AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoIowa Youth Tech: Cedar Rapids middle schoolers are getting a new summer tech program through NewBoCo, shifting students from “consumers” to builders with coding, problem-solving, and teamwork. Community Arts & Music: Kirkwood’s 88.3 KCCK is hosting a Middle School Jazz Band Camp July 13–17 in Cedar Rapids, with combos, improvisation, and jazz theory. Local Fundraising: Des Moines’ Water Works Park held “Christmas in July,” a heat-friendly fundraiser for Everybody Wins Iowa’s children’s literacy work. Sports Culture: The Iowa Derby at Prairie Meadows saw Street Boss’s J J Grey go wire-to-wire for a hat trick. Housing for Elders: The Pascua Yaqui Tribe used $1.5M of its own money plus LIHTC financing to build Two Yaqui Square, a 45-unit elder housing project opening this spring. Race Day in Iowa’s Orbit: TD Beach to Beacon 10K added Carissa Galloway as a race announcer, highlighting women’s equality in sports. Civic Life: Iowa lawmakers reacted to Sen. Lindsey Graham’s death as Capitol Hill scrambles over Senate leadership and vacancies.
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