Tama County Autumn News 2010

4
WWW.TAMACOUNTYIOWA.ORG | PAGE 1 Congratulations to our owners of NEW BUSINESSES The Bottom End Outboard Motor Sales & Repair 2760 D Avenue, Garwin Mike: 641-751-5201 Chris: 641-328-4892 Just for Kix STC Partnership Center 215 W. 9th Street, Tama Lindsey Yanacek Salt Creek Wind, LLC 203 W. High Street, Toledo Tom Green, Senior Manager Steve Brunsvold, Manager, Project Development T & T Auto 101 W. 13th Street, Tama Live Bait 203 W. Ross, Toledo Owners: Don & Kris McClenathan Fox Ridge Winery 1465 L Avenue, Traer 319-478-8080 Owners: Mike & Gwen Seda NEW OWNERSHIP Hardon’s 114 W. 4th Street, Tama 641-484-3222 New Owner: Marty Hardon Sand Hill Auto Salvage 1981 Hwy E64, Tama 641-484-2057 New Owner: Mike Waterbury OPENING SOON TJ’s Treasurers Anytime Fitness Chelsea Savings BankTraer branch ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TAMA COUNTY IOWA AUTUMN 2010 Foundation applications ever with 63 nonprofit/government leaders identifying and dedicat- ing their expertise to improving our communities at a capital investment level of $3.3 mil- lion. The Mansfield Foundation (amongst numerous other area Foundations) also approved funding the highest number Tama County projects ever. All these grants depend on 1) local leader(s) having an idea on how to solve a challenge hin- dering our community from being well rounded, 2) local contributions to demonstrate wider community buy-in, and 3) follow through from project leaders to successfully complete the goals of the project. Thank you to everyone adding value to the assets of Tama County. Our next grant writing workshop will be Jan 2011. In addition to weekly updates to the Tama County Financing Resource booklet, we also expect to roll out a new and improved format to help you identify relevant resources easier, faster to maximize the probability of success. July 23, 2010 Tama County projects re- ceived 4 out of 25 Iowa Great Places grants during Year 1 of 3 in its Iowa Great Place designation. Tama County Great Places is a Tama County Economic Development Commission $5.5+ million investment campaign to benefit all of Tama County with 5 featured projects in development. But the Summer 2010 success did not stop there. Tama County also received the highest number of Community RECORD BREAKING TRADITIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP RECORD BREAKING TRADITIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP A R E W E E N T E R I N G A G O L D E N A G E ? A R E W E E N T E R I N G A G O L D E N A G E ? During the first half of 2010 a record breaking 18 small town/rural businesses opened their doors and wel- comed people to come do business with them. That is 18 in 6 months compared to the 17 total in 2009. 10 of these businesses created an enterprise recognizing market opportunity was being missed, and an equally important 8 sold to new owners to continue keeping the doors open as the next generation takes on the challenge of evolving the business as the economic landscape changes. 50% of the businesses that started up 5 years ago are still in operation today.

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Transcript of Tama County Autumn News 2010

Page 1: Tama County Autumn News 2010

WWWTAMACOUNTYIOWAORG | PAGE 1

Congratulations to our owners of

NEW BUSINESSES

The Bottom End Outboard Motor Sales amp Repair

2760 D Avenue Garwin Mike 641-751-5201 Chris 641-328-4892

Just for Kix STC Partnership Center

215 W 9th Street Tama Lindsey Yanacek

Salt Creek Wind LLC 203 W High Street Toledo Tom Green Senior Manager Steve Brunsvold Manager

Project Development

T amp T Auto 101 W 13th Street Tama

Live Bait 203 W Ross Toledo

Owners Don amp Kris McClenathan

Fox Ridge Winery 1465 L Avenue Traer 319-478-8080

Owners Mike amp Gwen Seda

NEW OWNERSHIP

Hardonrsquos 114 W 4th Street Tama 641-484-3222

New Owner Marty Hardon

Sand Hill Auto Salvage 1981 Hwy E64 Tama 641-484-2057

New Owner Mike Waterbury

OPENING SOON

TJrsquos Treasurers Anytime Fitness

Chelsea Savings BankmdashTraer branch

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TAMA COUNTY IOWA

AUTUMN 2010

Foundation applications ever with 63 nonprofitgovernment leaders identifying and dedicat-ing their expertise to improving our communities at a capital investment level of $33 mil-lion The Mansfield Foundation (amongst numerous other area Foundations) also approved funding the highest number Tama County projects ever

All these grants depend on 1) local leader(s) having an idea on how to solve a challenge hin-dering our community from being well rounded 2) local contributions to demonstrate wider community buy-in and 3) follow through from project leaders to successfully complete the goals of the project Thank you to everyone adding value to the assets of Tama County Our next grant writing workshop will be Jan 2011 In addition to weekly updates to the Tama County Financing Resource booklet we also expect to roll out a new and improved format to help you identify relevant resources easier faster to maximize the probability of success

