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 Stories About: Mississippi River AND Iowa AND placemaking AND quotables
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Along the Mississippi: Quote of the day
Granted, it's early yet |
Katharine Wroth |
23 Oct 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Just met with Laura Carstens, planning services manager for Dubuque. The money quote: 'For years, we turned our back on the river. Now we're making it our front door.'Later today, Sarah and I will get out on the river for the first time. The tourist riverboat stopped running this weekend because the weather turned, but yesterday one of our sources called a friend with a boat. The friend agreed to pick us up this morning and take us for a ride. And that right there te ... |
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| Topics: Iowa, Mississippi River, placemaking, quotables (all these topics) |
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