The brightly colored mural covering one side of a building can’t be missed by anyone coming up South Eighth Street toward downtown Fort Dodge. It marks t
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Mayor Kate Gallego met with Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg July 15 to celebrate the South-Central Light Rail construction happening in downtown Phoenix.
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Let s go! Investment in light rail is essential to Phoenix s future, said Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego. Not only does it connect residents to jobs, grocery stores, schools, and other essential services, it is great for our economy as well. We re committed to creating a better, stronger, greener Phoenix- infrastructure is critical as we build out that vision.
This comes a day after Mayor Gallego met with President Biden and Vice President Harris to discuss the proposed Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework bill and the need for more federal investment directly to cities. Mayor Gallego has been a champion for strengthening infrastructure investment during her time in office and remains committed to finding innovative
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The COVID-19 pandemic is weighing down the proposed budget of the Fort Dodge Convention and Visitors Bureau.
The bureau, which is tasked with promoting Fort Dodge and Webster County as a great place to visit, is funded by the city’s hotel-motel tax. That’s a 7 percent levy added to lodging bills in the city, and three-sevenths of the revenue from it funds the bureau. The rest goes to parks improvements, equipment for the police and fire departments and city costs for special events.
But with the pandemic keeping everyone home, there is going to be less revenue from that tax.