The Iowa Economic Development Authority’s Downtown Resource center hosted a forum in Knoxville Wednesday. The group included approximately 15 representatives from surrounding cities including Knoxville, Pella, Carlisle, Indianola, Centerville, and Boone, gathered at Knoxville’s library to discuss issues regarding downtown revitalization. Jim Engle, director of the Iowa Downtown Resource Center says the organization finds ways to assist all downtowns in the state of Iowa. Their main program is Main Street Iowa. The IEDA’s downtown resource center is looking for ways to get people talking about revitalizing downtown areas and working on communications throughout communities by working with businesses and colleges. Engel says the unique part about the meetings is that the community and the attendees get to be the speakers.