WCEDC GroWARRENow Pres 021312
- 1. Warren County Economic Development Corp.
- 2. WARREN COUNTY IS GROWTH Population growth of almost 14% from 2000 ¨C 2010. (40,671 to 46,225) Household Income grew 24.5% from 2000 ¨C 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)
- 3. 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.
- 4. 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)
- 6. WARREN COUNTY IS KNOWN BY THE COMPANIES THAT WE KEEP!
- 7. 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.
- 8. 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
- 9. 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.
- 11. 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.
- 12. 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 ¨C bars, cereals) ? Built a new plant in Ohio and would like to expand in Indianola
- 13. 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
- 14. 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)
- 15. Other Notable Firms Marble Works Powdered Metal Products
- 17. Southwest Connector & Arterial
- 18. Hwy 5 Bypass / Interstate Redesignation (Purple Heart Highway)
- 20. New Cumming Exit Interchange
- 22. Toy Direct - Indianola 142,000 sq. ft. of lease space
- 23. Scotch Ridge - Carlisle
- 24. Summercrest Hills - Indianola
- 25. Colonial Parkway - Norwalk
- 27. Broadband & Technology ¨C 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.
- 28. What Makes Warren County Special?
- 36. Great Western Trail Woodland Mounds Preserve Trail Summerset Trail and Park Lake Ahquabi State Park
- 38. WE¡¯VE GONE SOCIAL @GroWARRENow facebook.com/warrencountyedc facebook.com/warrencountyedc
- 39. Warren County EDC 111 North Buxton Indianola, Iowa 50125 (515) 961-1067 Jason White: jwhite@wcedc.com Hollie Askey: haskey@wcedc.com Chelsea Rouse: crouse@wcedc.com