Cedar Rapids Downtown Farmers' Market

This year the most important reason is that it lifts the spirits of everyone living and working downtown despite the obvious visuals of the flood. It gives everyone a vision of what the results of the flood recovery can achieve to revitalize downtown. It enables folks and developers to continue the original vision of integrating residential into, and adjacent to, downtown. Without it, the "psychological" impact of the flood would be worse. And....... it provides great products.