Community Economic Development Information

Local News

Extension Offers Dynamic Course for Dynamic Leaders
(Posted on 11/29/2007)
- a program series starting in January 2008 and held in various locations in Monona County that focuses on building individual leadership skills and applying those skills in a community setting.

Thirty-five Monona Middle School Youth Take Extreme Leadership Adventure
(Posted on 5/1/2007)
Monona County youth learn that leadership involves skills and attitudes in working together.

Newsletter Launched for Community Economic Development
(Posted on 3/28/2007)
ISU Extension Community and Economic Development launches a new quarterly publication to assist Iowa leaders with information to help their communities advance with the times.

Maintaining Iowa's leadership in the bioeconomy
(Posted on 11/21/2006)
ISU Extension connects Iowans and businesses willing to take leadership in the bioeconomy.

Barn Restoration Inspires 4-H Projects Across Iowa
(Posted on 9/8/2006)
Iowa barns capture the imagination of 4-H youth who help record history and turn nostalgia into local pride and economic growth.

News from Iowa State University Extension

ISU Extension Audio: Interviews for the Week of May 12
(Posted on 5/12/2008)
Listen to interviews about corn planting progress, high grain costs and livestock producers, Iowa’s racial and ethnic makeup, and more.

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

Abigail Gaffey-Communities Field Specialist
Phone: 712-276-2157
Fax:
Email: agaffey@iastate.edu

Merle Pochop-CIRAS (Center for Industrial Research & Service) Field Specialist
Phone: 712-274-0048
Fax:
Email: pochop@iastate.edu

Monona County Extension