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Cedar Rapids in the running for mural by Iowa artist Ben Schuh
Vote online for mural to be in Czech Village-NewBo
Cedar Rapids is in the running for a custom mural by Iowa muralist Ben Schuh and it needs your vote.
The Cedar Rapids Tourism Office and the Czech Village-New Bohemia Main Street is competing against 40 other Iowa communities for the mural. The two organizations assembled a one-minute video and submitted it to the Iowa Economic Development Authority #IowansUnite community pride video contest. The community with the most votes from now to June 30 will win the mural.
Each voter must have a Facebook account and each Facebook account is allowed one vote per video in a 24-hour period through June 30. You can vote for Cedar Rapids here: woobox.com/hhacqg/gallery/oSNKq3TzQk4
Learn more at thisisiowa.com/iowansunite.
One of several lion statues that line the bridge along 16th Avenue SW, Cedar Rapids, which connects Czech Village and the NewBo neighborhoods. The two groups have joined forces to compete for a one-of-a-kind mural, but they need your vote to make it happen. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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