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  • RELEASE: Google Provides $1.3 Million in Support to Conservation Acceleration Fund

    DES MOINES, IA (July 11, 2024) – The Great Outdoors Foundation is pleased to announce that Google has provided $1.3 million in [...]

  • Gazette: Google Will Spend Another $1B on Council Bluffs Data Center, $1.3M for River Restoration

    Google will invest another $1 billion in a Council Bluffs data center and $1.3 million on water quality projects in the Missouri [...]

  • Des Moines Register: Google Announces $1 Billion Investment in Iowa Data Centers, $1.3 Million in Water Quality

    Google announced its plans to invest $1 billion into its Iowa facilities. It also announced it will contribute $1.3 million towards water [...]

  • KMTV: Google Announces Additional $1 Billion Investment in Council Bluffs Data Center

    On Tuesday afternoon Google announced plans to invest another $1 billion in its data center in Council Bluffs. The tech company also [...]

  • KJAN: Google to Invest $1 Billion in Iowa This Year

    Today, Google announced plans to invest $1 billion in Iowa this year at an event at the company’s Council Bluffs data center [...]

  • KETV Omaha: Google Announces Expansion of Council Bluffs Data Center Campus

    The company is investing $1 billion into two new buildings. It will make the Council Bluffs location one of the largest data [...]

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    RELEASE: MidAmerican Energy Regional Fund Grant Awarded to City of Johnston

    DES MOINES, IA (June 20, 2024) – The Great Outdoors Foundation is pleased to announce that it has awarded its $125,000 spring [...]

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    From Deadly Dams to Revitalized Recreation: Iowa Initiatives Transform Waterways

    This content was originally published on the website of Iowa Agriculture Water Alliance, a partner of the Great Outdoors Foundation. To [...]

  • Midwest Regional Sustainability Summit: Creative Conservation

    On Thursday, May 2, Great Outdoors Foundation CEO, Hannah Inman, had the opportunity to give a short talk on Creative Conservation at [...]

  • Impact-Driven Conservation Investment

    There has never been a better time to invest in water quality solutions than right now. As top executives look to strengthen [...]

  • MidAmerican Energy Company Regional Fund Grantee Profile: City of West Des Moines

    On February 1, the Great Outdoors Foundation announced that the City of West Des Moines was selected as its newest grantee of [...]

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    The Business Case for Conservation

    Milton Friedman’s declaration that, “The social responsibility of business is to increase profits” influenced corporate leadership for generations. In a free market [...]