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View north - northwest in downtown Tama shows the area where a “pocket park” could be created in downtown Tama. The empty business lots are owned by the city. The Willett-Rathjen Law Office is on the left and the former Brady and Associates office is at the right. News-Herald./John Speer
1. Development with Tama’s downtown pocket park continued a few steps further this month. At their regular meeting on Dec. 21 the Tama City Council approved the purchase of four park benches to be installed at the small city park in the 200 block of W 3rd Street.
The benches will be part of an upcoming pocket park development effort made possible by a $9,509.57 grant from the Mansfield Charitable Foundation, awarded to the city of Tama in August.