July 23 2010 Tama County projects re-ceived 4 out of 25 Iowa Great Places grants during Year 1 of 3 in its Iowa Great Place designation Tama County Great Places is a Tama County Economic Development Commission $55+ million investment campaign to benefit all of Tama County with 5 featured projects in development

But the Summer 2010 success did not stop there Tama County also received the highest number of Community

RECORD BREAKING TRADITIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIPRECORD BREAKING TRADITIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP

SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIPSOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP A R E W E E N T E R I N G A G O L D E N A G E A R E W E E N T E R I N G A G O L D E N A G E

During the first half of 2010 a record breaking 18 small townrural businesses opened their doors and wel-comed people to come do business with them That is 18 in 6 months compared to the 17 total in 2009 10 of these businesses created an enterprise recognizing market opportunity was being missed and an equally important 8 sold to new owners to continue keeping the doors open as the next generation takes on the challenge of evolving the business as the economic landscape changes 50 of the businesses that started up 5 years ago are still in operation today

TAMA COUNTY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT Summer 2010 The Region 6 Housing Trust fund launched and combined state re-gional and county resources to improve the supply of quality affordable housing Applications were received for almost 50 Tama County residents to receive support The group furthermore successfully re-ceived pledges for almost $10K financial and $17K in-kind regional contribution to be eligible for $50K state financial contri-bution in a second round of applications next year

wwwtamacountyiowaorg searchldquohousingrdquo

TAMA CO ENTREPRENEURSHIP TRUST August 2010 business nonprofit govern-ment and education leaders from all over Tama County came together to take pro-active innovation driven leadership to the next level Pending resources the grouprsquos action plan will focus on increasing broad exposure to entrepreneurship and in-crease success rate

tamacountyiowaorg searchldquoentrepreneursrdquo

TAMA COUNTY IN THE SPOTLIGHT Two standout accomplishments caught our eye this quarter Thank you for making Tama County proud of locally produced products 1) Tama County Pork Producers were in charge of grilling pork at the World Pork Expo 2) John Ernest Vineyard amp Winery re-ceived 1 silver and 1 bronze medal for their wines Hillside Heaven Rose and Bohemie Blush Rose respectively

HISTORIC PRESERVATION amp CVB This yearrsquos Murder Mystery Dinner will be held October 30 6-9 pm at Pilgrim Heights in rural Montour This original 1929 Murder at Whiskey Bottom has never been solved but that may all change at this estate sale as we step into the Tama County history books as each atten-dee gets a character with info to share secrets to protect and challenges for the evening to overcome Tickets $25person Auction amp Game prize donations would be appreciated

wwwtamacountyiowaorg mystery2010

CONVENTION amp VISITORS BUREAU In addition to the Murder Mystery and a other projects this group also has the bi-annual Pocket Travel Guide in develop-ment The goal is to feature as many of the 300+ attractions of Tama County as we can find $75 donations for after fund-raising and grant writing dollars have come in Their goal is to produce and dis-tribute 13000+ booklets at a quality level consistent with industry standards There are at least a dozen other marketing projects also in development for this group

tamacountyiowaorg searchldquocvbrdquo

TAMA COUNTY ROUNDTABLES Topics including Green Tech Entrepre-neurship and Curbside Appeal received special emphasis in the summer of 2010 Upcoming topics include Value Added Ag Leadership and EDIE nominations will be the focus this fall

A Breath of Fresh Air H i g h l i g h t s o f Q 2 2 0 1 0

TAMA COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTUMN 2010

In August 2010 employers in key industries like manufacturing trucking and healthcare expressed their frustration with finding workers emerging from the recession Tama County Economic Development launched a clearing house web-site for employment opportunities to help connect Tama County based busi-nesses and available workers in one central location Over a few weeks the story was featured in a 1 hour driving radius around Tama County From Des Moines Cedar Rapids Waterloo Cedar Falls Iowa City New-ton Marshalltown as well as inside Tama County propelling wwwtamacountyiowaorgemployment into our top web resource of all time with inquiries from both inside and outside Tama County Employers who previ-ously struggled to find skilled applicants reported record number applications for their vacancies and could attribute the new levels of interest directly to this special regional economic development initiative

Tama County and the State both have 69 unemployment Nationally the aver-age unemployment is 95 A healthy balanced threshold is around 4

OUR DIVERSE WORKFORCE

AUTUMN CALENDAR

wwwtamacountyiowaorgcalendar

SEPT Thur 16 Sat 18 Sat 18

Sat 18

Mon 20 Wed 22

Wed 22

Thur 23 Sat 25 Tues 28

OCT Fri-Sun 1-3 Sat 2 Mon 4 Sat 9 Tues 26 Sat 30

NOV Mon 1 Sun 7 Sat 13 Tues 23

Govrsquot Contracting Workshop Toledo 830-1100 am 641-484-3108 Murder Mystery Auditions Montour 2-4 pm 641-484-3108 Tama-Toledo Car Show amp Cruise 12pm 641-484-6661

