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Rolling billboards promote tourism and economic development of Iowa’s Great Places

The Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division (ABD) is again partnering with the Department of Cultural Affairs and the Iowa Great Places program to design and mount images of Great Places communities onto seven more of ABD’s semi-tractor trailers. The trailers are used to deliver spirits to retail outlets across the state. Iowa Great Places is an initiative that combines state resources with local assets to build capacity in communities to cultivate the unique and authentic qualities that make the places special.

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Governor Culver, Lt. Governor Judge Announce $2 Million in ‘Great Places’ Grants

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Governor Culver Signs “Great Places” Memorandums Of Understanding

Greater Cedar Valley Alliance, Iowa City/Coralville/North Liberty, Marion, Tama County, Turkey River Corridor and Villages of Van Buren County

 

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DES MOINES – Governor Chet Culver signed agreements yesterday with Iowa’s six new Great Places, creating work plans designed to make each a great place to live, work and raise a family.

 

Iowa Great Places is an initiative of the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs that combines state resources and local assets to help communities cultivate the unique qualities that make them special. The Memorandums of Understanding signed today bring the state into partnership with each of the following communities: Greater Cedar Valley Alliance, Iowa City/Coralville/North Liberty, Marion, Tama County, Turkey River Corridor, and Villages of Van Buren County.

 

Contact:
Troy Price, Governor’s Office
(515) 281.0173
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Jeff Morgan, Dept. of Cultural Affairs
(515) 281.3858
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“I am proud to sign these agreements and officially welcome these communities to the Iowa Great Places program,” Governor Culver said. “These communities have proposed projects that build our cultural infrastructure, create jobs, and enhance quality of life opportunities that retain Iowa’s young people and attract new residents of all ages. I look forward to working with them to fulfill the projects to move Iowa forward.”

 

The program asks Iowans to develop proposals that address seven unique and authentic dimensions that make places special: engaging experiences; rich, diverse populations and cultures; a vital, creative economy; clean and accessible natural and built environments; well-designed infrastructure; a shared attitude of optimism that welcomes new ideas; and based on a diverse and inclusive cultural mosaic.

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