Reviews for: Cedar Rapids Downtown Farmers' Market

They have a HUGE variety of foods, arts and crafts - something that will please everyone.

Our city rocks! The folks are friendly, the product selection is wonderful. A fabulous family activity!

Bc My family and I all love to enjoy the surroundings, the music, dancing and what not down there.. Plus looking at all the hard work of growing food, and the beautiful flowers are soo gorgeous, and not to even mention the crafts are so awesome! I love it.. I wish it could be year around.. My family Looks forward to the farmer's market downtown cuz its a day we can look forward to of having an awesome time down there!

I like the large variety of venders and location. Saturday mornings also work well with my schedule.

Cedar Rapids does not have a lot of community activities available. The market is a great opportunity to get people in the community out & about. It's a huge boost to our economy which has been destroyed in the past year by the flood of 2008.

I try to attend the CR Downtown Market each month when I return for a family visit. It is so great to see all the vendors with their items for sale. Love the flowers and pastries. Keep up the good work in attracting more vendors and entertainment for the whole family.

I just went for my first time this past weekend and was amazed at the variety of vendors and the welcoming atmosphere. I think its an amazing opportunity for our local small business to showcase themselves on a grander scale. The flowers are beautiful, the vegetables delicious and the vendors are always friendly! I plan to go everytime from now on!

Great fun! Clean, lots of different vendors, safe, great location, good music! Fun things to see and hear, kids, pets, fun!

This year, the CR Downtown Market is so big and offers such a wonderful variety of goods. People come for coffee, fresh produce, homecooked flavors, flowers, garden art, pastries, jewelry, photography, wine, brunch, free music and entertainment for adults & children alike! Bravo!

This is a fabulous opportunity to see the best Cedar Rapids has to offer. There are locally grown produce, locally produced goods, great food and a chance to get out and enjoy the sunshine with other Cedar Rapidians!

Nice variety of vendors, many vendors in the downtown atmosphere. Especially nice to be able to have this with back downtown since the flood last year.

It has such great energy, it supports local farmers/ economy, and it is resilient. It survived the flood of 2008.

Farmers Market is great and reminds me of getting up early on Saturdays to attend market at the round house with my grandmother. I love sharing the experience with my own family and friends.

The C.R. Downtown Farmer's Market is awesome--its like going to a carnval!!! My kids are entertained the whole time with free balloons, food samples and live music. There's plenty of fresh produce for me to buy and I love getting to sample wine from local wineries that I might not otherwise find the time to visit.

A friend who grew up in CR told me of the great memories she had buying food at the CRDFM, and that it was wrecked in the recent flooding.

This is the first year I've been to the Downtown Farmer's Market and I love it. I've been to every one this year and plan on going to the rest of them. I love the size of it, I love the food, I love the entertainment, I love the variety, I love the location, I love the people.

I was born and raised in CR and have felt that it was at the core of my being and values all my life. After over 50 years away, it is still home. The Farmers' Market was a regular part of Mom's shopping routine each week, followed by "Mee Too" and later the Sun Mart. Happy memories of a special time and place!!

CR Farmer's Market is progressing from pick-ups @ the round house to being aa real event. I love all the crafts, wine and muscians. Of course, the produce is wonderful also.

We love the idea of the Farmer's Market in the heart of the city. We love the small town feeling it brings and the atmosphere of the market. We love the variety of vendors and the friendliness of the vendors. We LOVE the CR Downtown Farmers' Market!

I love to support local small businesses, and it's like a big block party, only you get to come home with great stuff!

It's got everything you need... and some stuff you didn't know you needed until you see it!

It was just the greatest overall one I have ever seen. A nice midwest flavor to it.

Because I have lots of family in Iowa and they frequent Farmers Markets and swear by it!!! Good luck on winning!!! If you want to eat RIGHT you go to the Farmers Market and eat good local food.

THEY ALWAYS SEEM TO HAVE THE FRESHEST PRODUCE AND THAT IS WHY WE GO TO A FARMERS MARKET.

My late mother-in-law used to shop there. Also, Cedar Rapids suffered immense damage in the floods of 2008 and is still struggling to recover.

I Went to Cedar Rapids after the floods and worked in the Emergency Operations Center and saw the devestation.

BECAUSE I REMEEMBER AS A CHILD GOING THERE WITH MY MOM AND GRAMMA (WHO LIVED WITH US). IT WAS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE AND GREAT FRESH PRODUCE!

This is not just a great market but an essential part of downtown CR's recovery.

This is the most amazing market in the region. There is live entertainment, wine tastings, a cooking demonstration, hundreds of vendors and a great vibe. It is awesome to see downtown Cedar Rapids jam packed with people enjoying fresh produce and locally made products. It is also great to see entreprenuers like Primo Burrito and the breakdancing kid making a go for it. By far the best market I have ever been to.

Variety of items available, upbeat atmosphere, running into friends, quality of fresh market items.

I support the Cedar Rapids Downtown Farmers' Market beucase of the number of vendors they have you can get everything you want or need. Plus it is a fun environment.

