JSA Development

🐶🎃 THE DOGS ARE TAKING OVER OKTOBERFEST!🎃🐶

Barktoberfest is back at Iowa Oktoberfest in Waterloo! 🍂🍺

📅 Saturday, September 26, 2026
🕥 Check-In: 10:30 AM
🐾 Parade Starts: 11:00 AM

It’s time to break out the costumes and let your pup compete for some seriously pawsome prizes! 🏆🐕

🏅 JUDGING CATEGORIES:

🐾 Paw-some Pair — Best Dog & Human Duo
🎨 Most Paws-itively Creative — Most Creative/Original
👻 Pawsitively Petrifying — Scariest
⭐ Ash’s Favorite — Ash’s personal favorite
🏆 Howl of Fame — #1 Overall Best Dressed

🚨 A few important rules:
No retractable leashes.
Dogs must remain leashed and under control.
Please pick up after your dog.
You can’t win multiple categories or pick your own category.
Must be present to win!

🎁 And YES… GOODY BAGS FOR ALL! 🎁🐾

Judging may take a little extra time if we have a big turnout—so bring your patience, your pup, and your best costume!

A huge 🐾THANK YOU🐾 to our fantastic sponsor:

❤️ The Pampered Pup Grooming Studio

Grab your four-legged best friend and join us for Barktoberfest 2026!

🐕🎃 Who’s ready to strut their stuff?!

Investing in Waterloo. Work going on this week to repair and restore windows at 306-310 E 4th. Thanks to the team from Wadsworth Construction. While the work continues stop by to visit our friends at Bootleggers for some food and drink and check out the work.

✨ Looking for weekend plans?

Spend the weekend in Downtown Waterloo! Whether you're shopping local, grabbing a bite to eat, enjoying live music, or checking out one of the many community events happening around downtown, there's always something to discover.

📅 See what's happening this weekend on our event calendar: mainstreetwaterloo.org/calendar

It's a beautiful day to have breakfast or lunch on the patio here at Newton's! ☀️☀️☀️

We're serving up our award-winning Dill Pickle Soup and its WIN WIN Wednesday 💫💫... buy one entree get one half-off! Dine-in or to-go!

We hope to see you soon!

Today is the day!

We want to welcome y'all back to Newton's! We're so excited to be back and are ready to serve up your favorite dishes!

Don't forget, Kids Eat Free on Tuesdays! And if you can't make it today, tomorrow is a Win-Win-Wednesday where any entree purchase gets you half-off another entree!

We hope to see you soon 🥰🥰🥰

🤗 Newtons Cafe opening on Tuesday July 7th!!

📢📢🤩Newton’s is BACK!🤩📢📢

We’re reopening Tuesday, July 7th, and we couldn’t be more excited to return to the community that has supported us every step of the way.

The past few months have brought change and growth, and we’re stepping forward with renewed focus and dedication.

Beginning Tuesday, we’ll be operating with refreshed hours as we ramp back up to full strength:

⏰NEW HOURS: Tuesday through Sunday, 7 AM–3 PM. Rain or shine, snow, sleet or hail, we’re committed to being here for you.

Thank you for the incredible support, encouragement, and patience you’ve shown throughout this journey.

Your voices, your visits, and your belief in us have shaped every step forward.

Looking forward to seeing everyone next Tuesday… and Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday… and well you get the idea🥰🥰

If you know Al, you know he’s a pert near professional maintenance man who can fix just about anything you throw his way. The entire team at JSA Development is incredibly grateful for his hard work, dedication, and the positive energy he brings to the job every single day.
We truly appreciate all you do, Al. Have a fantastic birthday—you've earned a day off from fixing things! 🥳🎈

Downtown Waterloo has undergone significant transformation over the past decade, from the makeover of the 4th Street Bridge to new businesses and development projects. Read more: https://www.kcrg.com/2026/06/04/our-town-waterloo-downtown-sees-decade-transformation-with-new-businesses-hotel-project/