Iron Dog Competition Dysart 2pm 319-479-2426

Candidate Forum on Poverty Toledo 7pm 641-752-7162 Entrepreneurship Trust Toledo 630 pm 641-484-3108

Breathe Retreat Montour 10-4 641-492-6165

CPR Training Vining 6-8pm 641-489-2517 Wine Tasting amp Fall Festival Dysart 5-8pm 319-476-7277 Food Producers Roundtable Elberon 630 pm 641-484-3108

Autumn Harvest Weekend Montour 6pm Frimdash3pm Sun 641-492-6165 Buffalo Ranch Open House Tama 10am-2pm 641-484-6725 Convention amp Visitors Bureau Tama 9am 641-484-3108 Gals amp Pals Day Traer 9am-3pm 319-478-2464 Development Roundtable Clutier 630 pm 641-484-3108 Murder Mystery Dinner Montour 6-9pm 641-484-3108

Convention amp Visitors Bureau Dysart 9am 641-484-3108 Hobby amp Craft Show Tama 10am-4pm 641-484-4937 Bazaar amp Craft Show Dysart 9am-2pm 319-476-3905 Tree Lighting on Main Gladbrook 5-7pm 641-473-2643

PAGE 2 | WWWTAMACOUNTYIOWAORG

Small Business Association (SBA) is a federal program In addition to loan guarantee programs SBA provides free online training business plan templates Consulting is specialized for veterans women and minorities This program is especially good for self-directed learners comfortable with technol-ogy and special population groups wwwsbagov 319-362-6405 ext 2016 Service Corps of Retired Executive Consultations (SCORE) is connected to the Small Business Asso-ciation and provides personalized counseling and training This program is especially good for busi-ness owners interested in focusing in-depth on a specific issue with one-on-one attention from an expert Comfort with technology will often be necessary wwwscoreorg 641-753-6645

Iowa Small Business Development Centers (SBDC) is a State program to provide services such as development of business plans manufacturing assistance financial packaging assistance contracting assistance and international trade assistance Special emphasis areas include e-commerce technol-ogy transfer regulatory compliance research and development Defense Economic Transition Assis-tance disaster recovery assistance and market research This resource is ideal for business owners who prefer to work in-person with consultants Service offering includes one-on-one consulting as well as classroom style workshops events and seminars There are five SBDCrsquos within a 1 hour drive of Tama County wwwuniedurbc 319-236-8123

Business License Information Center (BLIC) is a State program providing a comprehensive clearing-house of Iowa licenses The online search engine enables you to search by licenses key words busi-ness fact sheets forms and wizard Depending on where you are at in the business life cycle if itrsquos planning your business registering keeping up to date on compliance requirements or finding re-sources and seeking to grow your business assistance is tailored to your needs wwwiowalifechangingcom 515-725-3122

Entrepreneurial Development Center Inc is a state program designed to propel Iowarsquos entrepre-neurial efforts into successful businesses with the support of seasoned entrepreneurs wwwedcincorg 319-369-4955

Renew Rural Iowa is an Iowa Farm Bureau program to help business leaders gain access to critical mentoring a network of local providers and funding possibilities that can help grow or expand a business This program is ideal for (new) business owners who prefer to dedicate one day and get information from a wide variety of experts in a lecture setup A longer-term mentoring program is also available wwwrenewruraliowacom 800-254-9670

Iowa Valley Community College District amp Hawkeye Community College District offer training resources customized to local market needs Pending interest and funding curriculum for entrepre-neurs include FastTrac and Smart Start Both programs are designed as classroom style learning for entrepreneurs to develop their business concept over a couple of weeks wwwiavalleyedu 641-752-4645 ext334 wwwhawkeyecollegeedu 319-277-3806 ext3008

Center for Industrial Research and Service (CIRAS) is the industrial extension arm of Iowa State Uni-versity offering amongst other resources government procurement support as well as efficiency de-velopment in manufacturing wwwcirasiastateedu 515-231-1452

Target Industry Specific Resources Various industries furthermore have specialized resources Please touch base if we can help connect you wwwtamacountyiowaorg 641-484-3108

WWWTAMACOUNTYIOWAORG | PAGE 3

TAMA COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTUMN 2010

INDUSTRY FOCUS ENTREPRENEURS amp SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

GENERAL STRATEGIC RESOURCES

STANDARD MAIL US POSTAGE PAID

TOLEDO IA PERMIT NO 22

PROSPECT DRIVE PO BOX 22 TOLEDO IA 52342 (641) 484-3108 INFOTAMACOUNTYIOWAORG WWWTAMACOUNTYIOWAORG

Partners 2010

OUR VISION FOR TAMA COUNTY IOWA INCREASE LEVEL OF CAPITAL INVESTMENT INCREASE NUMBER OF FAIR MARKET LIVING WAGE JOBS INCREASE EFFICIENCY AT WHICH CAPITAL amp JOBS ARE COMBINED

