Home, Sweet Home: Mason City's Downtown West neighborhood is being revived MARY PIEPER, Globe Gazette, Mason City, Iowa Oct 27, 2026 3 hrs ago 0 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Downtown West Revitalization Program is improving a Mason City neighborhood, one house at a time.kAmw23:E2E 7@C wF>2?:EJ @7 }@CE9 r6?EC2= x@H2[ E9C@F89 2 A2CE?6CD9:A H:E9 E96 4:EJ @7 |2D@? r:EJ 2?5 E96 DE2E6 @7 x@H2VD w@FD:?8 #6?6H2= !C@8C2>[ AFC492D65 E9C66 9@>6D H:E9:? E96 D2>6 3=@4< @7 E96 s@H?E@H? (6DE ?6:893@C9@@5 E92E 925 366? EFC?65 :?E@ >F=E:72>:=J 9@FD:?8]k^AmkAm%96 8@2= H2D E@ 4@?G6CE E96> 324< E@ D:?8=6 72>:=J 9@>6D]k^AmkAm%96 C6>@56=:?8 @7 EH@ 9@FD6D @? u:CDE $EC66E }@CE9H6DE 92D 2=C625J 366? 4@>A=6E65]k^Am kAm%96 E9C66\365C@@>[ EH@\32E9C@@> 9@FD6 2E c_b u:CDE $E] }( H2D C646?E=J AFC492D65 2?5 E96 72>:=J H:== 36 >@G:?8 :? 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