When grants from the ICON Water Trails $5 million MidAmerican Regional Fund are announced this month it will mark the next phase of development of projects that connect more than 80 sites along 150 miles of rivers and creeks in Central Iowa.

The $125 million initiative is being funded through a combination of a capital campaign and public dollars. One of those funding sources is the MidAmerican Regional Fund, created by MidAmerican Energy Co. to provide funds to smaller, regional projects outside of the Des Moines metro area.

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