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CAT grants approved for Council Bluffs, WDM, Cascade, Iowa City

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July 11th, 2019 by admin

(Radio Iowa) Four projects have won Community Attraction and Tourism grants from the Enhance Iowa Board. Iowa Economic Development Authority spokesperson, Jessica O’Riley, says a grant of 400-thousand dollars was approved for the Iowa West Sports Plex in Council Bluffs.

The total project cost is more than eight-point-three million dollars. Another sports facility — the MidAmerican Energy Company RecPlex in West Des Moines — won a grant..

Cascade won a grant of 228-thousand dollars to build a new swimming pool to replace their old pool.

The whole project will cost a little more than three-point-three million dollars. The final project is indoor project in Iowa City known as the FilmScene. O’Riley says the 320-thousand dollar grant will help fund the one-point-five million dollar project.

O’Riley says these projects will all have a big impact on their communities.

The board approved the awards at its meeting Wednesday in Des Moines.