K amp M Sanitation Kenkel Law Office King Tower Cafe Kruger Commodities LL Owens amp Associates Ins Manattrsquos Medicap Pharmacy Mental Health Clinic of Tama Co North Tama School District Poweshiek Water Association Sash Auction Service S amp S Car Wash South Tama School District Tama-Toledo Subway Thys Chevrolet Buick Toledo Community Theatre Guild Traer Development Corp Traer Municipal Utilities Williams Manufacturing Inc Wolfe Clinic Eye Centers Wrage Realty

STAFF Lindi Roelofse Executive Director amp Joanne Husak Administrative Assistant

Additional partners welcomed Forms available at wwwtamacountyiowaorgdirectory

PLATINUM PARTNERS

Alliant Energy Farmers Coop Telephone Co Iowa Telecom KFJB-AM KZAT-FM Pioneer Hi-Bred State Bank of Toledo TamaGrundy Publishing

GOLD PARTNERS Covenant Medical Centers Tama Co Abstract Company Tama Paper Board TIP Rural Electric Wind Capital Group AJ amp Marge Ziskovsky

SILVER PARTNERS Bohemian Mutual Insurance Consumers Energy Dysart Development Corp Goos Implement Grundy County REC Home Federal Savings Bank Lincoln Savings BankmdashGarwin Miguelrsquos Construction Tama Co Mutual Ins Assoc

BRONZE PARTNERS Acme Printing Appraisal amp Real Estate Services B amp G HVAC Burk Law Office Carl Luze Real Estate Chymarsquos Machine amp Welding Deer Creek Health Center Designer Inn amp Suites DeWitt Refrigeration Doylersquos Family Pharmacy Eikamp Insurance Eyecare Associates Farmers Mutual Ins Assoc Farmers Savings Bank amp Trust Garwin Comm Revitalization Gladbrook Commercial Club Gladbrook Investment Co Iowa Builders Supply Iowa Step amp Tank Isabelle Originals amp Ivy Threads John Ernest Vineyard amp Winery

LEADERSHIP

Midge Horton Chair Vining Marty Hardon Vice-Chair Tama Keith Sash 2nd Vice-Chair Gldbk Don Lyons Past Chair Dysart

Roger Ochs Chelsea Pat Veit Chelsea Gerry Kopriva Clutier Arlene Vondracek Clutier Dwayne Luze Dysart Nancy Braasch Elberon Linn Snell Elberon Carl Zoffka Garwin Merle Parks Garwin Mandy Gehring Gladbrook Roland Fink Lincoln Annie Stocker Lincoln Susan Holubar Montour Dale Gericke Montour Chris Bearden Tama Pam Wood Toledo Brian Sokol Toledo Ellen Young Traer Nick Podhajsky Traer Dale Stout Vining Kendall Jordan Co Supervisor Larry Vest Co Supervisor Dan Wilkens Co Supervisor

Page 2: Tama County Autumn News 2010

TAMA COUNTY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT Summer 2010 The Region 6 Housing Trust fund launched and combined state re-gional and county resources to improve the supply of quality affordable housing Applications were received for almost 50 Tama County residents to receive support The group furthermore successfully re-ceived pledges for almost $10K financial and $17K in-kind regional contribution to be eligible for $50K state financial contri-bution in a second round of applications next year

wwwtamacountyiowaorg searchldquohousingrdquo

TAMA CO ENTREPRENEURSHIP TRUST August 2010 business nonprofit govern-ment and education leaders from all over Tama County came together to take pro-active innovation driven leadership to the next level Pending resources the grouprsquos action plan will focus on increasing broad exposure to entrepreneurship and in-crease success rate

tamacountyiowaorg searchldquoentrepreneursrdquo

TAMA COUNTY IN THE SPOTLIGHT Two standout accomplishments caught our eye this quarter Thank you for making Tama County proud of locally produced products 1) Tama County Pork Producers were in charge of grilling pork at the World Pork Expo 2) John Ernest Vineyard amp Winery re-ceived 1 silver and 1 bronze medal for their wines Hillside Heaven Rose and Bohemie Blush Rose respectively

HISTORIC PRESERVATION amp CVB This yearrsquos Murder Mystery Dinner will be held October 30 6-9 pm at Pilgrim Heights in rural Montour This original 1929 Murder at Whiskey Bottom has never been solved but that may all change at this estate sale as we step into the Tama County history books as each atten-dee gets a character with info to share secrets to protect and challenges for the evening to overcome Tickets $25person Auction amp Game prize donations would be appreciated

wwwtamacountyiowaorg mystery2010

CONVENTION amp VISITORS BUREAU In addition to the Murder Mystery and a other projects this group also has the bi-annual Pocket Travel Guide in develop-ment The goal is to feature as many of the 300+ attractions of Tama County as we can find $75 donations for after fund-raising and grant writing dollars have come in Their goal is to produce and dis-tribute 13000+ booklets at a quality level consistent with industry standards There are at least a dozen other marketing projects also in development for this group

tamacountyiowaorg searchldquocvbrdquo

TAMA COUNTY ROUNDTABLES Topics including Green Tech Entrepre-neurship and Curbside Appeal received special emphasis in the summer of 2010 Upcoming topics include Value Added Ag Leadership and EDIE nominations will be the focus this fall