I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN C.R. I REMEMBER MANY AN EARLY MORN WHEN MY MOTHER WOULD DRAG ME TO THE MARKET TO GET FRESH CUCUMBERS SO SHE COULD MAKE PICKLES! A GREAT CHILDHOOD MEMORY! NOTHING GROWN ANYWHERE LIKE IOWA!!!!!!!

My husband,friends and I love the market. We make a morning of it.We first meet for coffee,usually Panera's,visit for an hour and a half then zip off to the market. I tell all my friends an acquaintences they need to check it out. ROCK ON

It's great finding fresh produce and plants. They also have restaurant samples to try before you go there and spend money. Also, musical entertainment!

great variety, supports our local economy, good quality products and fun to shop!

It helps the community and shows that Cedar Rapids can't be stoped just because of a little water :)

I like to know the area where my produce, etc. comes from; and, it helps to keep the local vendors.

Our farmer's market was one of the first institutions to return after last summer's epic flood. Since then, it has been a source of community, fun and fresh produce that makes me proud of my hometown!!

I try to buy locally-grown produce whenever possible, and I enjoy the various performances!

I look forward to the market and have it in my planner for each Saturday it is open this summer. I enjoy the fresh, home grown produce and flowers. The craft type products gives me a chance to select special gifts for friends. I love the festive feeling and consider it a great networking opportunity. The Downtown District provides the community with a wonderful way to relax and have a great shopping experience!

I think it is a wonderful thing for the City of Cedar Rapids and I also think it should be more often.

It keeps getting better and better. I used to make it when I could, but now I NEVER miss it.

I always support local artists, farmers and business people. This is a great way to eat healthier too. Besides where else can we go for a party with wine, flowers, desserts, music and salad, for breckfast!

When I mingle with hundreds of other people at the CR Downtown Farmers' Market, more than at any other time or place, I have a sense that Cedar Rapids truly is recovering from last year's devastating flood -- with a vital center city area. I love the variety -- from coffee and food items to fresh produce, flowers, arts, crafts, jewelry, clothes, and booths representing organzations such as the Cedar Rapids Public Library (on its own post-flood rebuilding journey). Shopping at the CR Downtown Market is a way to buy locally grown or produced items and cast my lot with my struggling, but determined, city. This creates an unspoken bond among all the people I meet and talk with at the market and gives it a sense of joy and resilience. Come on out and experience it for yourself!

Big variety - food, crafts, produce, entertainment. Something for everything, including pets & kids. Totally took a big risk reformatting this market and critics said it wouldn't work. But they did it, and people came!

Wonderful variety of vendors who offer high quality food items and crafts. Friendly vendors, great people and organizers.

Visiting the Cedar Rapids Downtown Farmers Market is a wonderful way to spend a Saturday morning. You'll find good food, arts, crafts, fresh garden produce, fresh flowers and plants, wine, bakery items, jewelry and much more. Plus enjoying a variety of entertainment as well as meeting old friends and making new ones.

I love the fresh produce...the veggies and flowers!!! It is always such a fun way to start the day!!

The farmers market has become a tradition with me and my 3 year old granddaughter. I've stroller her around for the past two years and she always gets a oatmeal raisin cookie from a special vendor she has grown to know. I love the produce from there as well as visiting with the vendors and the other patrons. My wife now gets up on Saturday mornings and go with us as well as our next door neighbors. We've made it a neighborhood event.

There are many great vendors, including non-profit groups. Live music adds to the fun.

Like all the variety of items to buy and look at. its fun to go and see all the people, you never know who you might see at market.

There are a variety of vendors from throughout our state who attend that are always friendly and helpful.

It supports all the citizens right here in our own backyard, plus I love fresh vegetables right out of the garden!

They have a great assortment of food vendors, crafts, music, live acts, and much, much more! There are thousands that attend the market each time. After the floods in June of 2008, they were one of the 1st (if not, the 1st) major event to return downtown. The staff and volunteers that make this event happen each time are incredible!

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.

I really look forward to summer and the Saturday Downtown Farmers' Market. The vendors have the best produce around and all located where you can have fun and good eats all in one place.

The markets are great - they provide wonderful produce and other products. They are a source of great enjoyment with all the entertainment, demonstrations and vendors available.

Free enterprise and they always have great things to buy at a reasonable cost to the public.

It's a great way to support local farmers as well as give these farmers an opportunity to showcase the products that they have tendered to over the year. Not to mention it offers something fun for the whole family! All ages!

There is so much to see and so many people to watch. I love buying locally crafted arts and jewelry here. The produce is so fresh and grown locally. What's not to love!

In just a few years it has grown to more than 160 vendors and attracts thousands of patrons. Just one year after the flood displaced the market, it is bigger and better than ever.

The wide variety of items from fresh produce and flowers to hand-made items. It is also a great place to meet family or friends and spend the morning.

AFTER A DEVASTATING FLOOD IN 20058- IT BRINGS THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER ON SATURDAYS. I LOOK FORWARD TO GOING TO THE FARMER'S MARKET.

We love the food & atmosphere - the vendors are friendly and willing to serve. The downtown district in Cedar Rapids has done a great job of putting it together and getting people interested.

