The Iowa City Area Group of the Sierra Club has invited two speakers to come from Des Moines to deliver a presentation on Urban Sprawl. This Friday (March 24) at 7:00 p.m. Ed Fallon and LaVon Griffieon of 1000 Friends of Iowa will give a compelling lecture about the adverse effects of urban sprawl on local communities, farmland, small businesses, tax payers and the environment. They will also address state and local solutions to land use challenges. This information rich program has been delivered 275 times in over 53 Iowa counties over the past 2.5 years. It includes two short videos, a slide show, and a visual demonstration of the scarcity of prime farmland. A dialogue on land use issues in Iowa City will follow. The presentation will be held in room A of the Iowa City Recreation Center (on the corner of Gilbert and Burlington). If you need any additional information about this program, please contact Alisa Meggitt at 319-354-1850. Alisa Stone Iowa Department of Natural Resources Waste Management Assistance Division 502E 9th Street Des Moines, IA 50319-0034 (515) 281-8308 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To get off the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: [log in to unmask]