The Iowa Downtown Resource Center will be visiting Montezuma on Wednesday & Thursday, October 17th & 18th. The purpose of the DRC team visit is to conduct a series of short interviews with residents and stakeholders throughout the community as we continue to strive toward a unified vision for Montezuma's historic downtown district. Montezuma Community Development needs your help! The goal is to interview as many people possible over the course of the two-day visit, 250 people total. This is a huge undertaking for just one person to coordinate. You can help by spreading the word to your friends, neighbors, favorite businesses, organizations you belong to, community leaders that you know should be involved, and more.
Several 30-minute interviews will be taking place at the Montezuma Public Library throughout both days of the DRC visit. The second day will culminate with a public forum at the Montezuma Memorial Hall at 7 PM. The forum will be open to anyone in the community that wants to hear the DRC team's preliminary recommendations for the future of our downtown. If you wish to participate in an interview time, just give me a call and leave a message or drop me an email with your name, time you wish to interview, and what group you represent. The interview schedule below is a guideline, but can be interchanged to meet the needs of anyone that wants to be involved. Groups are limited to 12.
You can learn more about the Iowa Downtown Resource Center by visiting, www.iowaeconomicdevelopment.com/community. The Downtown Resource Center visit is being underwritten by the City of Montezuma.
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Terence Blain, MCD Director
Office: 641-623-7600
Wednesday, October 17th
1:00 Seniors and Retirees
1:30 Small business and downtown property owners
2:00 Local industry and employee representatives
2:30 Community service organizations
3:30 Local industry and employee representatives
4:00 County and local officials
4:30 Community service organizations
5:00 Small business and downtown property owners
6:00 Community service organizations and school
6:30 Small business and downtown property owners
7:00 Montezuma and Lake Ponderosa Residents
7:30 Montezuma and Lake Ponderosa Residents
Thursday, October 18th
8:30 Small business and downtown property owners
9:00 Local industry and employee representatives
9:30 Montezuma and Lake Ponderosa Residents
10:30 Local media
11:00 Montezuma and Lake Ponderosa Residents
11:30 Open Group
12:00 Open Group
7:30 Public Forum at the Montezuma Memorial Hall on Thursday
Everyone Welcome!
