Blog entries http://www.growfairfield.com Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:05:45 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.growfairfield.com/117-new-fairfield-downtown-square-online-map <p>The Fairfield Area Chamber of Commerce has released a new online map with Chambers members located on the downtown square. The online map is an interactive tool to help orient community visitors to downtown Chamber member businesses.</p><br/><p>You'll find contact and product description information as well as operating hours and street views for each Chamber member business listed when available. This is just another great example of why Chamber membership pays!</p><br/><p>Not located on the squar... Sam Busch Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:45:33 +0100 http://www.growfairfield.com/116-introducing-google-places <p> </p><br/><p style="padding-left: 60px;"><img src="http://www.fairfieldiowa.com/images/blogs/Google_Places.JPG" /></p><br/><p>If you're a local business owner and you want to take control of the information Google has or doesn't have listed about your business on Google Search and Google Maps, then Google Places can help you do just that. For simple and easy help getting started with Google Places and other useful tips click here.</p><br/><p>Google Places provides business owners with powerful yet eas... Sam Busch Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:19:04 +0100 http://www.growfairfield.com/115-feda-quarterly-1q-2010-now-available <p> </p><br/><br/><br/><p style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; ">The 1Q 2010 edition FEDA Quarterly was released on April 16th. The newsletter includes articles on&nbsp;a 15+ new jobs announcement, an Industrial Park property profile, building code in development by the City of Fairfield, the Convention Center issue, the launch of the 2010 Fairfield Existing Business Initiative and much more.</p><br/><p style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-... Sam Busch Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:18:01 +0100 http://www.growfairfield.com/114-available-building-profile-237000-sf-in-fairfield <p>Located at 1801 West Stone Ave, Fairfield, IA 52556 is and available for sale 237,000 sf. industrial facility that's 100% leased on a 27 acres lot. The building has 20,000 sf. of office space with ample parking and an outside yard. The listing brochure is available here.</p><br/><p>Other facility features include:<br />&bull; 99% sprinklered (wet)<br />&bull; 16'-25'clear ceiling height<br />&bull; Column spacing: 30' x 49'<br />&bull; 5 dock-high and 7 grade-level doors<br />&bull; Tilt-up c... Sam Busch Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:14:40 +0100 http://www.growfairfield.com/110-agri-industrial-plastics-company-receives-state-incentives-to-expand <p>Portions excerpted from an article appearing in the Fairfield Ledger.</p><br/><p>Agri-Industrial Plastics Company has been awarded $36,000 and tax benefits to help expand, create and retain jobs. The award was approved by the Iowa Department of Economic Development Board and will create in Fairfield, five new jobs and retain seven jobs. The tax benefits were made from the Enterprise Zone program. A resolution supporting Agri-Industrial Plastics’ Enterprise Zone Application was approved in Februa... Sam Busch Thu, 08 Apr 2010 05:00:00 +0100 http://www.growfairfield.com/109-2010-fairfield-existing-business-initiative-underway Portions excerpted from March 17, 2010 FEDA media release.&nbsp;To read the full release, click&nbsp;here.&nbsp;The Fairfield Economic Development Association announced the&nbsp;launch Thursday of the 2010 Fairfield Existing Business Initiative [FEBI]. The Initiative, a business&nbsp;outreach survey and interview program first implemented in 2008 (click&nbsp;here&nbsp;for report), seeks to gather extensive intelligence&nbsp;on the condition of the local economy.&nbsp;During the FEBI campaign, me... Sam Busch Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 http://www.growfairfield.com/101-fairfield-businesses-accessing-low-interest-loan-program-101 Eleven businesses in Jefferson County have accessed the Regional&nbsp;Economic Development Investments, Inc. revolving loan fund since its 1991 inception,&nbsp;far outpacing all other counties in the ten-county Area XV performance region in dollars&nbsp;accessed, other investment and jobs created, the Fairfield Economic Development Association said Friday. Since the revolving fund&rsquo;s inception, Jefferson County businesses have&nbsp;accessed $1,196,200 in low-interest loan funds, matching it... Sam Busch Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:00:00 +0100 http://www.growfairfield.com/97-your-copy-2009-feda-annual-report <p>The 2009 FEDA Annual Report is now available online, right here.</p><p>Missed the meeting? Read Brent Willett's remarks&nbsp;here.</p><p>&nbsp;</p> Sam Busch Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:00:00 +0100 http://www.growfairfield.com/94-lets-order-online-inc-awarded-incentives-to-grow <p>Fairfield-based software technology company Let's Order Online, Inc. has been awarded $200,000 in regional and state incentives to help grow its workforce by at least 10 employees over the next 36 months. Let's Order Online markets a proprietary online customer service and ordering software package to restaurants across the country.</p><p>The Let's Order Online incentive package includes $125,000 in funding from the Entrepreneurial Ventures Assistance [EVA] program administered by the Iowa De... Sam Busch Mon, 27 Jul 2009 05:00:00 +0100 http://www.growfairfield.com/90-agri-industrial-plastics-company-expands-production-capacity <p>Agri-Industrial Plastics Company (AIP) will be accepting another 6-layer fuel tank machine in early August to compliment their current machine, doubling the production capacity of fuel tanks for ATV, snowmobile, watercraft, golf cart, lawn &amp; garden and the small to medium sized engine market.