A Breath of Fresh Air H i g h l i g h t s o f Q 2 2 0 1 0

TAMA COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTUMN 2010

In August 2010 employers in key industries like manufacturing trucking and healthcare expressed their frustration with finding workers emerging from the recession Tama County Economic Development launched a clearing house web-site for employment opportunities to help connect Tama County based busi-nesses and available workers in one central location Over a few weeks the story was featured in a 1 hour driving radius around Tama County From Des Moines Cedar Rapids Waterloo Cedar Falls Iowa City New-ton Marshalltown as well as inside Tama County propelling wwwtamacountyiowaorgemployment into our top web resource of all time with inquiries from both inside and outside Tama County Employers who previ-ously struggled to find skilled applicants reported record number applications for their vacancies and could attribute the new levels of interest directly to this special regional economic development initiative

Tama County and the State both have 69 unemployment Nationally the aver-age unemployment is 95 A healthy balanced threshold is around 4

OUR DIVERSE WORKFORCE

AUTUMN CALENDAR

wwwtamacountyiowaorgcalendar

SEPT Thur 16 Sat 18 Sat 18

Sat 18

Mon 20 Wed 22

Wed 22

Thur 23 Sat 25 Tues 28

OCT Fri-Sun 1-3 Sat 2 Mon 4 Sat 9 Tues 26 Sat 30

NOV Mon 1 Sun 7 Sat 13 Tues 23

Govrsquot Contracting Workshop Toledo 830-1100 am 641-484-3108 Murder Mystery Auditions Montour 2-4 pm 641-484-3108 Tama-Toledo Car Show amp Cruise 12pm 641-484-6661

Iron Dog Competition Dysart 2pm 319-479-2426

Candidate Forum on Poverty Toledo 7pm 641-752-7162 Entrepreneurship Trust Toledo 630 pm 641-484-3108

Breathe Retreat Montour 10-4 641-492-6165

CPR Training Vining 6-8pm 641-489-2517 Wine Tasting amp Fall Festival Dysart 5-8pm 319-476-7277 Food Producers Roundtable Elberon 630 pm 641-484-3108

Autumn Harvest Weekend Montour 6pm Frimdash3pm Sun 641-492-6165 Buffalo Ranch Open House Tama 10am-2pm 641-484-6725 Convention amp Visitors Bureau Tama 9am 641-484-3108 Gals amp Pals Day Traer 9am-3pm 319-478-2464 Development Roundtable Clutier 630 pm 641-484-3108 Murder Mystery Dinner Montour 6-9pm 641-484-3108

Convention amp Visitors Bureau Dysart 9am 641-484-3108 Hobby amp Craft Show Tama 10am-4pm 641-484-4937 Bazaar amp Craft Show Dysart 9am-2pm 319-476-3905 Tree Lighting on Main Gladbrook 5-7pm 641-473-2643

PAGE 2 | WWWTAMACOUNTYIOWAORG

Small Business Association (SBA) is a federal program In addition to loan guarantee programs SBA provides free online training business plan templates Consulting is specialized for veterans women and minorities This program is especially good for self-directed learners comfortable with technol-ogy and special population groups wwwsbagov 319-362-6405 ext 2016 Service Corps of Retired Executive Consultations (SCORE) is connected to the Small Business Asso-ciation and provides personalized counseling and training This program is especially good for busi-ness owners interested in focusing in-depth on a specific issue with one-on-one attention from an expert Comfort with technology will often be necessary wwwscoreorg 641-753-6645

Iowa Small Business Development Centers (SBDC) is a State program to provide services such as development of business plans manufacturing assistance financial packaging assistance contracting assistance and international trade assistance Special emphasis areas include e-commerce technol-ogy transfer regulatory compliance research and development Defense Economic Transition Assis-tance disaster recovery assistance and market research This resource is ideal for business owners who prefer to work in-person with consultants Service offering includes one-on-one consulting as well as classroom style workshops events and seminars There are five SBDCrsquos within a 1 hour drive of Tama County wwwuniedurbc 319-236-8123

Business License Information Center (BLIC) is a State program providing a comprehensive clearing-house of Iowa licenses The online search engine enables you to search by licenses key words busi-ness fact sheets forms and wizard Depending on where you are at in the business life cycle if itrsquos planning your business registering keeping up to date on compliance requirements or finding re-sources and seeking to grow your business assistance is tailored to your needs wwwiowalifechangingcom 515-725-3122

