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Mike Beeler (left) and Mike Wallace of the Dallas County Conservation Board show off one of the new RRVT trailhead signs

Mike Beeler (left) and Mike Wallace of the Dallas County Conservation Board show off one of the new RRVT trailhead signs

COOPER, Iowa, February 28, 2007 – Four more grants have been received in the fund drive by the Raccoon River Valley Trail Association to pay for new signage along the 56-mile trail here in west central Iowa.

West Central Cooperative, based in Ralston, Iowa, contributed 1,080 dollars and secured a matching donation of the same amount from the Land O’Lakes Foundation, headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Western Iowa Networks, a phone company based in Breda and providing service in parts of Guthrie County, donated 500 dollars.

The Alliant Energy Foundation contributed 1,000 dollars. That foundation is the charitable arm of Alliant Energy, which provides electrical service to communities across Iowa, including several located along the RRVT.

You can read in an earlier story here in the RRVT News that the Jefferson Telephone Company Charitable Trust donated 11,550 dollars to buy all the new signage for the 12 miles of trail in Greene County.

Total costs of the signage in Guthrie County is expected to be 13,455 dollars and in Dallas County 22,515 dollars.

Interested in helping? You can contact us by e-mail info@raccoonrivervalleytrail.org or by phone at (515) 386-5488.


Article Published: 02-28-2007



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