</p><p>AIP began manufacturing non automotive multilayer fuel tanks in 2005 to meet the more stringent permeation requirements enforced by the EPA in the United States. Since going down this path, the... Sam Busch Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:00:00 +0100 http://www.growfairfield.com/87-latest-feda-quarterly-released <p><img src="http://www.growfairfield.com/images/64//2009%20Q2%20capture.JPG" alt="" /> </p><p>The 2Q 2009 edition FEDA Quarterly was released on June 17.&nbsp; The newsletter includes articles on the creation of 70 jobs in Fairfield, a piece on online tools for professional development, FEDA's 2011 strategic plan and much more.&nbsp; </p><p>Click here to see a web page version.</p><p>Want it in your inbox?&nbsp; Email sbusch@growfairfield.com to add your name to the email recipient list. </p> Brent Willett Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:00:00 +0100 http://www.growfairfield.com/86-listen-to-a-discussion-about-the-2011-feda-strategic-plan FEDA Executive Director appeared on James Moore's Planet Erstwild&nbsp; show on KRUU-LP 100.1 to discuss the 2011 FEDA Strategic Plan.&nbsp; The full interview is available on the KRUU web site here. Brent Willett Mon, 25 May 2009 05:00:00 +0100 http://www.growfairfield.com/84-mayor-malloy-brent-willett-letter-to-the-editor-on-road-construction This letter to the editor appeared in the May 21, 2009 edition of the Fairfield Ledger.<p>&nbsp;</p><p>LETTER TO THE EDITOR </p><p>BUSINESS 34 IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>We write during a time of transition. The summer we have been awaiting is finally here - the Highway 34 resurfacing project. Just weeks from now, Fairfield will emerge from a transition which first began nearly twenty years ago. At that time, efforts had just begun to convert what is now the Heartland Highway from... Sam Busch Thu, 21 May 2009 05:00:00 +0100 http://www.growfairfield.com/83-feda-announces-2009-2011-strategic-priorities <p>The Fairfield Economic Development Association has announced its strategic priorities for the years 2009-2011.&nbsp; The Priorities, informed heavily by the results of the Fairfield Existing Business Initiative [FEBI], will guide the decision-making process for FEDA over a critical two-year period during which a substantial portion of the $72 million in estimated expansion capital investment identified in the FEBI report is expected to take place.&nbsp; </p><p>Read the media release here. </p... Brent Willett Thu, 07 May 2009 05:00:00 +0100 http://www.growfairfield.com/82-feda-asks-supervisors-to-exempt-territorial-zone <p>FEDA has formally requested that the Jefferson County Board of Supervisors exempt the two-mile &quot;extraterritorial zone&quot; from consideration as part of the corn suitability rating non-farm land use provision in the updated Jefferson County Subdivision Ordinance currently under review.&nbsp; See the FEDA's letter to the supervisors here.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>2009.04.04 update: the Jefferson County Board of Supervisors voted 3-0 to pass the subdivision ordinance with no changes to the CSR ... Brent Willett Wed, 29 Apr 2009 05:00:00 +0100 http://www.growfairfield.com/77-flashy-new-video-makes-the-case-for-manufacturing-in-se-iowa A new video just released by the Southeast Iowa Manufacturers Consortium and Opportunity2 regional economic development marketing group is now available and will soon be put in front and in the hands of area young people.&nbsp; The 9-minute video, six months in development, showcases the diversity of occupational opportunities in advanced manufacturing in the region and makes the case for an industry far from the dark, dirty, labor-intensive days of manufacturing past.&nbsp; Featuring area manuf... Brent Willett Wed, 15 Apr 2009 05:00:00 +0100 http://www.growfairfield.com/76-study-area-businesses-offer-some-of-strongest-fringe-benefits-packages-in-iowa <p>A region- and state-wide survey sponsored in part by the Fairfield Economic Development Association has found that businesses in the Opportunity2 economic development marketing region offer some of the strongest fringe benefits packages in all of Iowa.</p><p>Read the FEDA media release for a report summary or, for all the data, check out the report yourself. </p> Brent Willett Wed, 08 Apr 2009 05:00:00 +0100 http://www.growfairfield.com/75-small-towns-big-ideas-report-released <p class="MsoNoSpacing">Small Towns, Big Ideas&nbsp;is the result of an intensive, yearlong effort to identify and document the stories of small towns that are surviving -- and, in some cases, thriving -- as hubs of civic and economic activity. The&nbsp;Small Towns, Big Ideas&nbsp;project began in mid-2006, when the&nbsp;UNC-Chapel Hill School of Government&nbsp;partnered with the&nbsp;North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center&nbsp;to identify small towns that were implementing successful... Sam Busch Thu, 12 Mar 2009 05:00:00 +0100 http://www.growfairfield.com/74-feda-existing-business-initiative-report-to-the-community-released <p>The final report of the Fairfield Existing Business Initiative has been released. Over the course of six month, FEDA Board members Pat Doyle, Craig Foss, Dave Reiff, Lori Schaefer and FEDA Executive Director Brent Willett conducted surveys and interviews with 41 of Fairfield's top employers.&nbsp; The result is the most comprehensive view of the Fairfield economy- through the lens of Fairfield employers- ever assembled. </p><p>The report, dated February 28, 2009, is now in a special early-rel... Brent Willett Mon, 02 Mar 2009 06:00:00 +0100 http://www.growfairfield.com/58-creative-edge-awarded-incentives-to-expand <p>Fairfield employer Creative Edge Master Shop has received more than $220,000 in incentives and low-interest loans to expand its operations and add 22 new jobs in Fairfield.  FEDA partnered with the company to help assemble the funding package which leverages every $2.26 in company investment for every dollar of incentives.  Get all the details here.</p> Brent Willett Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:00:00 +0100
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