Prior to the flood of 2008 the Cedar Rapids Downtown Farmers Market was a great way to add energy and vitality to the downtown. It was well attended. After the flood of 2008 the Market has proven to be a catalyst for a public outpouring of support of our local farmers, merchants and community. People want to get out, mingle, buy, eat and enjoy all that downtown Cedar Rapids has to offer. Rain or shine attendance has been great and my family loves to be a part of the crowd.

I can always find fresh veggies and other wonderful baked goods. Everyone is always so freindly!

It's kind of a social event going to the Downtown Farmer's Market. We enjoy seeing all of the people and all of the vendors that particapate. In my mind it is one of the highlights of the things to do in Cedar Rapids.

The first time I was there I was overwhelmed with excitement! It was so much fun! The streets we're blocked off and there was live music playing on every corner. I loved the variety the market offered... fruit, veggies, flowers, honey, crafts, and the list goes on!

It is a community festival with wide choices of foods, flowers, home- and small commercially-made products where people come to meet each other and enjoy life. It's small enough to get around with plenty of variety. It brings people together and is more than grocery shopping.

Because it is a place where everyone can come together and support our community while having a terrific experience.

it transforms the core downtown area into a pedestrian only market covering several city blocks. It allows folks to slow down, smile and greet one another as friends, and take advantage of the agricultural legacy of the area and the artistic and culinary gifts of many people who use the market to showcase their skills

It's a great way to support local farmers and merchants. It's also a great way to get people back to the downtown area after last year's flood.

So many vendors. Great music. Fabulous food and I always see someone I know and love down there.

Great vendors, creative promotions, really has brought our community together and is helping to promote vibrancy in our downtown area!

I dont live in CR but fr0m the area and love the enviroment and many different vendors

It's a fantastic event where you can catch up with family and friends as well as supporting our local community!!!

It's a wonderful family event! While shopping the tremendous vendors for vegetables, flowers and crafts I have the opportunity to run into old friends I haven't seen in years! It brings the community together.

Because we have a great community and have recently been thru so much with the floods! We ALL have to pull together and support each other!

I love the great deals, the fresh foods, and the bright smiles from local people.

They have the best produce, friendly people, great crafts and most of all it's "Cedar Rapids!"

Its a great place to shop for great food. It helps out the local farmers. And it's a lot of fun!!

There are many more items for sale than just produce. I love that I can get art, crafts and wine if I so choose. Not to mention a breakfast burrito and a great cup of coffee!

The long-standing Saturday morning market attracted around 400 visitors. Our first downtown market had 4,000. The vendors sold out in less than two hours. They generate so much more revenue. Plus it is an incredible community event that people are fanatic about.

It's a great urban-oriented event that brings thousands to downtown Cedar Rapids!

It brings people of all walks of life and age to the downtown area. The variety seems endless you really can get anything you would expect from a market and more.

It's a great opportunity to support local farmers, vintners and craftspeople, plus it's a true community occasion. Love it!

Always so much variety, and so many wonderful vendors make this farmers market one to not miss!

It's a great local event. It brings the community together and the support of the market is usually very big. The Farmers' Market is a nice event to have in CR after the devestation of the flood.

Community. Plan and simple. Plus the entertainment is always top notch from Live music, to dance companies, it's always great!

What a great way for locals growers and vendors to sell the products without spending boatloads of monies on marketing. Also provides an awesome mechanism to bring folks back downtown after the flood of 2008.

Where else can you have a breakfast burrito, sample wine, buy fresh vegetables, listen to music, buy a plant for your garden and people watch? My only suggestion= leave the dogs at home...

The CR Downtown Farmers Market was a huge hit before last year's flood, but now it has become a community-wide gathering point to embrace and celebrate our continued commitment to recovery and rebuilding better than ever. There are vendors to meet every need as well as live entertainment sprinkled throughout the venue. I usually only buy one or two items, but I always stay for more than an hour. It's simply an amazing experience that you have to see to believe.

Venders galore; produce worth the time; and people, the people make the event. I'd drive 2 hours to go consistently

There is quite honestly something for everyone: fruit, veggies, meat, dairy, baked goods, music, bottled wine, flowers -- it's not just a shopping trip, it's an outing!

It really takes everything that's great about Cedar Rapids and puts it all downtown in an energetic, family oriented and entertaining venue - oh yeah, and I can get my veg on while I'm there!

Our Farmer's Market is fantastic! There are a ton of local vendors supplying everything from local produce to organically grown meat. It's amazing!

It is so enjoyable and brings a new atmosphere and energy to downtown Cedar Rapids.

Greatest event ever. Wish that they had an open air event like this more often. :)))))

GREAT EVENT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET DOWNTOWN CEDAR RAPIDS. DOWNTOWN DISTRICT DOES A GREAT J0B OF SECURING A GREAT NUMBER OF VENDORS WITH A VARIETY OF FOOD, GARDEN, AND ARTISAN ITEMS. SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE, VERY WELCOMING.

Our downtown farmer's market is one of the most visible signs of the strength of the ongoin recovery after the flood