May 12, 2021
This weekend will mark the start of the second farmers market held during the pandemic. Contributed photo from 2017.
By Ben Mikek
mikekben@grinnell.edu
Grinnell’s summer-long farmers market will be opening on May 13 with many of the same COVID-19 precautions as last year. Grinnell residents will be able to purchase everything from fresh fruits and vegetables to kettle corn twice a week in Central Park.
“The excitement for market seems to be the same every year for me: it’s just seeing all of our vendors again,” said Kendra Vincent, who organizes the market for the Grinnell Chamber of Commerce. “You really get to form a bond with all of our vendors, and we don’t really see them in the off season, … so we’re really excited to see them and have access to the products they sell.”
April 27, 2021
The Chamber is located inside of the Louis Sullivan Jewel Box Bank, one of Grinnell s (and the midwest s) most famous landmarks. Photo by Kaya Matsuura.
By Shabana Gupta
guptasha@grinnell.edu
Businesses in Grinnell have faced a lot in the last year, from the pandemic and the subsequent lack of Grinnell College student customers to a derecho. Despite these obstacles, the town managed to retain almost all of its businesses, weathering the literal and metaphorical storms with a variety of programs run through the Grinnell Chamber of Commerce.
Grinnell has lost a total of four businesses since the start of the pandemic, Peppertree restaurant, the Grinnell Goodwill,
Before making the decision to begin construction, MCG launched
a survey with the Grinnell Chamber of Commerce which reported that almost 600 Grinnell residents would be interested in the potential new service. The fact that so many potential customers were receptive to the idea helped MCG make its final decision to start building in Grinnell.
On the heels of MCG’s 2020 announcement that they were exploring fiber optic options in Grinnell,
Windstream announced its intention to enter the fiber optics business and quickly began to install aerial lines that June.
While Windstream installed their lines before MCG, the service is only available to two-thirds of the city, said Steve Burnett, assistant general manager of MCG. “We will do what we always intended to do which is to help the entire community by putting fiber around the entire community, and not just part of it.”
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