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The festival is from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and includes more than 80 creatives, all from Iowa, sprawled across the NewBo and Czech Village neighborhoods in Cedar Rapids.

By Jessica Carney, for The Gazette In the face of the pandemic and its hard hit on small, locally-owned businesses, “the push to shop small has resonated with a lot of people,” said Abby Huff, executive director of the Czech Village/New Bohemia Main Street District in Cedar Rapids. The winter months of January and February are notoriously tough for small businesses, but a few stores and restaurants located within the Main Street District reported to Huff that they’ve had their best po...