Area parks to be focus of meeting on Thursday

11 Jan 2016

Quality of Life, Recreation, Environment

CASCADE, Iowa -- Enhancing, promoting, sustaining and connecting the region's park assets will be the focus of a meeting at 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 14, at Fidelity Bank and Trust in Cascade.

The Grant Wood Mississippi River Region, after almost a year of planning and outreach, has finalized a two-year plan for the Grant Wood Loop, comprised of Jones, Jackson and Dubuque counties.

The Grant Wood Loop is part of the state's Parks to People initiative, and includes four state parks (Wapsipinicon, Maquoketa Caves, Bellevue State Park and Mines of Spain), two scenic byways (Grant Wood Scenic Byway and the Mississippi River Parkway or Great River Road), more than 50 county parks, many city parks, as well as the Mississippi River and major tributaries. (full article…)

Dubuque Telegraph Herald, January 11, 2015

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