Iowa City Downtown District

Textiles' founder Ritu Jain.

Women’s apparel store Textiles closing following owner’s retirement

After more than three decades as a fixture of downtown Iowa City’s retail landscape, Textiles is closing its doors following the owner’s retirement announcement. Owner Ritu Jain initially opened the women’s clothing store in 1991 as a fabric store on…

Iowa City Downtown District seeks ‘nighttime mayor’

Visitors at the Iowa City Pedestrian Mall play a round of pingpong at a table…

Forecasting the business trends of 2017

Compiled by Adam Moore [email protected] In early December, we asked a handful of Corridor business…

Signs of improvement ahead in Iowa City

Coming CoSign program dovetails with proposed signage rule changes in downtown Iowa City.   By…