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OTTUMWA, IOWA -- The Bridge View Center in Ottumwa has hired a new sales and marketing coordinator.

Aphton Roberts will come straight from graduation at Buena Vista University to the Bridge View Center next week. She will be responsible for handling the booking and marketing of the center's space and equipment. Roberts brings valuable marketing experience, but also experience at a similar venue that will prove invaluable to Bridge View.

"She was in a marketing position at one of our Venue Works-managed facilities in Spencer, Iowa, the Clay County Regional Events Center, so she's got hands-on experience and actually has a knowledge of how we do it and why we do it," said Larry Gawronski, Executive Director of the Bridge View Center. "Once she becomes familiar with this community, with our client base, with our perspective client base which is what we're looking to market to, I think we're going to be in great shape."

Bridge View did hire another candidate for the same position, but that candidate decided to withdraw from the position and stay in the medical field.

Gawronski said Roberts' enthusiasm set her apart from other applicants and she will begin on May 29.