Amana Colonies seek fresh draws for next generation visitors
Amana leaders discuss aging tourism and new strategies to attract families. They highlight smaller, personalized goods from Amana Furniture & Clock Shop, expanded events at RV parks, and renaming or repurposing buildings to host new crafts. Local merchants pursue modern comforts and online outreach to sustain the historic colony’s appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peterson
Amana General Store
Amana Furniture & Clock
Amana Society
Amana
Jenise
Ithiel Catiri
Catiri
Leichsenring
Amana Colonies
Trumpold
Rudy Kraft
West Amana
Ashborer costs could rival flood aid in state action
Senator says action before infestations spread to area could balance costs with flood aid. Federal emerald ash borer program budgets about 37 million statewide survey and trapping efforts across 48 states. Iowa received 228,977 in 2010, with 1,700 purple traps planned at 90 per trap in 2011, plus outreach and billboard campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bedford
Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
Iowa
Lucik
Traps Target Emerald Ash Borer In Iowa County Survey
USDA plant health official John Gosa hangs purple glue traps across Scott County as part of a $37 million federal effort to locate and eradicate emerald ash borers. The pest has decimated ash trees in 15 states, with Iowa containing millions of ash trees and counties recording numerous trap losses to vandalism.
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Kurt Altemeier
Lily Limes
John Gosa
Davenport
Junge Park
Gosa
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Scott County
Asia
Midwest
Tennessee State University
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the Gazette
Jenise Catiri
Art Oasis
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Larry Fisher
Quad-City Times
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