Entrepreneurial Development Center Inc is a state program designed to propel Iowarsquos entrepre-neurial efforts into successful businesses with the support of seasoned entrepreneurs wwwedcincorg 319-369-4955

Renew Rural Iowa is an Iowa Farm Bureau program to help business leaders gain access to critical mentoring a network of local providers and funding possibilities that can help grow or expand a business This program is ideal for (new) business owners who prefer to dedicate one day and get information from a wide variety of experts in a lecture setup A longer-term mentoring program is also available wwwrenewruraliowacom 800-254-9670

Iowa Valley Community College District amp Hawkeye Community College District offer training resources customized to local market needs Pending interest and funding curriculum for entrepre-neurs include FastTrac and Smart Start Both programs are designed as classroom style learning for entrepreneurs to develop their business concept over a couple of weeks wwwiavalleyedu 641-752-4645 ext334 wwwhawkeyecollegeedu 319-277-3806 ext3008

Center for Industrial Research and Service (CIRAS) is the industrial extension arm of Iowa State Uni-versity offering amongst other resources government procurement support as well as efficiency de-velopment in manufacturing wwwcirasiastateedu 515-231-1452

Target Industry Specific Resources Various industries furthermore have specialized resources Please touch base if we can help connect you wwwtamacountyiowaorg 641-484-3108

WWWTAMACOUNTYIOWAORG | PAGE 3

TAMA COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTUMN 2010

INDUSTRY FOCUS ENTREPRENEURS amp SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

GENERAL STRATEGIC RESOURCES

STANDARD MAIL US POSTAGE PAID

TOLEDO IA PERMIT NO 22

PROSPECT DRIVE PO BOX 22 TOLEDO IA 52342 (641) 484-3108 INFOTAMACOUNTYIOWAORG WWWTAMACOUNTYIOWAORG

Partners 2010

OUR VISION FOR TAMA COUNTY IOWA INCREASE LEVEL OF CAPITAL INVESTMENT INCREASE NUMBER OF FAIR MARKET LIVING WAGE JOBS INCREASE EFFICIENCY AT WHICH CAPITAL amp JOBS ARE COMBINED

K amp M Sanitation Kenkel Law Office King Tower Cafe Kruger Commodities LL Owens amp Associates Ins Manattrsquos Medicap Pharmacy Mental Health Clinic of Tama Co North Tama School District Poweshiek Water Association Sash Auction Service S amp S Car Wash South Tama School District Tama-Toledo Subway Thys Chevrolet Buick Toledo Community Theatre Guild Traer Development Corp Traer Municipal Utilities Williams Manufacturing Inc Wolfe Clinic Eye Centers Wrage Realty

STAFF Lindi Roelofse Executive Director amp Joanne Husak Administrative Assistant

Additional partners welcomed Forms available at wwwtamacountyiowaorgdirectory

PLATINUM PARTNERS

Alliant Energy Farmers Coop Telephone Co Iowa Telecom KFJB-AM KZAT-FM Pioneer Hi-Bred State Bank of Toledo TamaGrundy Publishing

GOLD PARTNERS Covenant Medical Centers Tama Co Abstract Company Tama Paper Board TIP Rural Electric Wind Capital Group AJ amp Marge Ziskovsky

SILVER PARTNERS Bohemian Mutual Insurance Consumers Energy Dysart Development Corp Goos Implement Grundy County REC Home Federal Savings Bank Lincoln Savings BankmdashGarwin Miguelrsquos Construction Tama Co Mutual Ins Assoc

BRONZE PARTNERS Acme Printing Appraisal amp Real Estate Services B amp G HVAC Burk Law Office Carl Luze Real Estate Chymarsquos Machine amp Welding Deer Creek Health Center Designer Inn amp Suites DeWitt Refrigeration Doylersquos Family Pharmacy Eikamp Insurance Eyecare Associates Farmers Mutual Ins Assoc Farmers Savings Bank amp Trust Garwin Comm Revitalization Gladbrook Commercial Club Gladbrook Investment Co Iowa Builders Supply Iowa Step amp Tank Isabelle Originals amp Ivy Threads John Ernest Vineyard amp Winery

LEADERSHIP

Midge Horton Chair Vining Marty Hardon Vice-Chair Tama Keith Sash 2nd Vice-Chair Gldbk Don Lyons Past Chair Dysart

Roger Ochs Chelsea Pat Veit Chelsea Gerry Kopriva Clutier Arlene Vondracek Clutier Dwayne Luze Dysart Nancy Braasch Elberon Linn Snell Elberon Carl Zoffka Garwin Merle Parks Garwin Mandy Gehring Gladbrook Roland Fink Lincoln Annie Stocker Lincoln Susan Holubar Montour Dale Gericke Montour Chris Bearden Tama Pam Wood Toledo Brian Sokol Toledo Ellen Young Traer Nick Podhajsky Traer Dale Stout Vining Kendall Jordan Co Supervisor Larry Vest Co Supervisor Dan Wilkens Co Supervisor

