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IFADC Manufacturing Day Tours
Iowa Falls Area Development Corporation worked with local partners to organize a Manufacturing Day tour of four businesses on October 6th. The event coincides with the annual recognition of Manufacturing Month. The goal was to expose students to career experiences...
Ackley Native, Nederhoff returns to the Greenbelt with family
Adam Nederhoff, commercial loan officer with Green Belt Bank and Trust, has lived in Iowa Falls, Grimes, Davenport and Eldora. He and his wife, Michelle, love living in Iowa Falls. Michelle hails from Des Moines and also lived in Iowa...
Plastic Recycling of Iowa Falls Continues to Grow - Adds New Equipment/Jobs
Plastics Recycling of Iowa Falls continues to grow in spite of the pandemic and material shortages. Recently the company purchased a new grinder that will grind large pieces of plastic. Plastics Recycling runs 24-hour shifts six days a week and...
Iowa Falls Ethanol Plant Acquired by POET
Sioux Falls, S.D.-based POET has acquired the bioethanol assets of Flint Hills Resources LLC as of June 1st. This includes the ethanol plant in Iowa Falls. POET is the world's largest producer of biofuels. The Iowa Falls plant which produces...
Iowa Select Farms Repurposes Big Box Store to Aid with Storage and Distribution During Pandemic
Iowa Select Farms increased stability and reliability for their farms by aquiring and repurposing the old K-Mart facility in Iowa Falls. The 48,000 square foot space is now the new Iowa Select Farms warehouse and distribution center. "The farms are...
High Speed Fiber will be Good for Business in Iowa Falls!
Fiber is coming to Iowa Falls! Iowa Falls Area Development has been working for some time to improve internet services in Iowa Falls. During visits to local businesses conducted by Mark Buschkamp, Executive Director of Iowa Falls Area Development, (IFADC)...
New manufacturer invokes IF history Featured
Bill Pearce is familiar with the name Boyt. As an old east side Iowa Falls resident, he knows what the luggage manufacturer meant for the town. Now, as the president of AgPremier Inc. (which does business as Zoske Manufacturing), Pearce...
Iowa Falls Area Development helps Matthews Repair Expand
Iowa Falls Area Development is pleased to have assisted Aaron Matthews expand his small business. Matthews Repair was able to expand with financing from the IFADC Revolving Loan Fund. Read more about this story in the Times Citizen.
The 'middle of nowhere' is here as brewery opens in Iowa Falls
By Corey Meints of the Times Citizen Newspaper Opening a brewery in the tiny Wright County town of Clarion was no small move for Willie and Teresa Lancaster and their business partners. It was an even bigger move for the...