August 20, 2024 (DES MOINES, IA) – Gov. Reynolds and the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) today announced more than $37 million in workforce housing tax credits to develop housing across the state. The awards will support 62 housing projects that are expected to create more than 2,000 residential units. Funds developed through the workforce housing tax credits will impact …
New Small Business Attraction Funding Announced
The City of Nevada, along with Main Street Nevada and the Nevada Economic Development Council are pleased to announce a new funding program designed to support the attraction and expansion of small business within the community. The goal of the “Revitalize Nevada Business Grants for Job Support, Growth, and Development” program is to encourage new businesses to locate within the …
Burke Corporation: Going Electric and Celebrating 50 Years
This year, Burke Corporation in Nevada, Iowa, is celebrating 50 years as one of the leading manufacturers of customized crumbles and meatballs in the pizza industry. In 1973, Bill Burke, Sr., had a vision that has evolved into one of the premier economic development success stories of the region. The company started with three employees and 3,000 square feet in …
Lincolnway Energy
Lincolnway Energy, located between Ames and Nevada, celebrated the milestone of 1 billion gallons of ethanol produced in January 2023. Originally formed in May 2004, the plant started as a 50 million gallon per year dry mill ethanol plant. Today, it produces close to 95 million gallons of ethanol a year and is a driver of economic activity across the …
Mid-States Material Handling and Fabrication Receives Funding from the Iowa Economic Development Authority for Expansion Project
(July 21, 2023) – The Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) has awarded Mid-States Material Handling and Fabrication $85,500 for an expansion project located at their corporate headquarters in Nevada, Iowa. This 15,000 square foot expansion project will include a two-story office as well as an additional 7,000 square feet of new manufacturing space and new manufacturing equipment that will be …
Workforce Spotlight: Adam Fichter
A young man who grew up on a farm in the southwest corner of Iowa is now overseeing financial decisions to grow a Central Iowa-based farm business. Adam Fichter, a 2011 graduate of Shenandoah High School and a 2015 graduate of Iowa State University, is Controller for LongView Farms, located north of Nevada. LongView Farms is a business that has …
Workforce Spotlight: Michael Garcia
Michael Garcia is living proof that you don’t have to go right from point A to point B to get where you are going. When it comes to his career, Michael’s path to becoming a project architect for RMH (Roseland Mackey Harris) Architects, Ames, has been anything but straight. A 1996 graduate of Southeast Polk High School, the Altoona native …
Story Medical Breaks Ground on New Senior Care
At a ceremonial groundbreaking ceremony on May 2, members of Story Medical leadership and the Board of Trustees shared the vision for the new Senior Care facility to be located adjacent to the medical center, just south of Highway 30 on the east side of Nevada. That vision paints a picture of a facility that will transform what senior care …
Workforce Spotlight: Tucker Herzberg
Seeing kids achieve the fitness goals they are working on is the most rewarding part of Tucker Herzberg’s work at The Arena in Nevada. Tucker, 29, is the director of sports performance for Acceleration Iowa, which is based in Ankeny. Since October of 2021, when The Arena and Acceleration Iowa began a partnership, Tucker has been the head coach of …
Workforce Spotlight: Ryan Whitehead
Ryan Whitehead has hung around or worked at Good & Quick in Nevada for so long that many people mistakenly think he’s one of owner Charlie Good’s sons. The truth is, Ryan first became acquainted with Good & Quick because his own father, Ernie Whitehead, worked for Charlie, and Ryan’s brothers, Chris and Corey, also worked for Charlie at one …