Future of fireworks display at Veterans Home in doubt
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The Marshalltown fireworks display on the Fourth of July has called the Iowa Veterans Home its home for the past three years. However, new construction will likely force the display to move, putting the entire thing into jeopardy.
For the past three years, Marshalltown has held its annual Fourth of July celebration and fireworks display on the grounds of the Iowa Veterans Home. Next year, it will likely be looking for a new home. Lisa Purvis, a spokesperson for IVH, confirmed that new construction scheduled to start soon will likely mean the display will need to be moved, at least for a few years. At some point, it may be able to make a return after the construction ends. However, IVH is going into an active pattern of construction that consists of projects in each of three phases. Those could also affect the return of the fireworks displays for the next decade. Mayor Gene Beach said he was told the display would likely need moved after a meeting earlier in the summer. “I still would like to have them there,” Beach said. So would those on the Beautification Committee of the Imagine 2011 program.
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