NewBoCo blog

Rising Together: How NewBoCo Empowers Entrepreneurs

Meet entrepreneur, Galen Saturley, part owner of Breadtopia , located in Fairfield, Iowa.  Galen’s parents moved from Oregon to Fairfield, IA when he was five years old. Galen spent his entire childhood in the Fairfield community until leaving for college studying photography at the University of Iowa  – after two years of college Galen was called first to the Rockies

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Girls Who Code Holiday Light Display Celebration

The NewBo District will be shining brighter this holiday season, thanks to the creative coding talents of NewBoCo’s Girls Who Code. In collaboration with The District: Czech Village and New Bohemia, and with the support of Collins Aerospace and BAE Systems, club members will spend 10 weeks designing, programming, and installing LED light displays for several local businesses to make

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Vault Celebrating 13 Years of Collaboration

Located at 415 12th Ave SE, inside the Geonetric Building, Vault Coworking & Collaboration Space stands as one of Cedar Rapids’ long-standing hubs for innovation and entrepreneurship. Powered by NewBoCo (The New Bohemian Innovation Collaborative, Inc.), Vault has been shaping the entrepreneurial landscape for 13 years, predating even NewBoCo’s own 10-year impact celebration, set to conclude with EntreFEST in June

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Four Norwalk High Students Named CS Ambassadors Thanks to NewBoCo Training

While computer science (CS) remains a male-dominated field, a classroom at Norwalk High School, led by Robin West, is challenging those statistics. Through its professional development programs for educators like West, NewBoCo equips teachers to inspire and empower their students. This summer, four students from Norwalk High School were selected as CS Ambassadors by Code.org, a direct result of the

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Celebrating 10 Years of Impact: NewBoCo’s Journey with CoderDojo!

As The New Bohemian Innovation Collaborative, Inc (NewBoCo) kicks off a year-long celebration of its 10th anniversary, there’s no better way to start than with one of our most beloved programs, CoderDojo. On Saturday, September 21st, at the Cedar Rapids Downtown Farmers Market, we invite you to join us in Greene Square Park starting at 9 AM, where young innovators

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NewBoCo is Celebrating 10 Years of Impact!

As we celebrate the anniversary of The New Bohemian Innovation Collaborative, Inc (NewBoCo)., which was founded in August a decade ago, we are excited to embark on a year-long celebration of our 10 Years of Impact. This milestone offers us the perfect opportunity to reflect on the incredible journey our organization has undertaken over the past decade. Throughout the coming

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