Meet the 2011 EDIES…

Congratulations and thank you to the following businesses, nonprofits, educational institutions, residents and government agencies who made up the 2011 EDIES and provided outstanding innovative value added economic development solutions to Tama County, Iowa. To read any of their stories, click on the linked label:

1. Czech Point Restaurant & Pub – Business Formation
2. Wendt Tire & Service - Business Formation
3. Uptown Lounge & Supper Club - Business Formation
4. Ally Seed - Business Expansion & Retention
5. Hometown Foods - Business Expansion & Retention
6. Serious Sanitation - Business Expansion & Retention
7. Van’s Meat Locker - Financing
8. Traer Municipal Utilities wind turbine - Financing
9. Dysart Ag Museum & Historical Center - Financing
10. H & R Block - Real Estate
11. Four-Laning Highway 30 - Real Estate
12. Tama Paper Board & Alliant Energy - Real Estate
13. Tama County Pork Producers - Marketing
14. Meskwaki Museum - Marketing
15. Traer Chamber of Commerce/Dysart Business Builders - Marketing
16. Hometown, the Movie – Community
17. Vining City Hall Makeover – Community
18. Tama County Diversity Alliance - Community
19. Union Middle School Robotics Program - Workforce & Education Development
20. Green Tech Training Program - Workforce & Education Development
21. Meskwaki, Inc. – Workforce & Education Development
22. Garwin Revitalization Generator – Strategic Partnerships
23. Lincoln Water & Sewer – Strategic Partnerships
24. 2011 Storm Recovery – Strategic Partnerships