19th Annual Walnut Optimist Club's Antique City Car Show

The Walnut Optimist Club's Annual Antique City Car Show is always scheduled for the first Sunday in August. There are 27 Classes with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place trophies plus special awards given. There are also "Stock" and "Modified" classes for both autos and pickups with "Special Awards" for Best GM, Best Ford, Best MOPAR, and Best Other. The judging will be held on tree canopied Antique City Drive in Walnut.

The 19th Annual Walnut Optimist Club's Antique City Car Show is scheduled for Sunday, August 7, 2011 and will again be held on Walnut's beautiful Antique City Drive. So mark your calendars, and we hope to see you there!

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29th annual AmVets Antique Walk June 17-18-19th 2011

The Walnut Antique Walk began in 1982 and has a rich history of attracting antique vendors and shoppers from around the world! Over 300 dealers from across the United States set up their booths, restocking daily with newly displayed items. If you haven't attended the Walnut AMVETs Antique Show, you will discover that this is the show to "find it and buy it."

Walnut's turn-of-the-century buildings, brick and tree-lined streets, country hospitality and existing malls and shops are the perfect setting for this wonderful annual event.

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Antiquing in Walnut Iowa's Simple Pleasures with Dan Kaercher » Iowa Public Television

Join Dan Kaercher as he stroll's through an antique shopper's delight. Iowa's designated Antique City of Walnut boasts more than 15 separate antique shops in this town of 900 people.

Hosted by Dan Kaercher, Iowa's Simple Pleasures features Iowa travel destinations, restaurants, events, parks, recreation and more. Produced by Iowa Public Television, the series highlights fun things for Iowans to do, see and taste, right here at home.

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8th Annual Dale Lynch Memorial Alumni Weekend April 8-10, 2011

Fundraiser for Scholarships and Programs to benefit Walnut Community School.

Friday April 8th Soup Cookoff

Saturday and Sunday: Alumni Basketball and Volleyball Tournament

Saturday Night: Alumni Dance at the Legion Hall

Get all the details at FriendsofWCS.com or Facebook.

Merchants Association 28th Annual Christmas Antique Walk

Once again this year, thousands of lights will outline the turn-of-the-century storefronts lining Walnut's downtown and the traditional towering live Christmas tree will again dominate this town's brick streets. Horse drawn carriage tours or horse drawn sleigh rides will be available, while merchants serve up holiday treats and hot spiced cider and coffee in shops.

Visiting antique dealers will set up tempting displays of fine antiques and collectibles in the American Legion building and each and every one of Walnut's 250+ dealers in the antique shops and malls will be restocking their shops and spaces with newly found treasures for your selection.

For more information about the Christmas Walk or special holiday shop hours and events, call the Walnut Visitors Center at (712) 784-2100.

Its a slower-paced, enjoyable, and peaceful start to the Holiday shopping season.

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WCS Submits Written Recommendations Regarding Pottawattamie County TIF Proposal

The Urban Renewal Plan proposes to establish an Urban Renewal Area around the individual wind turbines comprising the Walnut Wind Farm in order to authorize a Tax Increment Financing (TIF) district on an existing facility. The Walnut Wind Farm became operational in 2008. Its first assessment date for property tax purposes was Jan 01, 2009.

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The primary goal of our recommendations is to limit the financial impact to the school district and our residents and thus protect our ability to meet our obligations to our current and future students. Any steps taken to lessen the financial impact on our school district will also lessen the impact on the other taxing authorities affected by this plan, including but not limited to, A-H-S-T School District, Layton and Knox Townships, and Iowa Western Community College.

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Full Text of the Letter Here

Supervisors Discuss TIF District at Walnut City Council Meeting Oct 7, 5PM

Supervisors Discuss TIF District at Walnut City Council Meeting Oct 7, 5PM

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The Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors is investigating establishing a tax increment financing district around the more than 100 existing wind generators in the eastern part of the county to capture money for road improvements.

According to a map provided by Pottawattamie County Planning Director Kay Mocha, 18 of the wind generators are located in the A-H-S-T Community School District and 93 in the Walnut Community School District.Under Iowa law, the county is not able to levy property taxes on the net acquisition cost for the wind turbines the first year. In the second year, the county can tax 5 percent of the acquisition cost, a figure that increases 5 percent per year up to 30 percent of the acquisition cost in year seven, at which point the taxable value is capped through the 20th year.

Currently, Houser said the land’s tax base value is as agriculture land. If a TIF were created the county would capture any value above the base value.

Houser said it was unclear how much money would be captured, but in May, the Supervisors said that if the 5 percent estimate were to be applied, it would increase the county’s property tax base by about $16 million. If a TIF area were established, the county would capture all of the tax money from the area, above the base value and less the school district’s debt service and physical plant and equipment levies.

Houser said a majority of the money, a maximum of 80 percent, that the school districts lose would be “backfilled” by the state.