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But with time, patience, and use of internal links and a Web browser's "Find" or "Search" feature (usually in the drop-down "Edit" menu) almost anything you may be looking for can be found. Moreover, the organization of material changed around December 2005, following which the entries have been made in the form of weekly, Monday morning updates, chronologically arranged. Given that this is not a commercial Web site, and given the sheer volume of material, Johnson acknowledges that the site has "grown like Topsy" into a resource that is not always optimally user friendly. While the price tag has fluctuated over the years between $300 and $155 million, whatever the construction, overruns, start up and operating costs might finally total, the magnitude of the potential risks and rewards are enormous, the unanswered questions seemingly unending.

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Characterizing himself as "neither booster nor basher," Johnson believes that public officials, journalists, and citizens/taxpayers need access to as much solid information about this project - pro and con - as possible.

Johnson, and this Web site, are in no way affiliated with either the rain forest or any group opposed to the project. It represents the work of one, unpaid volunteer: Nicholas Johnson.

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(Printed, it would more than 100 single-spaced pages - plus the items to which it links.)

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So far as is known, this site contains the most complete collection anywhere on the Web of links to the full text of news stories and other reports, data and opinions regarding the proposed Iowa indoor rain forest - with emphasis on material since January 2004. 2006 an unfunded, $150-200 million indoor rain forest project proposed for Pella, Iowa)įormerly unsuccessfully pitched to Iowa towns: Cedar Rapids, Coralville, Des Moines, Dubuque, Grinnell, Iowa City, Riverside, and TiffinĪnd prior to May 17, 2006, having been known under a variety of names, such as.

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Note: In 2021 the underlying computer code in this material was reviewed and tweaked by me, and my computer consultant-son, Gregory Johnson, but noeffort has been made to "update" or "rewrite" the text.) # Contents Nicholas Johnson, Iowa City, Iowa, October 6, 2021 May your reading through it contribute to increasing your attraction's contribution to the residents of your community while maintaining its financial viability. An analysis of the rain forest in a corn field project led me into the economic literature and news coverage of the hopes of other communities and states that their idea of a destination attraction would surely succeed where others had failed.įrom that initial curiosity came what is now titled, "How to Produce Tourist Dollars with Your Town's Destination Attractions: What Works, What Doesn't" - along with a "table of contents" to ease your passage through what would be at least a 250-page book if printed. Those additional reasons are detailed in what follows.īut there is much more here. How to Produce Tourist Dollars with Your Town's Destination Attractions: What Works, What Doesn't PLUS Case Study of the Variously Named Coralville Rain Forest, Earthpark, Iowa Child, The Iowa Child Foundation's Iowa Environmental Project - and (by critics) "Iowa's Rain Forest in a Cornfield" PLUS Report on Other Communities' Attempts with AttractionsĪ 2021 Introduction: The material in, and linked from, this Web page was my response, primarily between 20, to the proposal of a couple of Iowans (Ted Townsend and David Oman - and Senator Chuck Grassley) to build an indoor rainforest in Iowa.Īlthough inspired by "the Eden Project" in England's Cornwall region, pictured above, their effort to duplicate it in Iowa struck me as bonkers for many reasons - not the least of which was their inability to create the public and charity buy-in Eden received. Photos: Wikimedia, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. Nicholas Johnson, Iowa Rainforest Rain Forest Earthpark Earth Park