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Iowa City awards nonprofit Dream City nearly $3 million in Inclusive Economic Development funding
Award will help organization to boost local businesses and build much-needed community around underestimated entrepreneurs
Dream City collaborators (l-r): Angie Jordan, executive director of South of 6 Iowa City Business District; Simeon Talley, founding partner of Community Development Strategies and project coordinator with Dream City; Tasha Lard, founder and CEO of M.O.G.U.L Consulting and owner of JD Beauty Supply; and Frederick Newell, founder and executive director of Dream City. CREDIT ANNIE SMITH BARKALOW
Underrepresented entrepreneurs and business owners in Iowa City are getting a boost – a $2.9 million one, to be exact – thanks to an Inclusive Economic Development grant awarded to Dream City, a nonprofit organization dedicated to inspiring positive community change through advocacy, art, community development, connections, wellness, and more recently, economic development.
The grant is funding a joint initiative between Dream City,…
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