Business Recovery Status Report #17: Presidential Disaster #1763, October 31, 2008

Safeguard Iowa Partnership launched a survey to the business community to capture the impact from the 2008 disasters. Five hundred eighty surveys were completed and compiled for the report submitted to the Rebuild Iowa Office Economic and Workforce Development Task Force on August 20, 2008.

Business Recovery Status Report #18: Presidential Disaster #1763, November 7, 2008

Safeguard Iowa Partnership launched a survey to the business community to capture the impact from the 2008 disasters. Five hundred eighty surveys were completed and compiled for the report submitted to the Rebuild Iowa Office Economic and Workforce Development Task Force on August 20, 2008.

Business Recovery Status Report #19: Presidential Disaster #1763, November 14, 2008

Safeguard Iowa Partnership launched a survey to the business community to capture the impact from the 2008 disasters. Five hundred eighty surveys were completed and compiled for the report submitted to the Rebuild Iowa Office Economic and Workforce Development Task Force on August 20, 2008.

Business Recovery Status Report #20: Presidential Disaster #1763, November 21, 2008

Safeguard Iowa Partnership launched a survey to the business community to capture the impact from the 2008 disasters. Five hundred eighty surveys were completed and compiled for the report submitted to the Rebuild Iowa Office Economic and Workforce Development Task Force on August 20, 2008.

Condition of the State of Iowa, 2010

A transcript of the Condition of the State of Iowa speech by Governor Chet Culver delivered at the State Capitol on January 12, 2010.

Iowa Workforce Monthly, September 2009, Issue 8

Highlights: * U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis visited Iowa at the end of July....pg. 2 * The Shoes for Veterans campaign began following a visit to a homeless shelter in the Quad Cities....pg. 2 * Are You Prepared? An emergency – be it a flood, tornado, winter storm or power outage – can occur quickly and without warning...pg. 3 * The Southwest Iowa Employers’ Council & Iowa Workforce Development in conjunction with the Iowa Committee for ESGR will present two valuable training sessions for businesses.....pg. 3

Fact Sheet: Floods and Flash Floods, 2009

Mitigation pays. It includes any activities that prevent an emergency, reduce the chance of an emergency happening, or lessen the damaging effects of unavoidable emergencies. Investing in mitigation steps now such as constructing barriers such as levees and purchasing flood insurance will help reduce the amount of structural damage to your home and financial loss from building and crop damage should a flood or flash flood occur.

Rebuild Iowa Office Quarterly Report, January 2010

The RIO’S January 2010 Quarterly Report details the economic recovery strategy in housing; business; workforce development; infrastructure investments; individual services and guidance; local economic recovery; smart growth; mitigation planning; floodplain and watershed management; floodplain mapping; quality of life; and emergency management.The report also includes an updated selection of charts showing the flow of federal and state disaster recovery funding to the state, counties, cities and individuals affected by the 2008 disasters.

Rebuild Iowa Office Quarterly Report, April 2010

The RIO’S April 2010 Quarterly Report details the economic recovery strategy in housing; business; workforce development; infrastructure investments; individual services and guidance; local economic recovery; smart growth; mitigation planning; floodplain and watershed management; floodplain mapping; quality of life; and emergency management.The report also includes an updated selection of charts showing the flow of federal and state disaster recovery funding to the state, counties, cities and individuals affected by the 2008 disasters.

Rebuild Iowa Office Quarterly Report, July 2010

The RIO’S July 2010 Quarterly Report details the economic recovery strategy in housing; business; workforce development; infrastructure investments; individual services and guidance; local economic recovery; smart growth; mitigation planning; floodplain and watershed management; floodplain mapping; quality of life; and emergency management.The report also includes an updated selection of charts showing the flow of federal and state disaster recovery funding to the state, counties, cities and individuals affected by the 2008 disasters.

State of Iowa Long-Term Economic Recovery Strategy

The "State of Iowa Long-Term Economic Recovery Strategy" was prepared for the Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce. In July, 2008 Iowa received a $3 million grant from the Economic Development Administration to create an Economic Recovery Strategy for recovering from the devastating floods and tornadoes that impacted the state earlier that summer. This report outlines the final version of that strategy. It includes the methods, goals, objectives, measures and key projects that the state has undertaken and will continue into the future to ensure the state‘s complete recovery.

Rebuild Iowa Office Quarterly Report, October 2010

The RIO’S October 2010 Quarterly Report details the economic recovery strategy in housing; business; workforce development; infrastructure investments; individual services and guidance; local economic recovery; smart growth; mitigation planning; floodplain and watershed management; floodplain mapping; quality of life; and emergency management.The report also includes an updated selection of charts showing the flow of federal and state disaster recovery funding to the state, counties, cities and individuals affected by the 2008 disasters.

Executive Order Number Twenty-Five, August 6, 2010

July 24, 2010, the breach of the Lake Delhi dam caused flash floods and massive damage to persons and businesses and public infrastructure in Delaware and Jones counties and surrounding areas, including Jackson County, resulting in gubernatorial declarations of emergency and applications for federal disaster assistance for these areas.

Rebuild Iowa Office Quarterly Report, January 2011

The RIO’S January 2011 Quarterly Report details the economic recovery strategy in housing; business; workforce development; infrastructure investments; individual services and guidance; local economic recovery; smart planning; mitigation planning; floodplain and watershed management; floodplain mapping and quality of life. The report also includes an update of the flow of federal and state disaster recovery funding to the state, counties, cities and individuals affected by the 2008 disasters.

Rebuild Iowa Office Quarterly Report, April 2011

The RIO’S April 2011 Quarterly Report is the Office's final report and details the economic recovery strategy in housing; business; workforce development; infrastructure investments; individual services and guidance; local economic recovery; smart planning; mitigation planning; floodplain and watershed management; floodplain mapping and quality of life. The report also includes an update of the flow of federal and state disaster recovery funding to the state, counties, cities and individuals affected by the 2008 disasters.