Photos: Future City regional competition

Photos from the 2024-2025 Iowa Regional Future City competition at the Kirkwood Linn County Regional Center in Hiawatha on Saturday

Savannah Blake

Jan. 18, 2025 11:44 am, Updated: Jan. 19, 2025 6:12 pm

Roosevelt Creative Corridor Business Academy middle schooler Grayson Sanders-Licher, 13, shows off various parts of his future city model to a special awards judge during the Iowa Regional Future City competition at the Kirkwood Linn County Regional Center in Hiawatha on Saturday. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

A panel of judges from around the community listen as McKinley STEAM Academy students Sam Tyler, 13, from left, Zoee Snow, 13, and Lilah Clymer, 13, present their floating future city to a panel of judges during the Iowa Regional Future City competition at the Kirkwood Linn County Regional Center in Hiawatha on Saturday. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

McKinley STEAM Academy middle schooler Sam Tyler, 13, points to a residential sector of her future city presentation to a panel of judges during the Iowa Regional Future City competition at the Kirkwood Linn County Regional Center in Hiawatha on Saturday. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Linn-County 4-H representative and middle schooler Purandar Yeruva, 12, talks about the various environmental factors that were considered while making their floating future city to a panel of special award judges during the Iowa Regional Future City competition at the Kirkwood Linn County Regional Center in Hiawatha on Saturday. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Linn-County 4-H representative and middle schooler Carter Reeder, 13, talks about how he and his team designed their floating future city to a panel of special award judges during the Iowa Regional Future City competition at the Kirkwood Linn County Regional Center in Hiawatha on Saturday. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

McKinley STEAM Academy students Sam Tyler, 13, from left, Zoee Snow, 13, and Lilah Clymer, 13, present their future city to a panel of judges during the Iowa Regional Future City competition at the Kirkwood Linn County Regional Center in Hiawatha on Saturday. Students were tasked with designing a floating city. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Judges from around the community take a closer look at McKinley STEAM Academy middle schoolers floating future city project during the Iowa Regional Future City competition at the Kirkwood Linn County Regional Center in Hiawatha on Saturday. Students were subjected to special awards judging while waiting to present their projects to a panel of judges in a closed room. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

McKinley STEAM Academy student Sam Tyler, 13, left, watches as Zoee Snow, 13, talk about the building material they used in their floating future city while answering questions from a panel of judges during the Iowa Regional Future City competition at the Kirkwood Linn County Regional Center in Hiawatha on Saturday. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

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