A group of Iowa government, business and political leaders have launched aproject designed to let the rest of the nation learn more about Iowa.Backers of the “Iowa Caucus 2000 Project” hope all the national attentionIowa garners from the presidential race will show more than hog farms andcorn fields. State economic development director David Lyons says one keycomponent is a website that provides all sorts of information for the media.Lyons says the website has already survived the questioning from onenational reporter who wanted to know about all kinds of information.Governor Tom Vilsack says the project is designed to get beyond thestereotypical view of the state. Vilsack says the national media plays in important role in how Iowa isviewed by the rest of the nation.
