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The Iowa economic development directory below (scroll down) links to the websites and contacts for many economic development organizations in Iowa and related content such as Area Profiles and Area Surveys as executive summaries about business locations. Contact us for project assistance, or to update our directory listing for an area.  We provide personal introductory referrals to our contacts and other assistance according to the investment project interests of the corporate executives and business advisors we serve.
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Area Profiles and Area Surveys are executive summary presentations about business locations.  These may include maps, links to commercial real estate listings of available industrial and office sites and buildings, investment project news, information about existing businesses in the area, labor market information, and investment incentives.  Such content makes it easy to search for relevant locations, as shown by our Area Search service. We can also highlight recent project announcements, advertising, and promotional events as well as independent consultant research reports about communities or industry clusters.  Our "Professional Site Selection Tour" service at www.OnTheShortList.com organizes business location research work and Area Reports through consultant "familiarization tours", and our "Meeting Point" work pre-schedules B2B introductory meetings at events.
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Iowa

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Iowa Department of Economic Development State 50309  

www.iowalifechanging.com

www.iowasmart.com

www.state.ia.us/ided

No No
Iowa Workforce Development - and Iowa Works business portal State  

www.iowaworkforce.org

www.iowaworks.org

No No
Iowa Business Growth Company State   www.iowabusinessgrowth.com No No
Ames Economic Development Commission Metro 50010   www.ames.ia.us No No
Carlisle Betterment Group - Carlisle IA - Warren County Local 50047   www.carlisle-ia.gov No No
Warren County Economic Development Corporation - Indianola IA County 50125 515-961-1067 www.wcedc.com No No
Indianola Development Corp, Indianola Chamber - Warren County Chamber 50125   www.indianolachamber.com No No
Knoxville (Iowa) Chamber of Commerce Chamber 50138 641-828-7555 www.knoxville-iowa.com No No
Lacona Development Corporation - Warren County Local 50139   www.lacona.org No No
Milo Development Corporation - Warren County Local 50166   www.cityofmilo.com No No
Jasper County Economic Development Corp. - JEDCO - Newton Iowa County 50208 641-792-7574 www.centraliowa.net No No
City of Newton, Iowa Local 50208   www.newtongov.org No No
New Virginia Development Corporation - Warren County Local - 50210   www.newvirginia.com No No
Norwalk Development Corporation Chamber 50211   www.norwalkchamber.org No No
West Central I-80 Development Corp. - Adair and Guthrie counties - Stuart IA counties  50250 (515)523-1318 www.iowadevelopment.com No No
Iowa Area Development Group Region 50266   www.iadg.com No No
Greater Des Moines Chamber Metro 50309   www.dmchamber.com No No
The Greater Des Moines Partnership Metro 50309   www.desmoinesmetro.com No No
MidAmerican Energy Company Utility 50322  

www.midamericanenergy.com

www.midamerican.com

No No
Cedar Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce Chamber 50401     No No
Mason City EDC City 50402   www.masoncityedc.com No No
Webster County Development - Fort Dodge IA county 50501   www.wcd.bz No No
Storm Lake Area Development Corp. - City of Storm Lake City 50588  

www.sladc.com

www.stormlake.org

No No
Storm Lake Chamber of Commerce Chamber 50588   www.stormlakechamber.com No No
City of Eldora IA city  50627   www.eldoraiowa.com No No
Parkersburg Economic Development Local 50665   www.parkersburgiowa.info No No
Greater Cedar Valley Alliance county 50701   www.cedarvalleyalliance.com No No
Ida County Economic Development Corporation, Holstein IA county 51025 (712)368-4316 www.idacounty.org No No
The Siouxland Initiative (Sioux City area, including NE, SD), Siouxland Chamber multi county region 51101   www.siouxlandchamber.com No No
Sioux City Economic Development Office

and GIS website for property searches

City 51102 (712)279-6342 www.sioux-city.org

www.discoversiouxcity.com

No No
O'Brien County Economic Development Corp. county 51245   www.obriencounty.com No No
Carroll Area Development Corp county 51401   www.carrollareadev.com No No
Council Bluffs Chamber of Commerce - Council Bluffs Industrial Foundation City 51503 (712)325-1000 www.councilbluffsiowa.com No No
DevelopSource - Harlan IA - Shelby County county 51537   www.developsource.com No No
Clarinda IA - in Page County - note Tamana Japan Sister Cities and business links City 51632   www.developiowa.net No No
Sidney Iowa Chamber of Commerce Chamber 51652

