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The company is investing $1 billion into two new buildings. It will make the Council Bluffs location one of the largest data center campuses in the world. Google also announced a donation of $1.3 million to the Great Outdoors Foundation. The Great Outdoors CEO said that money will go toward...

DES MOINES, IA (June 20, 2024) – The Great Outdoors Foundation is pleased to announce that it has awarded its $125,000 spring grant from the MidAmerican Energy Regional Fund, a $5 million investment in ICON Water Trails, to the City of Johnston. The funding will be used to enhance access...

West Des Moines receives MidAmerican grant to establish ICON site at Raccoon River The MidAmerican Energy Regional Fund, a $5 million investment in ICON Water Trails, awarded its $125,000 fall grant to the city of West Des Moines to establish access to the Raccoon River, directly south of Valley Junction,...

DES MOINES, IA (Feb. 1, 2024) – The Great Outdoors Foundation is pleased to announce that the MidAmerican Energy Regional Fund, a $5 million investment in ICON Water Trails, has awarded its $125,000 fall grant to the City of West Des Moines. The funding will be used to establish access...

DES MOINES, IA (Jan. 30, 2024) – The Great Outdoors Foundation is pleased to announce that a $100,000 Community Development Grant from Polk County has been awarded to its newly created Conservation Fund, a strategic, environmentally-focused investment mechanism. Polk County’s funding will be used to deploy a multi-layered strategy to...

DES MOINES, IA (Jan. 10, 2024) – The Great Outdoors Foundation is pleased to announce that it has awarded Polk County Public Works the first gift from its new Conservation Fund, a strategic, environmentally-focused investment mechanism. The $200,000 grant from the Great Outdoors Foundation Conservation Fund will be used to...