ELY — On Monday, August 8, 2022, Aureon and South Slope Cooperative Communications provided a total of $10,000 to the American Legion St. Quentin Post 555. The American Legion plans to build an All-Veterans Memorial in downtown Ely for the city’s revitalization project.
The Iowa Area Development Group and Aureon formed a program called Ripple Effect in 2007 to help provide economic development services to rural Iowans. The Ely American Legion was awarded $5,000 from South Slope, located in North Liberty, and $5,000 from Aureon, located in West Des Moines, to assist in engineering and building a new Vets Memorial Monument. The monument will not only help the community remember those who fought for our country but will also serve as a key attraction incorporated into Ely’s downtown revitalization project.
The City of Ely hosted its Sesquicentennial (150 years) event August 12 and 13th, and money raised at the sesquicentennial will go toward the construction of the All-Veterans Memorial.