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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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A Tiny Techies instructor demonstrates robotics for a group of children using a plastic red cup and markers

Samantha Dahlby NewBoCo Selected for the Reciprocal Exchange Component of the Mandela Washington Fellowship 

Samantha Dahlby, Director of K–12 Education at NewBoCo, is proud to announce that she has been selected for the Reciprocal Exchange component of the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders. The Mandela Washington Fellowship, the flagship program of the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI), empowers young African leaders through academic coursework, leadership training, mentoring,

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Seeing the impact of Girls Who Code

On March 22, the Fairfield Co-lab was especially crowded over the lunch hour. Local entrepreneurs had been gathering there for months for Traction Thursday, a new networking program for members of the Fairfield business community. Today, however, there was some extra buzz.  Participants wanted to hear about Kiva Iowa.

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Taking Kiva on the road

On March 22, the Fairfield Co-lab was especially crowded over the lunch hour. Local entrepreneurs had been gathering there for months for Traction Thursday, a new networking program for members of the Fairfield business community. Today, however, there was some extra buzz.  Participants wanted to hear about Kiva Iowa.

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How NewBoCo is partnering with Giving Tree Theater

Giving Tree Theater in Marion had some big goals when it first launched in 2015. One was to be “the best little arts organization in the region.” Another was to always give back to the community, by sharing $1 of every ticket sale with local nonprofits.
That tradition is still in place. And for the next few months, Giving Tree has selected NewBoCo as its latest nonprofit partner.

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Why Tiny Techies and CoderDojo continue to matter

As computer science becomes a greater focus in Iowa classrooms, educators want young students to get as much of a head start as possible. Two programs from NewBoCo – Tiny Techies and CoderDojo – help with that goal.

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