The City of Lake View is among 20 recipients of an Iowa Great Places grant.
Lake View’s grant of 250-thousand dollars will go toward their community center project.
The Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs has awarded more than one million dollars in Iowa Great Places grants.
Iowa Arts Council administrator David Schmitz (smits) says many of the projects selected in this round of grant funding are in rural parts of the state. Schmitz says these projects look to make communities better places to live. He says this financial support can especially help rural parts of the state.
The Iowa Great Places is a ten-year designation.