Iowa Almanac
Iowa Almanac -- Thursday, July 25, 2024
Iowa's newest city. More from the Iowa Almanac in a moment. Aloha! Attach at the island! Right here in Iowa. Hi there, Andy Peterson. Join Kerry Dolphin and I as we host the annual Tate and Dottie Cummins Memorial Pineapple Gala to benefit Camp Courageous. It's Friday, August 16th at 6 p.m. at the Double Tree Convention Center in downtown Cedar Rapids. Enjoy a Hawaiian dinner, live inside of auction, and more. To view auction items or for tickets, simply go to kibcourages.org and we'll see you there! It's not often that we have to change a state map, particularly when it comes to establishing counties and cities. But on July 25th, 2001, Iowa's newest city was incorporated in Jefferson County. It was originally called Vedic City, but its name was changed five months later to the current Maharishi Vedic City. It was the first city to incorporate in Iowa at that point for 30 years. The city consists of three and a half square miles and is comprised of ten unique subdivisions in which eight distinct neighborhoods have been created. It's located about four miles north of Fairfield, the home of the Maharishi University of Management. The city plan and buildings are based on an ancient system of architecture and design, revived by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. The goals are to protect, nourish, and satisfy everyone, upholding the different social, cultural, and religious traditions, while maintaining the integrity and progress of the city as a whole. The first resolution of the new city council proclaimed the Constitution of the city to be the same as the Constitution of the universe, total natural law. The city received national recognition as part of an Oprah Winfrey visit and television program in 2012. A total of 277 persons lived there as of the 2020 U.S. Census. Based around the ancient Hindu principles of Veda, meaning knowledge, Maharishi Vedic City was incorporated as Iowa's newest city, on this date in 2001. And that's Iowa Almanac for July 25. Follow us on Twitter @IowaAlmanac. Until tomorrow, I'm Jeff Stein.