Blue Rapids Community Action Team

Goal: $30,000.00

Specific Need

We want to beautify and revitalize the Blue Rapids area. Revitalizing the downtown area, beautification of the city, economic development, opportunities for youth...all these things will take funds that are not readily available. We will need funds to make the dream come true to bring Blue Rapids back to a vital community with a variety of businesses and tourist opportunities.

Current goals:

1. Economic development, and support the businesses in operation in Blue Rapids, community outreach & events

2. Marketing

3. Continue fundraising/community dinners.

4. Continue applying for grants to help our town.

5. Youth activities.

6. Fund a matching grant for new or existing businesses in town to encourage business retention and growth.

7. Continue activities in the community to strengthen community involvement and enrichment.

8. Refresh the picnic park area.

9. Adding to trails.

Mission

The Blue Rapids Community Action Team is a volunteer organization working together to achieve a goal of community involvement and improvement, as well as economic development.

Profile

Blue Rapids Community Action Team continues to thrive! We have added new volunteers that have been so helpful! We need more!

This year we held another spring clean up to spruce up the town, planted flower pots and hanging baskets and watered them all summer, hosted the Yard of the Month this summer, help to fund our new pickleball court, purchased a new outdoor speaker system, held numerous fundraisers including delicious fried chicken and all the fixin's and continue to maintain outdoor projects that need upkeep, plus all the Christmas activities including a live nativity.

Our speaker system on the square is utilized daily and for any events on the square. It really puts a hop in your step while visiting businesses. We have almost completed a new mural on the old firehouse in part to commemorate the 250th, and to honor those in our community, both past and present. We helped fund the new lights in the ballpark and additional updates. So glad they got to see our beautiful, historic square! We continue to look for opportunities to rehab our lovely stone buildings on the square. We are also hosting a grant for businesses/individuals continue to thrive. So...many goals to complete, all to make Blue Rapids Better! We would welcome donations toward these projects! Come visit our great town!! Let us know what you would like to see happen in this fine community!