Community Economic Development Information

News from Iowa State University Extension

ISU Extension Audio: Interviews for the Week of May 5
(Posted on 5/8/2008)
Listen to interviews about patience during planting season, La niña and corn and soybean yield, farm sector prosperity and the rural economy, and more.

Iowans Worry Their Paychecks Won’t Cover Basic Costs in 2008
(Posted on 4/23/2008)
A new survey shows nearly one-third of Iowans worry family income won't meet expenses. Horizons communities are a step ahead. They have ISU Extension-trained leaders working on poverty and economic decline.

Staff

Steve Adams-Community Development Specialist
Phone: 712-769-2600
Fax: 712-760-2610
Email: stadams@iastate.edu

Sherry Ford-County Extension Education Director
Phone: 712-624-8616
Fax: 712-624-8228
Email: slford@iastate.edu

Resources from ISU Extension

ISU/ Mills County Extension to Communities helps organizations and local governments develop and build their capacity to make Iowa communities better places to live and work.

Data for Decision Makers--Mills County (.pdf)
February 2000. Contains data on population demographics, education, farming, retail sales, personal income, employment, occupation, housing, and family characteristics.
The Agricultural Data for Decison Makers--Mills County (.pdf)
September 1999. Contains information from the 1997 Census of Agriculture and from earlier ag censuses.
The Retail Trade Data for Decision Makers--Mills County (.pdf)
September 1999. Contains 1998 information profiling retail trade.
SETA
Office of Social and Economic Trend Analysis at Iowa State University.

Official Mills County Website
This website is maintained by the county government and features links to county offices and information.

415 Main, Suite 2
Malvern 51551
712-624-8616
xmills@iastate.edu