Hickory Hills Holiday Lights Brings a Cheerful End to 2020
Happiness and cheer were certainly rare in 2020, but the last few weeks of it brought joy to thousands in Black Hawk County, thanks to the conservation department's fundraiser and light show "Holiday Lights at Hickory Hills."
The event at Hickory Hills Park near LaPorte City was $10 per car each time through. It was so successful, raising altogether $57,000 for the Conservation department and its facilities, programs, and services, that the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports new funds could be earmarked in the next fiscal year's county budget to make it even better.
At a board of supervisors meeting this week, Black Hawk County Conservation Director Mike Hendrickson proposed an additional $12,000 to the $3,000 already budgeted for the event.