauncey Swan Park and on East Washington Street in Downtown Iowa City. Open from May through October, the market will run from 7:30 a.m. to noon on Saturdays, and from 5 to 7 p.m on Wednesdays, offering the opportunity to browse market stalls in person.
To help ensure the market stays safe, COVID-19 precautions remain in place; customers, vendors and staff will be required to wear masks while attending the market. Anyone feeling sick is kindly asked to please stay home.
Visit Iowa City’s Farmers Market for fresh, locally produced products from new and returning vendors!
More general information on vendors is available on the Iowa City Farmers Market web page
Questions? Contact Farmers Market Coordinator Tammy Neumann or 319-356-5210.
An effort is underway to gather feedback from Iowa City residents on interest in, preferences for, and concerns regarding solar energy expansion in our community.
You can voice your opinion by taking a 10-minute online survey, with a chance to win a package of 10 LED light bulbs for participating!
The survey is part of a project led by the Johnson Clean Energy District working in partnership with the University of Iowa and the City of Iowa City.
The project seeks to provide general guidance as the City looks to the future, and is not related to any specific solar initiative or idea. You can learn more and take the survey until May 9.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/JCEDFinalSurvey
The Iowa City Downtown District, City of Iowa City and Johnson County are excited to announce the return of the annual Farm to Street Dinner. The fifth Annual Farm to Street Dinner will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, August 19.
Each year, the revenue from the Farm to Street Dinner is awarded to an area organization that is working to enhance our local food system. Applications to be considered as the selected beneficiary are accepted now through May 10.
More information on selection criteria and participation requirements for the event beneficiary are available on the online application page.
Iowa City Climate Ambassador
How do you take climate action?
I take climate action as a challenge and as a duty at the same time. Getting a lot of people to make simple day-to-day changes will lead to better results for everybody. I think we owe it to the planet to try and undo as much of the damage humans have caused as possible.
I recently completed the Iowa City Climate Ambassador program. Having resources like that available to everybody is a wonderful start in showing how quick, easy changes can make an impact. Showing people that their climate-negative decisions can impact their life is definitely running uphill, but it’s well worth it. That’s what’s challenging: getting people to listen.
What can others do to take climate action?
Start somewhere.
I think a lot of people get overwhelmed when starting a climate journey because they feel like they are being asked to rid the oceans of plastic by the end of the week. Doing simple things like evaluating/increasing the number of recyclable products you use, switching to LED bulbs and eating less meat are easy things to do.
If you have already done those things, take a look at what is important to you and see if you can implement a climate action plan into it. Say, for instance, you love kayaking or biking. Could you pick up trash along your bike route, or organize a stream cleaning group at your favorite paddle spot?
Don’t get discouraged right away because you don’t see an instant difference. Even things like changing your lightbulbs to LEDs takes a month or two to affect your electric bill. The world is a big place; if one person could have solved all the climate issues, it would have been done already.
A lot of people doing little steps will make the biggest difference.
Why does climate action matter to you?
Climate action matters to me because we cannot keep going down the path we are on. Look at Iowa’s water quality, and the amount of chemicals and animal waste found in our streams and soil. I’m from San Diego. It saddens me to see the ocean and streams there. Raw sewage being dumped straight into the ocean. The most beautiful coastline in the country is full of trash and sewage—so much so that there are places you can’t swim or walk.
We only have one planet. Trying to keep and make it beautiful seems important.
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