(Council Bluffs) The Charles E. Lakin Foundation is proud to announce the launch of the Revitalize Southwest Iowa Initiative 2024, an ambitious new project to reverse the economic decline plaguing Southwest Iowa’s small towns.
Since 1900, Southwest Iowa’s population has declined by 17%, while East Central Nebraska’s has grown by 380%.
The Lakin Foundation will unveil its unprecedented donation of $165 Million designed to benefit 51 towns across the region during a press conference on Tuesday, October 1 at 10:00 a.m. at the Bluebird Hill Event Venue near Atlantic.