Randy Moreland

712-374-2023

www.sidneyia.net No No
Greater Dubuque Development Corp Metro  52001   www.greaterdubuque.org No No
Fayette County Economic Development county 52175   www.fayettecountyia.com No No
Jones County Economic Development county 52205   www.jonescountydevelopment.com No No
Iowa City Area Development Group Metro 52240   www.iowacityareadevelopment.com No No
Iowa City Area Chamber of Commerce Chamber   www.iowacityarea.com No No
Tama County Economic Development Commission - Toledo IA county 52342

(641)484-3108

www.tamacountyiowa.org No No
Cedar Rapids Airport - FTZ No. 175 City 52404   www.cedar-rapids.org No No
Central Iowa Power Cooperative (CIPCO) Utility 52406   www.cipco.net No No
Alliant Energy Utility 52406   www.midwestsites.com No No
Cedar Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce Metro 52407   www.cedarrapids.org No No
Priority One Economic Development - set up by the Chamber, promotes the Cedar Rapids / Iowa City Technology Corridor along with the Iowa City Area Development Group and other partners City 52401 (319)398-5317 www.priority1.com No No
Ottumwa Economic Development Corporation - OEDC

Wapello County, City of Ottumwa, Blakesberg, Eldon

County 52501

Jonathan Krebs

(641)682-3465

www.OttumwaDevelopment.org 

 

 

Survey 3/6/06 No
Grow Greater Burlington Iowa Metro 52601   www.growburlington.com No No
Clinton Area Development Corp. City 52732   www.ClintonDevelopment.com No No
Cedar County Economic Development, Tipton county  52772   www.cedarcountyia.org No No
DavenportOne City 52801   www.davenportone.com No No
Regional Marketing Coalitions       Survey Profile
Northwest Iowa Developers Coalition - Cherokee, Lyon, Osceola, O’Brien, Plymouth and Sioux counties region   2004 Labor Shed Study No No
Northeast Iowa Marketing Group - Allamakee, Clayton, Delaware, Fayette, Howard, and Winneshiek counties region     No No
Mid-Iowa Growth Partnership - Calhoun, Hamilton, Hardin, Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Webster, and Wright counties region     No No
Southwest Iowa Coalition - Shelby, Cass, Montgomery, Page, Adams, Taylor, Union, Ringgold, Clarke and Decatur counties region     No No
North Central Iowa Growth Partnership - Cerro Gordo, Floyd, Franklin, Hancock, Mitchell, Winnebago and Worth counties region     No No
Western Iowa Advantage - Sac, Crawford, Carroll, Greene, Audubon, Guthrie and Adair counties region   www.westerniowaadvantage.com No No
East Central Intergovernmental Association - Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, and Jones Counties region     No No
West Central Iowa Marketing - Harrison, Pottawattamie and Mills counties region     No No
Quad City Development Group (Rock Island, IL) multi county region 61201   www.quadcities.org No No
University - Business Relationships          
Iowa State University - Ames IA University   www.iastate.edu No No
University of Iowa - Office of Corporate Partnerships - Iowa City IA - technology transfer program, Oakdale Research Park, and Technology Innovation Center (TIC) business incubator University   www.research.uiowa.edu
 
No No
University of Northern Iowa - in northeast Iowa, Cedar Falls / Waterloo area University   www.uni.edu No No
One Source Training - contacts for employee training programs at 15 Iowa community colleges Community Colleges   www.onesourcetrainingiowa.org No No
Other Resources for Reference          
Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI)     www.iowaabi.org No No
Human Resource Recruitment Consortium (HRRC)     www.smartcareermove.com No No
Iowa Association of Regional Councils     www.iarcog.com/links.html No No
Iowa Bankers Association     www.iabankers.com No No
Iowa Biotechnology Association (IBA)     www.iowabiotech.com No No
Iowa Business Council (IBC)     www.iowabusinesscouncil.com

