About the North Iowa Corridor Economic Development Corporation

Goal Setting Session Priorities Strategic Plan

1. The North Iowa Corridor EDC – Implement the Plan
• Continue to implement the principles of the partnership and marketing plan focused on the four business target groups.
• Follow the protocol for maintaining communication between Clear Lake EDC board and the board of the NICEDC
2. Business Retention - Promote the Retention and Growth of Existing Businesses
• Develop a plan for the Annual Existing Industry Call Program
• Prepare an approach for effectively recognizing North Iowa industry in an ongoing basis
• Communicate the benefits of incentives, NICEDC loan fund, Iowa Human Resource Recruitment Consortium to the existing business and industry community
• Partner with other allied organizations to incorporate their needs for information from the business community into the survey instrument and communicate the findings of the annual survey with allied organizations such as the Pappajohn Center, Iowa Workforce Development, Chamber of Commerce, etc.
3. Viable Airport - Promote the Mason City Municipal Airport
• Meet with the airport commission to formulate an effective plan on how to enhance the airport and its facilities in partnership with the Mason City Chamber of Commerce
• Develop a protocol for connecting the North Iowa business community to timely information related to the airport
• Partner with the airport commission to increase awareness in the North Iowa business community
• Work in partnership with the Mason City Airport Commission and the Chamber of Commerce to build relationships with the FAA, Northwest Airlines, and other potential partners and service providers
4. Business Attraction – Recruiting New Industry and Jobs to North Iowa
• Create a strategy to build upon target industry clusters from the joint marketing initiative.
• Aggressively work leads generated by IDED, Alliant Energy and other economic development allies
• Foster new and existing relationships with the real estate and site selection community in major markets around the United States
• Continue to pursue ways to incorporate the utilization of the North Iowa Venture Capital Fund and the expertise of the John Pappajohn Business & Entrepreneurial Center into our business attraction efforts
5. Help Make North Iowa a “Wired” Community and Promote Continued Investment
   in Sound Infrastructure
• Work to implement the ideals of Opportunity Iowa in conjunction with the Chamber of Commerce and other allied partners
• Develop data on location of fiber optic telecommunication infrastructure that will enable North Iowa to compete for technology sensitive projects
• Support the efforts of NIACC and JPEC to develop a Business Incubator in North Iowa