Metropolitan Area Planning Agency
(MAPA)

Title

Metropolitan Area Planning Agency
(MAPA)

Subject

Local news

Description

Metropolitan Area Planning Agency
(MAPA)
City, County To Form Joint Planning Commission - Each Group To Adopt Articles Of Agreement Dec. 21 December 11, 1964
Joint Planning Group Okayed By City; County Will Act Thursday - To Set Up Metropolitan Board December 22, 1964
Metro Planning Group Given Council Approval - Now Up To County Board January 19, 1965
County Names Three To MPC February 8, 1965
City-County Planners Run Into Federal Funds Snag - Have July 1 Deadline February 19, 1965
MAPA Staff Is Compiling A Zoning Atlas December 18, 1966
Bluffs Is First Unit To Join New MAPA - By Unanimous Action April 18, 1967
County Action To Join MAPA May 4, 1967
Jacobberger Named Chairman Of MAPA - Group Finally Organizes May 26, 1967
Bluffs Population To Rise 13,824 By 1990 - Metro Area To 710,432 October 1, 1967
Council Bluffs Area Shows Consistent Population Rise - Kane East Gain Spectacular October 2, 1967
CB-Omaha Area Has One Of The Lowest Jobless Rates - Consistent 'Participation Rate' October 3, 1967
One Word Describes Future Of Council Bluffs: Growth - Sales Being Lost Now October 4, 1967
Avocan Elected Area Planning Agency Leader May 30, 1968
MAPA Okays Hancock Plan - For Sewage Treatment November 1, 1968
Cite Transit Study Hangup - At MAPA Meeting December 27, 1968
Walton Heads MAPA Group January 31, 1969
MAPA Director Sees Rapid Transportation System For Area - Proposal Might Be 10 Years Away February 2, 1969
Fair Board Seeks 40 Acres For County Recreation Sites April 20, 1969
Schools And Parks Would Be Combined - According To Study May 14, 1969
Transit Grant Is Approved For Area June 26, 1969
County Site Eyed For Area Landfill July 1, 1969
6 Counties Can't Join MAPA Group August 29, 1969
MAPA Gets $181,385 For Water Study September 15, 1969
Master Plan Is Unveiled November 14, 1969
Computerized Mass Transit System Is Proposed - Would Cure 'Declining Industry' November 20, 1969
Phase One Of Comprehensive Plan Completed - Three-County Study By MAPA November 23, 1969
MAPA's Growth Surprises Those Who Founded It December 21, 1969

MAPA Proposals Draw Fire From Bluffs City Manager January 22, 1970
Parks Superintendent Objects To MAPA Plan January 23, 1970
Carter Lake To Apply To MAPA February 17, 1971
Carter Lake Joins MAPA's Family February 26, 1971
MAPA's Reward Cooperation On Area Common Problems April 25, 1971
C.B. Transportation Study Will Project Problems To Year 1995 September 19, 1971
OMATS Okayed To Meet Deadline February 20, 1972
OMATS Study Is Approved February 25, 1972
Bluffs Planning $ Gets Approval June 30, 1972
MAPA Seeks Budget Increase Of $14,144 July 3, 1972
Landowners Protest MAPA Space Plan October 5, 1972
MAPA Presents Alternative Traffic Plans - Wider Bridge Across River December 22, 1972
MAPA Membership Growth Outlined In New Agreement April 27, 1973
County MAPA Cost $74,477 August 7, 1973
MAPA To Rule On C.B. Project August 26, 1973
MAPA Board Favors C.B. Street Widening August 31, 1973
Six SWI Counties Consider Joining MAPA - Federal Funding, Riverfront Projects Cited December 9, 1973
Housing Patterns Outlined January 23, 1974
Mrs. Buckingham Elected MAPA Vice Chairman February 1, 1974
Acting MAPA Head Quits April 13, 1974
Alabaman Hired For MAPA Post July 30, 1974
Alabama Man Declines As MAPA Head July 31, 1974
MAPA Picks New Director August 3, 1974
MAPA Rejection Of County Remote Due To Government December 27, 1974
Omaha's Mayor Dislikes MAPA Rural Majority December 28, 1974
Council Backs Mills County For Membership In MAPA January 30, 1975
Adding Mills County In MAPA Questioned January 31, 1975
Iowa Counties Favor MAPA - Meeting Concerns Membership March 12, 1975
Bluffs Asking For Funds Is Approved March 14, 1975
MAPA Votes Six County Member Limit April 11, 1975
MAPA To See 'Campus Plan' May 16, 1977
City's Campus Plan Takes Another Step May 27, 1977
Citizens Have Choice In Metro Area Growth Plan June 15, 1977
MAPA Cutback Shouldn't Damage SWI Programs October 28, 1977
MAPA Nod To Mass Transit Plan October 31, 1977
MAPA Says City Grows By 1,292 - From 1970 Census January 12, 1978
City Tests UDAG Ideas On MAPA June 28, 1978
Ozone Report Good News For Council Bluffs January 22, 1979
Committee Looks For Solution To Fish Kill April 10, 1979
Grant Approval Possible For CB Violence Project August 27, 1979

MAPA Delays Low-Income Aid February 1, 1980
Council Bluffs Projects On MAPA Agenda April 15, 1980
MAPA Approves Application For C.B. Transit Service Grant April 25, 1980
Wayne Rodenburg Is MAPA Chairman May 4, 1980
250% Increase In Bus Use Projected For Year 2000 April 30, 1982
Staff Urges Council Not To Fund MAPA February 23, 1984
MAPA Funding Issue Studied March 13, 1984
MAPA Payment Of $11,000 In Limbo February 12, 1985
MAPA Approves Transit Application April 26, 1985
MAPA Names Executive Director June 10, 1985
Bluffs, County Discuss Who Will Pay MAPA Bill October 1, 1985
MAPA Membership To Be Council Topic October 12, 1985
Bluffs Won't Quit MAPA October 15, 1985
Area Agency To Discuss Children's Square, Aged March 26, 1987
Federal Grants Are Sought For New Post Office, Day-Care September 2, 1987
County Agrees To Pay MAPA Dues For Cities March 7, 1988
MAPA, City, County Officials Meet May 1, 1988






SWI Cities Presenting Their Wish Lists December 20, 1988
Grants Sought For C.B. Street, Sewer Projects December 23, 1988

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Nonpareil reporting

Source

Daily Nonpareil

Publisher

Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Archives

Date

1964 - 1988

Format

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Type

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Identifier

Metropolitan Area Planning Agency
(MAPA)

Coverage

Western Iowa

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