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KAAL-TV Created: June 30, 2021 06:38 PM (ABC 6 News) - The Iowa Economic Development Authority announced $2.6 million in grant funding to help 26 communities across the state revitalize their downtown districts. The grants were awarded through the Community Catalyst Building Remediation program. Each community was awarded a $100,000 grant to help redevelop or rehabilitate underused buildings as a way to stimulate economic growth and reinvestment in the community. “Downtown districts are the heart and soul of our communities, and their strength is critical to the state’...

Radio Iowa You are here: Home Refrigerated locker service now online in SW towns that lost grocery stores The owner of a pair of small food markets in southwest Iowa is opening two sets of refrigerated lockers in nearby communities that no longer have grocery stores. Theo Ramsey, who runs Ramsey’s Market, with stores in Lenox and Manning, is now offering the locker service in Shelby and Walnut. Ramsey says it’s a simple system. “Folks would shop online and if they get in their order by 5 PM, we guarantee it the next day by 5 PM, usually much earlier,” Ramsey says. “Folks would get a...

Ramsey is calling the new venture “Fresh Out of the Box,” and he anticipates it will quickly become very popular. It’s not just about the groceries, he says, but it’s also about keeping people in their rural communities and helping those towns continue to grow. The lockers are part of a pilot program funded through Iowa Economic Development Authority’s rural initiative program. Ramsey was awarded a Catalyst Grant of $100,000 and an Empower Rural Iowa grant of $20,000 to kick start the estimated $1.9 million project.   Previous Story

The artwork is the latest installation created through TDI grants in Main South.

Reply NEW BRITAIN, CT - The Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra is pleased to present the acclaimed chamber music ensemble Alturas Duo in concert on Friday May 7, at 8 p.m. EST. The performance will be broadcast live on the Orchestra's Facebook page (www.facebook.com/ctvirtuosi). "Alturas Duo is unique in that they bring a mix of multicultural influences - South America meets the North - in what is a fusion of ideas and musical elements; and they are good at it," said Adrian Sylveen, Artistic Director of the Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra. "This is what we need to do as people. We...