As the snow continues to slowly melt and many of us are anxious to begin warmer outdoor activities, there are several indoor events to keep us busy in and around the area this week.
Tonight (Monday) the Belle Plaine Planning and Zoning Board meets at 7 p.m. at City Hall.
On Tuesday, the Belle Plaine Park Board meets at City Hall at 5 p.m. The PTO meets at 6:30 p.m. at the Belle Plaine Library.
There’s an important meeting in Des Moines on Wednesday. Vision Iowa’s Community Attraction and Tourism (CAT) Review Committee will hear a presentation from Belle Plaine representatives on a request for a CAT grant for downtown revitalization. The request is for approximately $500,000, which city officials say would be a major piece in the puzzle of the upcoming downtown improvement project.
Community support is an important aspect of the review committee’s decision. Anyone who would be able to travel to Des Moines for the meeting is welcome. It will begin at 10 a.m. at the Science Center of Iowa, 401 W. Martin Luther King Parkway.
For more information, contact City Administrator Bill Daily at the Belle Plaine City Hall.
Preschool story time is scheduled for Friday at 9:30 a.m. at the Belle Plaine Public Library.
On Sunday, the Knights of Columbus will sponsor a pancake breakfast at the Catholic Church from 7:30 a.m. to noon.
It’s a light week on the school activity calendar this week. With three weeks remaining before the scheduled start of the outdoor track season, the boys are scheduled to get a taste of action Friday indoors at the Central College meet, hosted by Pekin.
If you’ve lived in Iowa for a number of years, you know that for some reason, one of the two state basketball tournaments is usually plagued by a late winter snowstorm. But we may have dodged the bullet this year, as the seven-day forecast calls for temperatures in the 40s during the day and no lower than the lower 30s at night.
Has anybody seen any robins yet? Can the daffodils be far behind?