| Poweshiek Iowa Development Receives Economic Development Award From Iowa Area Development Group | | | | June 20, 2014 | | | Iowa Area Development Group (IADG), honored Poweshiek Iowa Development (POW I-80) and Executive Director Laura Manatt with a Silver Shovel Award at the USDA Rural Development Roundtable held on June 19 at the Drake Community Library in Grinnell.
The Silver Shovel Award honors outstanding leadership, innovation and achievement in business and community development. In presenting the award Rand Fisher, president of IADG, highlighted numerous accomplishments of POW I-80, including their comprehensive approach to business, community, and workforce development. The backbone of their marketing campaign is a robust new website (powi80.com) launched in January of 2014 that features a job bank, available sites and buildings, and all other components necessary to represent Poweshiek County. Recent business expansion projects include Brownells, Grinnell Regional Medical Center, Monsanto, Malcom Lumber and Grinnell Mutual’s conference center, to name a few. Also noted was support for business growth through the POW I-80 Revolving Loan Fund. POW I-80 was nominated for the award by T.I.P. Rural Electric Cooperative.
The Silver Shovel Award also brought with it a $1,000 contribution from the Iowa Area Development Group Community Foundation. The financial award will allow POW I-80 to strengthen its support to the businesses and communities of Poweshiek County. The IADG Community Foundation was established to facilitate community based philanthropy throughout rural Iowa, promote entrepreneurship and advance economic development.
The Silver Shovel Award was established to recognize significant accomplishments of our rural development partners. IADG was established in 1985 to help its utility sponsors and their communities promote and foster economic development. The organization and its utility sponsors have been instrumental in facilitating over 1,900 projects, $9 billion in investment and creating over 50,000 jobs for rural Iowa.
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