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MRHD to launch (Oct. 31, 2006) – Missouri River Historical Development, Inc. (MRHD) will launch its $3.3 million “Encounter Center” project with a unique groundbreaking at noon Friday, Nov. 3 in the Keelboat Theater at the Sioux City Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center. The public is invited. MRHD will fund the entire project which will create a cultural complex on Sioux City’s Missouri Riverfront. The project architect is Owen Mamura for Cannon Moss Brygger & Associates. W.A. Klinger, Inc. is the general contractor. The expansion is conceived as the logical evolution of the Sioux City Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center which has welcomed a quarter-million visitors since September 2002 when it opened to commemorate the Lewis & Clark Bicentennial (2003-2006). With the conclusion of the Bicentennial in September, the Center has committed to the expanded mission of “Commemorating a history of encounters.” That history begins before Lewis & Clark with encounters among Native peoples. It continues with encounters between Natives and non-Natives. It looks forward to encounters among people who have come to this area from every part of the globe and encounters with the land that has sustained them. Programming and exhibitions aim at promoting dialogue, harmony and understanding. “On a very practical level, expansion is absolutely necessary to accommodate the Center’s growing scope of exhibitions, programs and activities,” says Mark Monson, President of MRHD, the private, non-profit organization that built and sustains the Center. “Expansion also is critical to MRHD’s vision for a dynamic facility that engages visitors of all ages in experiences that illuminate Siouxland’s unique profile and its place in our nation.” Since 1994, MRHD has distributed more than $9.2 million to Woodbury County non-profits and governmental bodies. Its annual small grants program has awarded more than $2.3 million. Its holiday gifts and special projects distributions have totaled more than $1.3 million. Major MRHD contributions have gone to Sanford Community Center; Habitat for Humanity; The Center; the Sioux City Art Center; Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center; IBP Ice Center; Tyson Event Center; and the Loren Callendar Clock Tower at Sioux City’s City Hall. It built and sustains the Sioux City Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center. MRHD is the non-profit organization that holds the license for riverboat gaming in Woodbury County. Its funding is generated from an agreement between MRHD and Argosy Casino Sioux City which allows Argosy to run a gaming operation in Woodbury County using MRHD’s gaming license. MRHD was formed in 1989 when Woodbury County voters approved a referendum that sanctioned riverboat gaming. A second referendum passed by 75 percent in 2002. The Sioux City Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center, exit 149 off I-29, is a private, non-profit institution built and sustained by Missouri River Historical Development, Inc. (MRHD). Admission, all programs, exhibits, activities and materials are free. For more information, contact 224-5242 or www.siouxcitylcic.com.
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