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State of Iowa December 4,2023
Black Hawk CountyCOUNCIL WORK SESSION
4:40 E.Getty Council Chambers
.m.
Roll
p Call
Members present:Mayor Quentin Hart in
the Chair. Mr. Boesen, Mr. Nichols, Mr.
Chiles, Mr. Grieder. Ms. Wilder and Mr.
Feuss.Absent:Ms.Creighton-Smith.
Agenda,as proposed or amended
Feuss/Grieder
that the agenda as proposed, be
approved. Voice vote-Ayes: Six. Motion
carried.
Waterloo, City of- Legals Update from Grow Cedar Valley.
Carrie Darrah, Grow Cedar Valley,
Accounts Payable President and CEO, provided a brief
y review of the mission and goals of Grow
Cedar Valley. She shared that this was
715 MULBERRY ST. her final meeting as CEO and that she is
confident that leadership is committed to
choosing a successor who will grow and
WATERLOO IA 50703 elevate the efforts she just outlined,even
more. She thanked council for their
support and guidance personally, and
more importantly their leadership in the
Cedar Valley.
ORDER NUMBER 232726 an overview
of econorialle provided
Li overview of Cedar V ldevelopment,pr
efforts in the last few months.
Mr. Chiles questioned what might be
some reasons that companies might not
The undersigned, being duly sworn, on oath, do depose and say that I wantovercome to locatethat. here and how we might
am an authorized employee of the Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier, that Lisa Skubal shared that there are a
number of reasons and listed some
The Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier is a weekly newspaper regularly specifics.
Mayor Hart shared that sometimes it
published and printed in the English language in the City of Waterloo, depends on how much the state will
incentivize businesses as well. He
Black Hawk County, Iowa, and has a general circulation in the said explained that Waterloo was one of two
cities a company was considering,but the
city and county; and that I personally know that the notice, a true copy state did not provide enough incentives,
and they left for a different state.
of which is hereto affixed, was published in the Waterloo Cedar Falls Stephanie Detweiler, Director of Work-
force and Talent with Grow Cedar Valley,
Courier on the following days, to-wit: highlighted the areas she has been
focused on over the past several months
and how those things are bringing in a
stronger workforce.
Nicole Sallis,Director of Communications,
shared her efforts that build on what Lisa
and Stephanie spoke about through the
'Live The Valley' campaign. She re-
viewed the uniqueness of this campaign
and others and how they are reaching the
community in regard to workforce attrac-
tion,tourism,etc.
Mike Mollaro.VGM Group and Chair of
Grow Cedar Valley,thanked the City for
their partnership and support to grow the
economy in the Ceder Valley. He spoke
about the importance of both regionaliza-
tion and collaboration.
Mayor Hart commented on the impor-
tance of collaboration and spoke about
the good things that are on the horizon for
the City of Waterloo. He thanked the
Section: Legals entire team of Grow Cedar Valley for their
efforts.
Category: 950 Legal Notice ADJOURNMENT
that
tin
that the :Six. adjourn iate 6:06. Voice
vote-Ayes:Six.Motion carried.
PUBLISHED ON: 12/19/2023 Kelley Felchle
City Clerk
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FILED ON: 12/19/2023
That the issues of said paper containing said notice were duly
circulated in the regular manner.
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DANINE GLASCOCK
ti Commission Number 810108
* My Commission Expires
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