November 16, 2021
DES MOINES, IA (Nov. 16, 2021) – Iowa Confluence Water Trails — ICON for short — has launched a new website showcasing the regional initiative. The site now highlights ICON’s completed and planned improvements spanning nearly a dozen Central Iowa municipalities and nine different waterways. It can be viewed…
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November 4, 2021
To be used for ICON Water Trails improvements in Altoona, Bondurant DES MOINES, IA (Nov. 4, 2021) – The Great Outdoors Foundation is pleased to announce a $300,000 grant from Meta, formerly the Facebook company, allocated to ICON Water Trails. The investment will be made available…
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October 20, 2021
DES MOINES, IA (Oct. 20, 2021) – Iowa Confluence Water Trails — ICON for short — hosted its first board of directors meeting as an independent 501(c)(3) last week. Originally the Central Iowa Water Trails LLC, this governing entity now oversees the initiative to connect 80+ improvements across 150…
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August 10, 2021
DES MOINES, IA (August 10, 2021) – Iowa Confluence Water Trails is pleased to announce gifts from four local corporate donors. These investments represent more than $400,000 in support and are included in the $25 million raised privately thus far: • Delta Dental of Iowa, $50,000 • …
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August 3, 2021
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., one of the 10 largest employers in Des Moines, has donated $3 million to the effort to transform central Iowa’s waterways into a recreational amenity for kayaking, fishing and surfing. It’s the largest gift the Nationwide Foundation has made in central Iowa, according to a…
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August 3, 2021
DES MOINES, IA (August 3, 2021) – Iowa Confluence Water Trails is pleased to announce a $3 million gift from the Nationwide Foundation. With $25 million raised, the project is nearly three-quarters of the way to its private fundraising goal. This $3 million commitment from the Nationwide Foundation…
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July 30, 2021
ICON Water Trails has chosen artist Matthew Mazzotta to launch a public art project that will integrate public art with the former Central Iowa Water Trails initiative. The group picked Mazzotta and his “Heads Up” design to activate the $125,000 National Endowment for the Arts “Our Town” grant that…
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July 22, 2021
Donation to create MidAmerican Energy Regional Fund for Jurisdictional Grants DES MOINES, IA (July 22, 2021) – Iowa Confluence Water Trails is pleased to announce the creation of the MidAmerican Energy Regional Fund, made possible by a $5 million gift from MidAmerican Energy. The donation, held by the…
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July 14, 2021
The Central Iowa Water Trails project has a new brand, and a new director, as it takes its next step forward in realizing its goals of improving more than 150 miles of Central Iowa’s waterways. During a celebration Tuesday at the River Center in downtown Des Moines, it was…
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July 13, 2021
The effort to transform central Iowa’s waterways into a recreational amenity for kayaking, fishing and surfing has a new name — Iowa Confluence Water Trails, or ICON for short. The Tuesday brand announcement for what was previously known as Central Iowa Water Trails coincides with the launch of a fundraising…
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