Page 3: Tama County Autumn News 2010

Small Business Association (SBA) is a federal program In addition to loan guarantee programs SBA provides free online training business plan templates Consulting is specialized for veterans women and minorities This program is especially good for self-directed learners comfortable with technol-ogy and special population groups wwwsbagov 319-362-6405 ext 2016 Service Corps of Retired Executive Consultations (SCORE) is connected to the Small Business Asso-ciation and provides personalized counseling and training This program is especially good for busi-ness owners interested in focusing in-depth on a specific issue with one-on-one attention from an expert Comfort with technology will often be necessary wwwscoreorg 641-753-6645

Iowa Small Business Development Centers (SBDC) is a State program to provide services such as development of business plans manufacturing assistance financial packaging assistance contracting assistance and international trade assistance Special emphasis areas include e-commerce technol-ogy transfer regulatory compliance research and development Defense Economic Transition Assis-tance disaster recovery assistance and market research This resource is ideal for business owners who prefer to work in-person with consultants Service offering includes one-on-one consulting as well as classroom style workshops events and seminars There are five SBDCrsquos within a 1 hour drive of Tama County wwwuniedurbc 319-236-8123

Business License Information Center (BLIC) is a State program providing a comprehensive clearing-house of Iowa licenses The online search engine enables you to search by licenses key words busi-ness fact sheets forms and wizard Depending on where you are at in the business life cycle if itrsquos planning your business registering keeping up to date on compliance requirements or finding re-sources and seeking to grow your business assistance is tailored to your needs wwwiowalifechangingcom 515-725-3122

Entrepreneurial Development Center Inc is a state program designed to propel Iowarsquos entrepre-neurial efforts into successful businesses with the support of seasoned entrepreneurs wwwedcincorg 319-369-4955

Renew Rural Iowa is an Iowa Farm Bureau program to help business leaders gain access to critical mentoring a network of local providers and funding possibilities that can help grow or expand a business This program is ideal for (new) business owners who prefer to dedicate one day and get information from a wide variety of experts in a lecture setup A longer-term mentoring program is also available wwwrenewruraliowacom 800-254-9670

Iowa Valley Community College District amp Hawkeye Community College District offer training resources customized to local market needs Pending interest and funding curriculum for entrepre-neurs include FastTrac and Smart Start Both programs are designed as classroom style learning for entrepreneurs to develop their business concept over a couple of weeks wwwiavalleyedu 641-752-4645 ext334 wwwhawkeyecollegeedu 319-277-3806 ext3008

Center for Industrial Research and Service (CIRAS) is the industrial extension arm of Iowa State Uni-versity offering amongst other resources government procurement support as well as efficiency de-velopment in manufacturing wwwcirasiastateedu 515-231-1452

Target Industry Specific Resources Various industries furthermore have specialized resources Please touch base if we can help connect you wwwtamacountyiowaorg 641-484-3108

WWWTAMACOUNTYIOWAORG | PAGE 3

TAMA COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTUMN 2010

INDUSTRY FOCUS ENTREPRENEURS amp SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

GENERAL STRATEGIC RESOURCES

STANDARD MAIL US POSTAGE PAID

TOLEDO IA PERMIT NO 22

PROSPECT DRIVE PO BOX 22 TOLEDO IA 52342 (641) 484-3108 INFOTAMACOUNTYIOWAORG WWWTAMACOUNTYIOWAORG

Partners 2010

OUR VISION FOR TAMA COUNTY IOWA INCREASE LEVEL OF CAPITAL INVESTMENT INCREASE NUMBER OF FAIR MARKET LIVING WAGE JOBS INCREASE EFFICIENCY AT WHICH CAPITAL amp JOBS ARE COMBINED

K amp M Sanitation Kenkel Law Office King Tower Cafe Kruger Commodities LL Owens amp Associates Ins Manattrsquos Medicap Pharmacy Mental Health Clinic of Tama Co North Tama School District Poweshiek Water Association Sash Auction Service S amp S Car Wash South Tama School District Tama-Toledo Subway Thys Chevrolet Buick Toledo Community Theatre Guild Traer Development Corp Traer Municipal Utilities Williams Manufacturing Inc Wolfe Clinic Eye Centers Wrage Realty

STAFF Lindi Roelofse Executive Director amp Joanne Husak Administrative Assistant

Additional partners welcomed Forms available at wwwtamacountyiowaorgdirectory

PLATINUM PARTNERS

Alliant Energy Farmers Coop Telephone Co Iowa Telecom KFJB-AM KZAT-FM Pioneer Hi-Bred State Bank of Toledo TamaGrundy Publishing

GOLD PARTNERS Covenant Medical Centers Tama Co Abstract Company Tama Paper Board TIP Rural Electric Wind Capital Group AJ amp Marge Ziskovsky

