This project examined local perceptions regarding the factors that contributed to community vitality or the lack thereof during the decade of the 1990s in order to provide lessons learned, best practices and innovative ideas for other community leaders in Iowa and other states. Researchers...

A Rural YES “Young Entrepreneur Summit†was organized at Iowa State University featuring a panel of successful rural entrepreneurs along with SBA Deputy Administrator Marie Johns, USDA Rural Development Deputy Under Secretary Doug Obrien, Governor Terry Branstad, and Lt. Governor Kim...

Reports and summarizes issues important to entrepreneurs and small business owners.

In recent years, many community development practitioners have become interested in exploring trends in intergenerational transfer of wealth and philanthropic mechanisms to sustain community vitality and quality of life. Iowa is among the states that have recently developed statewide initiatives...

Many community leaders are interested in exploring strategies for attracting intergenerational wealth transfer and philanthropy initiatives that channel reinvestment into community foundations, endowments, and other philanthropic mechanisms for sustaining assets critical for community vitality....

Revolving loan funds and entrepreneurial capital are important issues for Iowa and its entrepreneurs. The survey reported here was conducted to learn more about the characteristics and practices of revolving loan funds in Iowa. This report examines findings from questions in the survey that...

Revolving loan funds and entrepreneurial capital are important issues for Iowa and its entrepreneurs. The survey reported here was conducted to learn more about the characteristics and practices of revolving loan funds in Iowa. The funds responding to the survey were from across the areas and...

Revolving loan funds and entrepreneurial capital are important issues for Iowa and its entrepreneurs. The survey reported here was conducted to learn more about the characteristics and practices of revolving loan funds in Iowa. This report examines findings from questions in the survey that...

Revolving loan funds and entrepreneurial capital are important issues for Iowa and its entrepreneurs. The survey reported here was conducted to learn more about the characteristics and practices of revolving loan funds in Iowa. The funds responding to the survey were from across the areas and...