Hiawatha council approves new hotel feasibility study

A new study will be conducted to assess the feasibility of attracting a hotel or other hospitality property to Hiawatha.

The Hiawatha City Council voted unanimously to authorize the study, to be conducted by the Core Distinction Group, an Oshkosh, Wisconsin-based firm specializing in community hospitality feasibility market studies.

Hiawatha City Manager Dennis Marks said the city had commissioned a lodging market feasibility study with Core Distinction Group in 2019.…