A new campaign was unveiled Tuesday to lure large companies to Northwest Iowa. It's called "Beyond Expectations" and it's a joint effort from economic development leaders in six local counties.
Cherokee, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth and Sioux Counties will now be marketed as one region.
Local business leaders, development leaders and elected officials gathered at Northwest Iowa Community College Tuesday night to hear campaign organizers present a new plan to attract, retain and grow business investment in a six county region.
"To build upon the strengths of each of our counties and communities and regionalize those efforts so that we're more competitive," says Gary Tucker, Plymouth County Econ. Dev. Director.
Targeted companies are those that are compatible with the region's current industries.
"Distribution, logistics, companies in the advanced manufacturing area as well as biosciences," says Tucker.
And the list of incentives to move to Northwest Iowa seems endless.
"We have a quality, dedicated workforce. We have infrastructure. We have ready to build sites. We have industrial parks. We have state incentives, local incentives," says Kiana Johnson, Chair of NW Iowa development campaign.
But while campaign organizers promote Highway 60 as a key Midwest transportation corridor, they also assure neighbors that a boom in big time business won't bulldoze the region's small town values.
"This is just like any other community or county working toward economic development but instead we're doing it regionally," says Johnson.
For detailed information on the campaign click here: http://www.northwestiowa.org/index.html.
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