DecorahNow is a lists of events, classes, community issues, and classified ads for Decorah, Iowa, and the surrounding area.
Everyone is welcome to submit a post, and it costs nothing to do so.
Did you provide your email address when you created your post? If so, you should have received an email from us with instructions on how to edit or delete your post. If not, contact Brad or Liz using the contact page.
Posts will automatically expire one month after posting or after the event has happened.
DecorahNow.com and the email list has been created, updated, and maintained entirely by volunteers. We've paid for the mailing list service and website hosting through the generous donations of readers. It's a community effort and that's one reason we love working on it.
Absolutely! If the site is valuable to you, spread the word. If you have an idea for the site, talk to us - we thrive on new ideas! You are always welcome to make a donation through PayPal using a credit card, and if you choose to do any of these things, we are tremendously grateful that you are helping to keep DecorahNow.com alive!
DecorahNow began as Decorah Events in 2007, when Liz Rog created a mailing list to share information about local events, classes, and key issues in the area surrounding Decorah, Iowa. Thanks to Liz's hard work, the list was a tremendous success and grew quickly in both readership and content.
Decorah Events from April 17, 2008
So much was happening in and around Decorah that Liz was spending hours just adding and managing content for the weekly email. Brad Crawford, a Decorah native and website developer, wanted to help and began building a web application to save Liz time in organizing and managing the email. He approached Liz with the idea, and together they built the software, worked out the kinks, and added shiny new features.
On January 1st, 2009, Liz sent our her first email generated with the help of the new tool. The formatting was far from perfect and a bit hard to read, but it accomplished its goal of saving Liz some time.
Decorah Events from January 1, 2009
On April 15, 2009, we opened up DecorahNow.com to the public. Everyone was now able to submit an event or class through the website, and the content from the email was also available on the web.
On November 12, 2009, both DecorahNow.com and the content of Liz's email were overhauled. We focused on improving usability and added three new categories: For Sale/Wanted/Free/Barter, Political/Spiritual Meeting, and Help Wanted. This re-energized the DecorahNow community, and today, the free classifieds are a popular resource.
Each day community members submit events, sell or trade items, host classes, meetings, or workshops, and read about the incredible wealth of the Decorah region. Decorah is a truly incredible place, with people and an environment that foster all kinds of listening, learning, participation, and community building. In a setting like this, DecorahNow can do nothing but continue to grow.