Fort Dodge Wins Challenge Grant
20 Oct 2021
CHAD THOMPSON
City Editor
cthompson@messengernews.net
Fort Dodge was awarded one of 13 Challenge grants during the Main Street Iowa fall conference on Wednesday.
Kris Patrick, director of Main Street Fort Dodge, accepted the $75,000 check from Debi Durham, director of the Iowa Economic Development Authority, at First United Methodist Church.
The Main Street Iowa Challenge Grant is a grant program provided by Main Street Iowa and the Iowa Economic Development Authority for brick-and-mortar building projects.
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