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'A Different Vision' In Iowa City

Posted by: Chris Steins
Thanks to: CollegeTownLife
10 January 2005 - 11:00am

A developer's ideas take this college town's urbanism to new heights.

Mixing modern high rise development with historic preservation and a college town flavor, Marc Moen is a force for change in Iowa City. From his beginnings 20 years ago with student rentals, his clientele today is almost a third "doctors, high school principals, business people who moved in from larger cities and appreciate urban living in a college town."

Full Story: 'A different vision'
Source: Des Moines Register, January 9, 2005
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