Working Iowa: Aroma Artisan Pizza prepares to expand from NewBo to Kingston Village [Video]

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) -A pizza place inside NewBo City Market in Cedar Rapids is expanding with a new location.

In 2017, it was homemade pizza in their backyard that led to a new dream for Carol Elliott and her family.

”I was changing jobs, decided I really didn’t want to be part of corporate America anymore. And in the meantime our family had built one of these wood fired ovens at home and we had been working on our craft and making wood fired pizza,” said Elliott.

Aroma Artisan Pizza got its start inside NewBo City Market, where the flame from its oven is noticeable to all who pass.

“The whole NewBo City Market is a business incubator, so it’s a place where it’s easier to start a business, it’s, we have the resources and the collaboration to grow a business and make it our own and take our …