Iowa chosen for pilot project on rural development
BUSINESS RECORD STAFF Sep 6, 2016 | 8:05 pm
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202 wordsAll Latest News, Arts and CultureA National Endowment for the Arts grant will fund a pilot project in Iowa to use arts and culture to develop rural leaders in Iowa.
Matt Harris, administrator of the Iowa Arts Council, and Bill Menner, Iowa state director for USDA Rural Development, will co-chair the Iowa initiative.
“The next generation wants to live in creative, inclusive and diverse places, and rural communities must build such dynamics, support the next generation of artists and culture bearers, and actively recruit them into the civic life of those places,” Harris said in a release.
Des Moines residents on the committee include Pete DeKock of the Des Moines Social Club and Zachary Mannheimer of Iowa Business Growth.
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