Ten years from now, Iowa will be a different state than it is today,” reads the first sentence of a November 2000 report filed by the Governor’s Strategic Planning Council.
Immigrant populations in Iowa, who initially came for jobs at local plants, have since begun to revitalize rural Main Streets by providing goods and services desired by community members. The Postville restaurant pictured above closed following a massive 2008 immigration raid at a local meatpacking plant. (File Photo: Lynda Waddington)
Following 18 months of input from citizens, and the collaboration of
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