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REASONS
TO MOVE

10 REASONS TO MOVE TO NORTH IOWA

City. According to the 2016 Council for know it as the Tony and Grammy Award-
HEALTHY LIVING IS PART OF
1OUR CULTURE. Community and Economic Research winning musical “The Music Man!”
report, Mason City has a Cost of Living
We celebrate Willson’s legacy and the
Mason City is a Certified Blue Zones Index of 86.8. By comparison, New talents of our young musicians at Mason
Project Community. “Blue Zones” is York City - the most expensive place to City’s signature event - the annual
a term that describes a community live - has an index of 227.4. The least North Iowa Band Festival. In Clear Lake,
where people live longer, happier, and expensive locale in the study is Norman, the music lives on at the Surf Ballroom,
healthier lives. Mason City was certified OK with an index of 78.3. which is best remembered as the site of
in 2014, and the impact is visible across Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big
the region. From restaurant menus to OUR FOOD AND DRINK Bopper’s final performance in 1959.
worksite wellness efforts, we help make 4SCENE IS TOP-NOTCH.
the healthy choice the easy choice!
From delicate sushi to plate-sized
tenderloins, there is something for
WE’VE GOT STYLE. everyone in North Iowa. Not to brag, but
2Mason City is home to the Historic the steaks at Northwestern Steakhouse
Park Inn, the world’s last remaining are so good, locals line up out front
hotel designed by famed architect each night waiting for the doors to
Frank Lloyd Wright; the FLW-designed open! Want to enjoy a drink after
Stockman House; and the largest dinner? 1910 Lounge features specialty
collection in the world of Prairie cocktails created by Iowa’s only certified
School architecture that is unified by a mixologist. If locally-brewed craft beer
common setting. Pick up a guidebook is more your style, check out Mason
at the Historic Architecture Interpretive City Brewing or Fat Hill Brewery, both
Center and tour the neighborhood located in downtown Mason City.
for yourself. We bet you’ve never seen HEALTHCARE IS A PRIORITY.
anything like it! 6North Iowans have access to the
YOU’RE RELOCATING TO very best in healthcare. The Mason City
5THE REAL “RIVER CITY.”
YOU CAN DO MORE FOR hospital referral region ranks 24th out
3LESS. Music is a way of life for North Iowans. In of 306 health markets in the United
fact, our rich musical heritage inspired
Thanks to a low cost-of-living, your composer Meredith Willson to pen a States, according to the Commonwealth
paycheck goes a lot further in Mason love letter to his hometown. You might Fund.

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