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Iowa Libraries Adventure Pass program temporarily pausing next year

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Sea Lion jumping out of the pool — The Sea Lion pool. Photo: Courtesy of Blank Park Zoo

The Iowa Libraries Adventure Pass program will temporarily pause in 2025 due to software issues, Karalee Kerr, Grimes library assistant director, tells Axios.

Why it matters: The program lets Des Moines metro residents get passes online from their local libraries to visit popular attractions for free, including the Blank Park Zoo, Science Center of Iowa and Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden.

Nearly 80 libraries statewide participate.

How it started: Grimes Library Director Cheryl Heid started the program in 2017, and quickly, other libraries wanted to join.

Grimes managed the technical and administrative side to avoid each library paying individual software costs.

Yes, but: Plymouth Rocket, the company that hosted the software and website, announced it's shutting down Dec. 31.

Kerr is now searching for other vendors that can relaunch the program, but it's timing is uncertain.

The bottom line: If you have an Adventure Pass scheduled for 2025, print it out — that will be the only way to redeem it after the end of the year, Kerr says.

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