COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa [KETV]— Over the next ten years, 1,300 multi-family homes are coming to Council Bluffs by spending millions of dollars over the next decade. They’ll be built at river’s edge, where initial construction is underway: to city-owned 93 acres east of Lake Manawa, bought with ARPA money, to a two and a half acre vacant lot just off of Broadway and later on, the city is preparing to build over Dodge Park.

The city is currently taking developer applications to build multi-family, row and town houses.There’s $6 million in the bank, ready to be spent. $4 million are from Iowa West Foundation, the other $2 million comes from the city’s federal ARPA funds and a goal of reaching $10 million.

The process will begin immediately as the city wants to start construction in 2024.