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Muscatine summit focuses on housing, education

By: Dave Thompson|December 5, 2024
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    • Charla Schafer, president of the Community Foundation of Greater Muscatine, talks about some goals for Muscatine during the Community Summit on Wednesday, Dec. 4, in Muscatine. CREDIT DAVE THOMPSON

    MUSCATINE, Iowa – This city has made great progress in many economic development projects in the past few years, but it needs to move forward. The community needs to build a lot more new homes and get more students in its schools.

    Those were some of the top messages delivered Wednesday morning, Dec. 4, during a Community Summit meeting at The Merrill Hotel in downtown Muscatine.

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