May 11th, 2011
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Davenport’s designation as an “Iowa Great Place” will get a bit more exposure this summer.
Scenes from the city will be featured on a new semitrailer wrap on one of the Iowa Alcoholic Beverage Division’s trucks that will travel across the state.
The artwork will feature Davenport attractions such as Modern Woodmen Park, the downtown skybridge, Centennial Park, riverfront recreation trail, skatepark, Putnam Museum and Figge Art Museum.
Each trailer annually travels 30,000 miles statewide, spending nearly 1,500 hours on the road.
“The Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division is thrilled to have partnered again with Iowa Great Places to highlight and support these communities featured on our trailers,” ABD Administrator Stephen Larson said. “These mobile advertisements publicize attractions and highlight what Iowa has to offer.”
Appanoose County, Charles City, Council Bluffs, Decorah, Perry and Valley Junction will also have images of their communities featured on trucks later this year.
Quad City Times article
December 21st, 2010
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Six Iowa Great Places have been selected to participate in a new program designed to redefine and revitalize the role of the cultural arts in their communities.
Cedar River Valley, Fairfield, Hamilton/Webster counties, Spencer, Turkey River Corridor and Villages of Van Buren will participate in “Iowa 2020,” a two-year program developed by the Department of Cultural Affairs and Arts Midwest to transform the cultural arts into an engine of creativity and to strengthen its role in their communities.
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December 20th, 2010
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Mayor Jim Erb proudly stated that two large employers have recently relocated to Charles City. He credits the improved economic climate to growth in the area with expanding recreational opportunities with the proposed whitewater park that will open in 2011.
A Czech manufacturing firm has opened its first U.S. plant and a farming operation that will have potentially 100 and 200 employees, respectively by 2012. Mayor Erb and Tim Fox, economic development director for Charles City points to the expanding quality of life in Charles City as impetus for these changes. The Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs, Great Places, and Department of Natural Resources are funding this white water park, the first in Iowa.
Listen to the December 17, 2010 Iowa Public Radio segment here
