Proceeds from this past weekend’s Swinging Bridge Festival in Columbus Junction are going toward routine maintenance on the structure. It’s possible those funds will also be used to develop the area around the bridge. Organizer of the event, Melanie DeVore, says ideas include planting flowers and adding benches to the parking area. They’d also like to put a new welcome sign on Highway 92. She adds those decisions will be left up to the city’s Parks and Recreation Board, who manages and maintains the bridge and the land around it.