‘Featured’ Archives
Iowa Students Encouraged to be Legislative Pages
The Iowa Legislature is currently calling on area high school students to learn more about the legislative process by applying to serve as a Page for the 2013 Legislative Session. Pages provide invaluable assistance to Representatives and House staff by running errands, delivering messages, and distributing bills and amendments. Pages also [...]
Jobs Spotlight: MyEntre.Net
MyEntre.Net is a support system that offers small-business owners the opportunity to network with fellow entrepreneurs, obtain technical assistance, and learn about available resources. It is administered by the UNI Regional Business Center and funded through Iowa’s Economic Development budget. This free online tool offers social networks [...]
Additional Counties Added to Disaster Declaration
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack has declared an additional 35 Iowa counties as primary natural disaster areas due to the drought. These additional counties include: Adair, Adams, Audubon, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Cerro Gordo, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford, Dallas, Floyd, Franklin, Fremont, Greene, Guthrie, Hancock, Harrison, [...]
Jobs Spotlight: Iowa’s Small Business Development Centers
With 16 regional assistance centers across Iowa, the Iowa Small Business Development Centers provide free business advice and information, hold business and entrepreneur workshops, and also offers access to experts in a variety of fields. The centers offer a variety train business entrepreneurs as well, in management, financing, and operations [...]
Jobs Spotlight: Iowa Enterprise Zone
Developing and revitalizing new or economically stressed parts of Iowa has always been a goal of the legislature. The Enterprise Zone tax incentives are designed to stimulate development by businesses and developers to make new investments, and create or retain jobs in these distressed areas. The goal of the program is to revitalize these areas [...]