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Residents of Marshalltown can volunteer for two efforts courtesy of the Marshalltown Central Business District (MCBD). On April 20, the organization will host
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With warmer weather right around the corner, efforts are beginning to bring a sense of normalcy to downtown Marshalltown. The flower baskets, which hang on the poles on Main Street, will return in June after a year-long absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Travis Hornberg, who chairs a design committee affiliated with the Marshalltown Central Business District and helped replace the trash receptacles on Main Street, said the flower baskets are a true sign things are returning to normal.
“It means people are getting out and doing things again,” he said.
The flower baskets do require maintenance, and a group of people to carry that maintenance out every day. The baskets were canceled in 2020 because the committee did not want a group of people gathered together for a length of time to take care of the plants.