Posts Tagged ‘Altoona’
Altoona celebrates historic agricultural milestone with CORNival
Altoona is gearing up to celebrate its connection to the first acre of commercial hybrid seed corn in the United States by organizing a corn-themed celebration called CORNival. The event will mark the 100th anniversary …
Read MoreFacebook announces 2020 Community Action Grants, launches Small Business Grants
Fourteen Central Iowa schools and nonprofits were awarded 2020 Facebook Community Action grants ranging from $3,900 to $62,386, the Facebook Altoona Data Center announced this week. The full list of local organizations is available online. …
Read MoreFacebook opens applications to Community Action Grants program
Facebook’s Community Action Grants program is now open to applications from regional nonprofits and school systems, targeting the surrounding area of the Facebook Altoona Data Center, the company announced this week. The program, which accepts …
Read More‘Boost with Facebook’ coming to Altoona
The Altoona Area Chamber of Commerce and Facebook will co-host “Boost With Facebook” Monday, Sept. 16. Area business representatives are invited to attend the free education event at Adventureland Inn and receive digital skills training …
Read MoreIn Facebook agreement, data leveled negotiating table
For the first time in its six-year relationship with Facebook Inc., the city of Altoona has walked away from the negotiating table with a few dollars in hand — an estimated $3 million a year …
Read MoreScience Center of Iowa receives $15,000 Facebook Community Action Grant to support senior STEM learning
The Science Center of Iowa (SCI) has received a $15,000 Community Action Grant from Facebook’s Altoona Data Center for Senior STEM, a new project educating older adults on current technology, SCI announced this morning. Pew …
Read MoreGoogle, Facebook and Prometheus: A week in tech news
Nonprofits in Iowa will collectively receive $1 million through Google’s new Impact Challenge Iowa, Google announced Monday as part of the company’s Grow with Google initiative at …
Read MoreFacebook Altoona Data Center announces 2019 Community Action Grant recipients
The Facebook Altoona Data Center has awarded more than $210,000 in grants to Central Iowa area nonprofits and schools as part of Facebook’s Community Action Grant program. Sixteen organizations promoting STEM education and community investment …
Read MoreStudy: Facebook data centers a $5.8B boost
RTI International reports Facebook’s data centers have been a $5.8 billion boost to the U.S. Gross Domestic Product. The construction and operations of the centers, including the complex in Altoona, added 60,100 jobs between 2010 …
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