Save the date: March 9, 2024, 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Help us kick off Our Community Reads 2024: Water Connects Us All at Water Fest, our family-friendly, community celebration of all things water!
Here’s a quick peek at the activities we have planned:
- Council Bluffs Parks & Rec is doing lifeguard recruiting for the upcoming season.
- Council Bluffs Sewer Department is bringing the sewer camera truck and will be doing live demonstrations.
- U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary will have information and demonstrations on water safety and on Plastic Island/Water pollution.
- Council Bluffs Fire Department is bringing their hovercraft.
- The YMCA will have information on water fitness and pool safety.
- Golden Hills RC&D will have rain barrels to demonstrate.
- Pheasants Forever is bringing information on native plants that use their roots to help filter water.
- Fontenelle Forest will have information on how water affects our local area and habitat restoration.
- Preserve Council Bluffs is sharing information on how the Missouri River has shaped the city of Council Bluffs and the Flood of 1952.
- West Pott Soil & Water Conservation will have a soil scavenger hunt in an inflatable tunnel.
- Prairie Rose Seed Library will be hosting a seed swap and will have information on hydroponics benefits to gardening and drought resistant plants.
- Pottawattamie County Public Health will provide a hand-washing activity.
- Council Bluffs Public Library will have a wave stick craft in the Youth Department, water diffusion art near Teen Central, and an interactive map showing the change in course of the Missouri River from 1870-present near the Reference Desk.
- Back by popular demand: Live music by the Flatwater Drifters, 12:30-1:30 p.m.!
Thank you to all of our community partners for helping put together our kick off event for Our Community Reads 2024!