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Warren County Economic Development Corp. Warren County Economic Development Corp. Warren County Economic Development Corp. Warren County Economic Development Corp.
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WARREN COUNTY IS GROWTHPopulation growth of almost 14% from 2000 – 2010. (40,671 to
46,225)
Household Income grew 24.5% from 2000 – 2010 ($51,000 to
$64,371)
Job Growth over the next 10 years is estimated at 33.18%
(2% higher than national estimated growth)
The top 20 companies in W.C. had $690,000,000 in sales last year
(an estimated 38% increase in ten years )
W.C. MHI is $64,371 (20.5% higher than national average)
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WARREN COUNTY IS GROWTH (CONT.)Ranked third in the state for per capita income at $29,327 (#1
Dallas, Dickinson #2)
Ranked second in the state for median household income at
$64,371 (#1 Dallas)
Ranked 2% higher than the national average for the percent of
population employed in the Management, Business, and
Financial Sectors.
Ranked 3% higher than the national average for the percent of
population employed in the Office Professional Sector, & 1%
higher in the Construction & Extraction.
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WARREN COUNTY IS GROWTH (CONT.)
Fourth Fastest Growing County in the State (population)
Students enrolled in Warren County Schools have a graduation
rate of 96.24% (9.24%higher than the state average and 26.24%
higher than the national average)
The unemployment rate in Warren County is 5.5%
(2 % lower than the state, and 2.8% lower than the national rate)
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Workforce Base
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WARREN COUNTY IS KNOWN BY
THE COMPANIES THAT WE KEEP!
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Capital City Fruit• Roughly 120 jobs
• Family-owned business founded in 1949 and current management in place since 2004.
• Regional distributor of fresh fruits and vegetables, serving retail grocery distribution centers and institutional food service wholesale customers
• Expansion underway for a 70,000 square feet facility for distribution facility and 12,000 for offices. Will move into the building on October 31. It is a $13.5 million project.
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Alamo Group
• 65 employees in Indianola
• Began as Herschel in 1974, Alamo Group in 1995
• Manufactures and distributes aftermarket parts for the Agricultural Industry
• In 2002 the warehouse was expanded by 52,500 sq. ft. for $1.3 million
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Cemen Tech• Current employment is
approx. 89 (100% employee-owned)
• Cemen Tech is a 43 year old company with 38 years in Indianola.
• Cemen Tech is the world’s largest designer and manufacturer of volumetric concrete mixers.
• Employee levels up marginally after concrete industry hit hard in 2008.
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EDJE Technologies
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General Mills• General Mills presently has
90 full time employees
• General Mills been operating in Carlisle for 55 years
• Produces Gold Medal wheat flour for the wholesale Baking Industry as well as Betty Crocker baking mixes for the retail market.
• Last expansion was in 2002 with a nearly doubling of capacity to our retail baking mix operation. 15 new employees were added at that time.
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Harvest Innovations• 50 employees
• Soy Innovations started in
2002 as a pilot plant.
Current owners purchased in
2009
• Primary product is soy based
protein (largest supplier for
ingredients – bars, cereals)
• Built a new plant in Ohio and
would like to expand in
Indianola
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La Quercia• 27 employees
• Started in 2000, began
processing ham in 2005
• Processes premium dry
cure pork in Italian
tradition
• Doubled building size in
2009. Added more
machines for aging and
slicing meat
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Williams Machine Shop• 16 total employees
• 20 years in Warren County
• Diversified business with
walk in repairs, contract
work with Canadian
customer, and duct work
• Added on to building each
of the last six years (25k sq
ft total)
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Other Notable Firms
Powdered Metal
Products
Marble Works
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Transportation Connectivity
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Southwest Connector & Arterial
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Hwy 5 Bypass / Interstate Redesignation
(Purple Heart Highway)
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Highway 92 Reconstruction
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New Cumming Exit Interchange
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Real Estate Opportunities
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Toy Direct - Indianola142,000 sq. ft. of lease space
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Scotch Ridge - Carlisle
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Summercrest Hills - Indianola
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Colonial Parkway - Norwalk
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Cumming Planned Area
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Broadband & Technology – Indianola Municipal Utilities
� Public/Private partnership that delivers world-class advanced
telecom services and helps foster a vibrant Warren Co. tech
economy.
� Municipal-owned fiber-to-the-premise distribution network
interconnected to statewide fiber networks using SONET
architecture.
� Broadband capacity and pricing designed to meets the needs of
both the largest (100MB/sec. +) and smallest (1MB/sec.)
customer; up to 10Gbps potential plus dark fiber services available
to private carriers of choice.
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What Makes Warren County Special?
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Great Western Trail
Woodland Mounds Preserve Trail
Summerset Trail and Park
Lake Ahquabi State Park
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Warren County EDC111 North Buxton
Indianola, Iowa 50125
(515) 961-1067
Jason White: [email protected]
Hollie Askey: [email protected]
Chelsea Rouse: [email protected]