Iowa City Downtown District
The Iowa City Downtown District is a story in of itself, a place steeped in local flavor and history, alive with participatory art and music, a living room to the University of Iowa, a home to literary giants, and an extraordinary community experience. We're more than just great shopping and restaurants. If you've never been, you should be here.
Iowa City Downtown District has earned a "Walker's Paradise:
Daily Errands Do Not Require a Car" 95/100 score on the popular walkability Walk Score website. Walkscore.com ranks communities nationwide based on how many businesses, parks, theaters, schools and other common destinations are within walking distance of any given starting point. Walk Score scores communities from 0-100 based on a formula that calculates the walkability of an area's density of surrounding amenities. Iowa City Downtown District is proud to have the highest walkability ranking in the community while the City of Iowa City has the highest walkability ranking in the state of Iowa.
Things To Do
A visit to the Iowa City Downtown District is an experience for our visitors. The District is home to unique shops and restaurants with art galleries and performance venues dotting the landscape. It is also home to a diverse professional workforce, from architects to engineers to attorneys to physicians. Visit for a day, a weekend, a season, or find a place to settle in...we think you should be here.
Our Mission
Our mission is to champion the Iowa City Downtown District as a progressive, healthy, and culturally vibrant urban center of the region.
Our Role
ICDD'S many partners - external and internal - recognize that our organization needs to be both visionary and grounded; patient and persistent. The ICDD plays four key roles in our community:
- Champion - Vision & Leadership
- Convener - of Diverse Interests
- Partner - in Strategic Alliances
- Steward - of Persistence & Continuity
Our Goals
- Enhance Downtown Iowa City's image as the region's premier urban destination to eat, shop, live, play, stay, and enjoy
- Ensure the Downtown District is inviting, green, clean, and safe for all
- Increase the Downtown District's economic competitiveness both locally and within the global marketplace
- Enhance cultural vibrancy and local Innovation through inclusive cultural, educational, and entrepreneurial programs that increase the number of people that visit the Downtown District
- Partner to evolve and sustain success
- Live and Give Local
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