www.gro-ia.org

No No
Iowa Chamber of Commerce Executives     www.iowachamber.net No No
Iowa Department of Revenue - business and individual taxes     www.state.ia.us/tax/ No No
Iowa Small Business Development Center - SBDC - Iowa Business Network, information, links and assistance to entrepreneurs through 13 centers     www.iabusnet.org/sbdc/index.cfm No No
Software and Information Technology of Iowa (SITI)     www.sitiowa.com No No
State Library of Iowa - State Data Center - demographic, economic, education and other data     www.silo.lib.ia.us No No
Grow Iowa Foundation, Inc. - entrepreneurial business accelerator or incubator initiative to serve a 22 county region, southwest Iowa incubator     No No
USDA Rural Development - Iowa     www.rurdev.usda.gov/ia/ No No
Explanation of column headings above
  •  Organizations are generally sorted in postal code order so that locations which are geographically close to each other will usually (not always) be grouped together.  This is a selective directory, even though the state directory is more comprehensive than the very selective one we will maintain at the regional level to highlight the organizations which support our work or are found to be of frequent interest for the convenience of the executives and business advisors we serve.
  •  Scope : is the area served by the organization, and postal code.  We may include thumbnail maps which expand to show information about participating areas, or link directly to good maps or GIS research tools on the organization's website.
  •  Contacts : relationship leader at GDI Solutions for maintaining information about contacts in this area.  If there is a working relationship through our various GUIDE services, we also list the key organization contact, phone, and optional e-mail.
  •  Website and other resources : Aside from the main website link, we may include other direct links to highlight special features of expected interest to executives, especially if they might not be readily noticed by just visiting the website.  A good example of this is when relevant content is actually maintained somewhere else, such as a regional website rather than the local one, so that one would otherwise need to know to follow the available links between the websites.
The default for all other columns is "No" unless the organization supports our work.
  •  Survey : areas which have responded to our GUIDE Network Survey, with a link to their response for convenience if published (optional) and highlighted at the top.  This is often useful as an executive summary at the "long list" stage of location selection.
  •  Profile : participates in our GUIDE Area Profile service (also highlighted at the top of the page).  This involves a closer working relationship to maintain more timely and detailed knowledge of the area throughout the year, and also involves a more detailed executive summary on the website, with many relevant links.  If there are significant incentives in the area, we may also link to a GUIDE Incentives Profile.
All area representatives are encouraged to reply to the free GUIDE Network Survey, which consists of very basic questions to help maintain timely knowledge about many areas for referral purposes.  Area representatives : see how to participate.  Current service pricing is listed on the Order Form (Adobe Acrobat .PDF file).  Refer also to any special offers.  Please help us to help you by supporting our work.

Executives who use this service are encouraged to respond to our free Executive Survey, which helps us to continuously improve.

The presence, absence, or position of any organization on these lists, or their position on the lists, does not imply any endorsement or opinion about their services, nor by them about our own.

The selections are simply intended to be helpful to executives who may be unaware of such contacts, or how to reach their websites quickly.  Please contact us directly for relevant introductions or any additional contacts, market knowledge, and research which we don't publish.

The directory above links to the websites of many Iowa economic development organizations (EDO) and provides contacts and Area Profiles, Surveys, or other available content about IA as a "long list" extension of our contacts directory for the IA and larger US North Central region, following the same structure as our global contact directories.

These area representatives would typically include

  •  a state department of commerce or industry or a provincial government office
  •  greater metro city or county area chamber of commerce
  •  county economic development agency
  •  industrial development corporation or council - IDC
  •  alliance for business development, community development
  •  investment promotion agency - IPA
  •  industry cluster development initiatives, business incubators, technology parks
  •  regional or global professional B2B networking organizations, business partnering, joint venture development, or strategic business alliance services
  •  trade and investment promotion offices

Despite the wide variety of names for such economic development organizations, and variances in the scope of their services, the ones we list are generally actively involved in efforts to attract, expand, and retain business investment projects in their areas (offices, factories, etc.), including the attraction of foreign direct investment projects (FDI).  This typically includes support services, financial incentives, and information for corporate site selection decisions as well as local business retention and expansion services. 

Contact information for relationship leaders at Global Direct Investment Solutions :

We develop and maintain working relationships among participating area representatives - economic development organizations - and professional service providers as well as senior corporate executives who are responsible for the planning of major projects such as new, relocated, expanded or consolidated offices, factories, distribution centers or other operations.

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