RAGBRAI 2018 is scheduled to run through Aspinwall, Manning, Templeton, Dedham and Coon Rapids on Monday, July 23. Manning will be considered a breakfast or brunch town with Coon Rapids being the meeting location. In preparation for these communities to serve the riders as they pass through, Iowa Department of Inspection and Appeals will be holding town hall meetings with Food Safety Specialist, Sara Kingland. The RAGBRAI committees will be hosting the meetings that are open to any food vendors. The first meeting, with the Dedham and Coon Rapids committees, will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 2 at the Burr Oak Center in Coon Rapids. The second meeting, hosted by the Templeton and Manning committees, will be held at 6 p.m. at the Manning VFW Hall. Organizers are asking for RSVPs by Friday, April 27 to ensure they have the appropriate amount of materials on hand. Contact information to respond for each of the meetings can be found below.
To RSVP for the Coon Rapids meeting: Katie Mason bikeCoonRapids@gmail.com or 515-418-1198
To RSVP for the Manning meeting: Denise Doyel chamber@mmctsu.com or 712-210-6929