Help is coming to find accessible public spaces in Iowa

(Iowa Capital Dispatch) – Students and leaders at the University of Iowa are helping a nonprofit map public spaces across the state developed with accessibility in mind, in order to ensure people of all abilities can enjoy Iowa’s parks and other public areas. The Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities at the UI, headed by director Travis Krause, partnered with Pathfinders Resource Conservation and Development to help expand its map of accessible public spaces in Iowa and launch a survey for the public to inform them of the accessibility of nature areas, cultural sites and more. Krause said with the survey having launched in December, the project is off to a good start. “Our success really hinges on the help of people across the state providing us the information through this survey tool …,” Krause said. “So we will be successful if people are using the tool and participating, and we’re going to continue to keep pushing that out.”

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