SILVER PARTNERS Bohemian Mutual Insurance Consumers Energy Dysart Development Corp Goos Implement Grundy County REC Home Federal Savings Bank Lincoln Savings BankmdashGarwin Miguelrsquos Construction Tama Co Mutual Ins Assoc

BRONZE PARTNERS Acme Printing Appraisal amp Real Estate Services B amp G HVAC Burk Law Office Carl Luze Real Estate Chymarsquos Machine amp Welding Deer Creek Health Center Designer Inn amp Suites DeWitt Refrigeration Doylersquos Family Pharmacy Eikamp Insurance Eyecare Associates Farmers Mutual Ins Assoc Farmers Savings Bank amp Trust Garwin Comm Revitalization Gladbrook Commercial Club Gladbrook Investment Co Iowa Builders Supply Iowa Step amp Tank Isabelle Originals amp Ivy Threads John Ernest Vineyard amp Winery

LEADERSHIP

Midge Horton Chair Vining Marty Hardon Vice-Chair Tama Keith Sash 2nd Vice-Chair Gldbk Don Lyons Past Chair Dysart

Roger Ochs Chelsea Pat Veit Chelsea Gerry Kopriva Clutier Arlene Vondracek Clutier Dwayne Luze Dysart Nancy Braasch Elberon Linn Snell Elberon Carl Zoffka Garwin Merle Parks Garwin Mandy Gehring Gladbrook Roland Fink Lincoln Annie Stocker Lincoln Susan Holubar Montour Dale Gericke Montour Chris Bearden Tama Pam Wood Toledo Brian Sokol Toledo Ellen Young Traer Nick Podhajsky Traer Dale Stout Vining Kendall Jordan Co Supervisor Larry Vest Co Supervisor Dan Wilkens Co Supervisor

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Partners 2010

OUR VISION FOR TAMA COUNTY IOWA INCREASE LEVEL OF CAPITAL INVESTMENT INCREASE NUMBER OF FAIR MARKET LIVING WAGE JOBS INCREASE EFFICIENCY AT WHICH CAPITAL amp JOBS ARE COMBINED

K amp M Sanitation Kenkel Law Office King Tower Cafe Kruger Commodities LL Owens amp Associates Ins Manattrsquos Medicap Pharmacy Mental Health Clinic of Tama Co North Tama School District Poweshiek Water Association Sash Auction Service S amp S Car Wash South Tama School District Tama-Toledo Subway Thys Chevrolet Buick Toledo Community Theatre Guild Traer Development Corp Traer Municipal Utilities Williams Manufacturing Inc Wolfe Clinic Eye Centers Wrage Realty

STAFF Lindi Roelofse Executive Director amp Joanne Husak Administrative Assistant

Additional partners welcomed Forms available at wwwtamacountyiowaorgdirectory

PLATINUM PARTNERS

Alliant Energy Farmers Coop Telephone Co Iowa Telecom KFJB-AM KZAT-FM Pioneer Hi-Bred State Bank of Toledo TamaGrundy Publishing

GOLD PARTNERS Covenant Medical Centers Tama Co Abstract Company Tama Paper Board TIP Rural Electric Wind Capital Group AJ amp Marge Ziskovsky

SILVER PARTNERS Bohemian Mutual Insurance Consumers Energy Dysart Development Corp Goos Implement Grundy County REC Home Federal Savings Bank Lincoln Savings BankmdashGarwin Miguelrsquos Construction Tama Co Mutual Ins Assoc

BRONZE PARTNERS Acme Printing Appraisal amp Real Estate Services B amp G HVAC Burk Law Office Carl Luze Real Estate Chymarsquos Machine amp Welding Deer Creek Health Center Designer Inn amp Suites DeWitt Refrigeration Doylersquos Family Pharmacy Eikamp Insurance Eyecare Associates Farmers Mutual Ins Assoc Farmers Savings Bank amp Trust Garwin Comm Revitalization Gladbrook Commercial Club Gladbrook Investment Co Iowa Builders Supply Iowa Step amp Tank Isabelle Originals amp Ivy Threads John Ernest Vineyard amp Winery

LEADERSHIP

Midge Horton Chair Vining Marty Hardon Vice-Chair Tama Keith Sash 2nd Vice-Chair Gldbk Don Lyons Past Chair Dysart

Roger Ochs Chelsea Pat Veit Chelsea Gerry Kopriva Clutier Arlene Vondracek Clutier Dwayne Luze Dysart Nancy Braasch Elberon Linn Snell Elberon Carl Zoffka Garwin Merle Parks Garwin Mandy Gehring Gladbrook Roland Fink Lincoln Annie Stocker Lincoln Susan Holubar Montour Dale Gericke Montour Chris Bearden Tama Pam Wood Toledo Brian Sokol Toledo Ellen Young Traer Nick Podhajsky Traer Dale Stout Vining Kendall Jordan Co Supervisor Larry Vest Co Supervisor Dan Wilkens Co Supervisor