DT #689 Turning a Bold Vision Into a Game Changing Community Development Project: The Fort Madison Marina Story
Develop This: Economic and Community Development

DT #689 Turning a Bold Vision Into a Game Changing Community Development Project: The Fort Madison Marina Story

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 7, 202632 min
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  • Business & money

What happens when a community stops settling for "good enough" and starts thinking bigger? In this episode of Develop This!, Dennis Fraise talks with former Fort Madison Mayor Matt Mohrfeld and Rick Kiernan of Convergent Nonprofit Solutions about the transformation of the Fort Madison Marina. What started as an aging marina became a much larger vision for the community, incorporating hospitality, events, wellness, tourism, and placemaking. Matt explains how community leaders studied other projects, built a shared vision, and challenged Fort Madison to think beyond simply fixing the existing marina. Rick discusses how...

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Welcome to Develop This, the number one podcast for economic and community development professionals with your host, Dennis Bracey. Today's Develop This episode is in partnership with Convergent Nonprofit Solutions. Welcome back to another edition of the Developments Podcast with Dennis.

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And today, you know, I'm so excited to get to talk about one of my favorite projects that I got to be involved with as a Fort Madison Marina. And I grew up in Fort Madison, Iowa, and I worked in the county, Lee County, where Fort Madison is located.

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And so I, like many of you, our community had an aging Marina, probably a lot of you either have an aging park or a downtown building, you know, some kind of facility that needs attention. There's always that question, right?

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