• Home
  • News
    • Politics & Government
    • Business & Economy
    • Crime / Courts
    • Health / Medicine
  • Sports
    • High School Sports
    • Radio Iowa Poll
  • Affiliates
    • Affiliate Support Page
  • Contact Us
    • Reporters

Radio Iowa

Iowa's Radio News Network

You are here: Home / Business / State awards grants to three communities

State awards grants to three communities

April 12, 2000 By admin

The state Transportation Commission has approved grants to three Iowa cities to help them bring in new jobs. Department of Transportation spokesman Harry Budd says grants for Albia and Pella will help the cities improve streets to their industrial parks in the hopes of luring in new companies.Albia’s grant is 174-thousand-550 dollars and Pella’s is 416-thousand-250 dollars. The grants are part of the RISE or “Revitalize Iowa’s Sound Economy” program and help build streets. Budd says Webster City is also getting a grant of $108,996.to help Tasler Incorporated create 37 new jobs.The grants to Albia and Pella will pay for 50-percent of those street projects, while the grant to Webster City pays for 80-percent of the street project.

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Filed Under: Business, Politics / Govt Tagged With: Department of Transportation

Featured Stories

ISU survey finds farmland value up slightly

Senator Grassley: Justice Department report confirms abuse of power by FBI

Ankeny man charged for shooting 6 trumpeter swans

DNR asks hunters for deer samples to continue CWD monitoring

Biden calls man quizzing him at town hall ‘a damn liar’

TwitterFacebook
Tweets by RadioIowa

Upper Iowa football coach Tom Shea steps down

Hawkeyes and Cyclones both face big name bowl opponents

Iowa State’s Campbell agrees to contract extension

Epenesa and Duncan honored by B1G

Iowa’s Nunge sidelined by knee injury

More Sports

eNews and Updates

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Archives

Copyright © 2019 ยท Learfield News & Ag, LLC