Since when has Little Bohemia become Czech Village? For years it was a bar on a street corner where the Sinclair/Wilson workers had stopped off after work.

What about the NewBo City Market? I thought it was for the gardeners to sell their produce. It isn’t, is it? Instead, it is full of crafters and eating places. Where do the gardeners go to pitch their tents?

What happened? I’m surprised that someone hadn’t thought of moving the museum across the Cedar River.

The city sold Riverside Park. Where to now? Why not use the green space in Czech Village? There is lots of room. Rebuild the roundhouse, too. Invite the gardeners back. Rain or shine at least they will be in an enclosed building. The roundhouse is not big enough? Add to it.

Keep the original Czech Village on the avenue. After all, it’s a Czech community. That’s part of our heritage. The Czechs had settled there.

Keep Houby Days and other Czech events on the avenue. They don’t belong on the east side.

Dorothy Krivanek

Cedar Rapids