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Marion is located in Linn County
Population: 20,403 Marion, IA offers small town atmosphere with advantages of Cedar Rapids as a connecting city. Parenting magazine found Cedar Rapids to be one of the ten best cities in the United States to raise a family and an issue of Parade magazine rated Cedar Rapids as one of the best buys in the nation for housing. The Marion and Cedar Rapids area has experienced enormous growth in recent years and continues to be prosperous.
Parks and Recreation The Marion and Cedar Rapids area provides a diverse array of recreational activities that enhance quality of life. The Cedar Rapids Kernels are a professional baseball organization that are affiliated with the California Angels and play approximately 70 home games year. We also have a new ice arena for the Rough Rider Hockey Team. The local parks also provide recreation in the form of swimming, boating, ice skating, soccer, four nature trails, cross country skiing, snowmobiling, softball, baseball, volleyball, tennis, and picnicking. Hunter’s Ridge Golf Course is a residential golf community in Marion that covers 400 acres and incorporates an 18 hole championship golf course.
Arts and Attractions There are many festivals held throughout the year in Marion and the City of Cedar Rapids. A few of the festivals include the Swamp Fox Festival and Parade, the Historical walk in Marion, Music by Moonlight, the Freedom Festival, Barbeque Round-up, Taste of Iowa, Fantasy of Lights, Winter Fest, the Marion Arts Festival, and the Festival of Trees.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places is the Granger House Museum located in Marion and on the historic walk. You can also enjoy the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, the National Czech and Slovak Museum, the Linn County History Center, the Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra, Theatre Cedar Rapids, the Paramount Theatre, the Brucemore Mansion, the United States Cellular Seasons Center, the Science Station used as a children’s learning aid and coming soon an IMAX Theatre.
Dining and Shopping There are over 230 restaurants in the Marion and Cedar Rapids Area including many well known chains and locally owned. There are two large malls and many other shopping plazas. You will enjoy the downtown Marion Area with many locally owned stores and Marion Square park featured in the center.
Education The Child Care Resource and Referral Center (319-366-0054 or 1800-233-0054) provides a network of registered and non-registered day care homes, centers, preschools, before-and-after-school programs and summer day care programs.
Marion has two school districts which are Marion Schools and the Linn Mar District. Both have received many awards for quality and excellence in education.
For Post Secondary or Universities in the area you will find many options. There is Coe College, Mount Mercy College, Hamilton Business College, and Kirkwood Community College all here in the Cedar Rapids and Marion area. You can also take advantage of the University of Iowa and Cornell College both approximately 25 minutes away.
