For $1, Vinton buys Iowa Braille School to launch $20 million development project
BPC Staff Aug 28, 2020 | 3:39 pm
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98 wordsAll Latest News, Government Policy and Law, Real Estate and Development, Statewide NewsCedar Rapids Gazette: Vinton Mayor Bud Maynard presented the Iowa Board of Regents a check for $1 Thursday to buy the 11-building, 40-acre Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School campus. It was the first dollar of what could be a $20 million investment of state and local funds as well as private capital for a project that will renovate the historic campus. The Iowa regents closed the school in May 2011. Vinton is working with Hobart Historic Restoration on plans that call for commercial and retail development, including a brew pub in what was the 162-year-old school’s hospital.
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