From: Press Release from Rebuild Iowa Office

PUBLIC INPUT NEEDED FOR NORTHERN IOWA WATERSHED PLANNING

Public Workshops Planned in Both Cedar Falls and Toddville

The Iowa-Cedar River Basin Interagency Planning Team will be hosting several 
community visioning worshops on December 7 and 8.  The group is asking city 
officials, businesses, neighborhoods and residents that live and work within 
the Dry Creek, Dry Run Creek and Lime Creek Watersheds to define a vision 
and direction for their local watershed.  Persons attending the workshop 
will be asked to share their image of what it looks like to live sustainably 
in their community, considering the environment, the economy and their 
neighbors.

The first event will be December 7 at the Wickiup Hill Outdoor Learning 
Center, 10260 Morris Hills Road, Toddville, Iowa.  Activities will focus on 
the Dry Creek Watershed, which generally flows south to north, starting near 
Atkins in Benton County and flowing to the north through Palo in Linn County 
before out letting into the Cedar River northwest of Cedar Rapids.

The second event will be December 8 at the Center for Energy and 
Environmental Education (CEEE), located at the SE corner of Jennings Drive 
and Campus Street, south of the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center 
(GBPAC) at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls. Activities at 
this event will focus on the Dry Run Creek and Lime Creek Watershed.  The 
Dry Run Creek Watershed flows west to east through rural, residential, 
industrial and commercial areas of Black Hawk County including the city of 
Cedar Falls and the University of Northern Iowa before out letting into the 
Cedar River in Cedar Falls. The Lime Creek Watershed flows north to south in 
Buchanan County, starting just to the west of Independence and flowing south 
through Brandon before out letting into the Cedar River.

Two workshop sessions are being offered in both Toddville and Cedar Falls to 
accommodate varied schedules. An afternoon session will run from 12:30 p.m. 
to 4:00 p.m. at each location and an evening session will run from 6:00 p.m. 
to 9:30 p.m. at each location.  Space is limited for each session.

All of the workshops will be facilitated by Jim Waddell who brings his 
innovative Multi-Vision Integration/Vision to Action tool at no cost to the 
community. The workshop is a hands-on visualization process supported by a 
professional artist/illustrator. After the workshop, the artist/illustrator 
will provide community composite renderings of the integrated visions.

Participants can reserve a spot by contacting Diane Karnish, Iowa/Cedar 
Basin Integrator, US Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District at 
309-794-5006 or e-mail [log in to unmask] on or before December 
6.

Both events are sponsored by the Iowa-Cedar River Basin Interagency Planning 
Team.

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