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Christoph Trappe has lived in Linn County, Iowa, since 2003. at first, he worked as a newspaper reporter, later moved into bank training and continues to reside in Linn County. After two decades, of course, there are some favorites that he can share. So let’s find out what Christoph Trappe recommends in Linn County.
Best Linn County ____ (according to Christoph Trappe)
Apartments to rent
The Boulevard Apartments in Marion stand out in his opinion. Developed in a busy area with lots of options for residence to eat and chop, it’s actually quite quiet in the residential areas.
Farmers’ market
Many towns now have some form of a farmers market but the downtown Cedar Rapids one still stands out to Christoph. So many choices and so many vendors and it’s just kind of a nice time for a stroll around downtown on a Saturday morning. There’s a Saturday evening farmers market, which happens once a year is another option to experience community differently.
Grocery store
There certainly are plenty of options around the county, but Christoph loves Hy-Vee because of its perks program. So basically he only orders groceries when they have some great deal to get money off for the next time he needs to get fuel.
Gym
No way it can’t be The Mac. They got one huge gym at the edge of Cedar Rapids and Marion. And then they have express locations that members can access 24 hours a day all over the area. Super convenient.
Hospital ER
Not to get too grim here, but if you have to go to the emergency room, the St. Luke’s one which is new on Armar Drive in Cedar Rapids has the shortest wait time of any ER in the history of ERs. Christoph has gone there three times – long stories! – and both times the doctor literally walked into the room with him and saw him the second he got there.
Internet provider
USA Communications. now granted you can’t choose them from anywhere in the county, but they serve some of the smaller cities basically to the north and west of Cedar Rapids.
The speed is super fast and their service is just fantastic. Setting up the eero system with them was just super efficient.
Massage therapist
His two favorite massage therapists are located in the same location in Marion. Marion Therapeutic massage – Danielle Busch – is available a few days a week and even offers two-hour massages.
Jessica of Magnolia Spa is in in the same location and offers openings even on the weekend.
You can book your massage online for both of them.
Realtor
Heather Morris. Christoph has now sold two houses now with her, bought another and build another. She’s good at listening and understanding what the goal is and then helps you achieve it. Christoph would highly recommend her.
Trail
This is a tough one. There’s so many good trails and they keep building more of them. Christoph likes the one in Marion and the Cedar Valley Nature Trail is great. But the one that cuts across Highway 13 is also pretty fantastic. No clear winner here.
So that’s an initial list of the best of Linn County by Christoph Trappe. We will add more as he provides them and runs across them and remembers to tell us about them.