Parks to People

2 Aug 2014

Initiative, Environment

Parks to People Program to Revitalize State Parks

The Governor's Green Ribbon Commission and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, in partnership with the Iowa Parks Foundation are in the process of selecting a pilot region for an initiative to help revitalize state parks, state officials announced.

Their goal is to build an integrated parks program acorss Iowa.

Local representatives from Jackson, Jones and Dubuque counties have been meeting to dicuss the opportunity to be a regional pilot in the Parks to People program and have submitted a letter of interest.

State Parks were first created and set aside to be "places of quiet beauty" in Iowa's landscape where people could socialize and revel in nature. The goal of Parks to People is to continue that visionary legacy.......

*Original article published in http://www.maqnews.com/advertise/maquoketa-sentinel-press/

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