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Great Places Training Sessions for the New 2010 Great Places applications will take place at the following dates, locations and times:

Governor Culver will attend the Memorandum of Understanding for the new six 2009 Great Places on:

Cultural Advocacy Day
Wednesday, February 17th at 1:00pm
State Historical Building Atrium
600 East Locust Street, Des Moines.

Please review our website for more details of this and other activities on the 17th and the 18th.

Cedar Falls, part of the Greater Cedar Valley Alliance, has received a significant recognition recently.

The National Trust for Historic Preservation has nominated Cedar Falls as one of 12 places that made the list of this year’s distinctive destinations.

For ten years the National Trust has used the Dozen Distinctive Destinations program to highlight how historic preservation helps communities create a sustainable future and a strong economy through heritage tourism.

Part of the Greater Cedar Valley Alliance’s Great Places proposal is the restoration of the Ice house Museum, in historic downtown Cedar Falls.

And this year, for the first time, the public vote will determine which of the destinations will be the 2010 Fan Favorite.

Other places nominated are as diverse as St. Louis, Mo, Provincetown, MA and Rockland, ME. and Chestnut Hill, PA. You can vote as many times as you like.

Vote for Cedar Falls here.

Congratulations on a job well done!