Community Economic Development Information

Local News

Community Matters Newsletter
(Posted on 3/12/2007)
Community Matters - a Quarterly Publication for Iowa Leaders from Extension Community and Economic Development

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

Frank Owens-Community Development Specialist
Phone: (515) 235-4644
Fax: (515) 235-4641
Email: frowens@iastate.edu

Resources from ISU Extension

Polk County Demographics

Data for Decision Makers Population (.pdf)

Data for Decision Makers Agriculture (.pdf)

Data for Decision Makers Retail Trade (.pdf)

Data for Decision Makers Employment Earnings (.pdf)

Data for Decision Makers Child and Family Data (.pdf)

Data for Decision Makers Older Iowans Data (.pdf)

County-to-County Commuting Patterns

5201 NE 14th Street
Suite A
Des Moines, Iowa 50313-2005
(515) 263-2660
baldwinj@iastate.edu

Polk County Extension