“And that kind of investment is helping to grow their small businesses.” Local government “They’re going to be buying feed, and they’re going to be generating more income, and they’re going to be spending more income in their hometowns,” she said. Greenfield said the plant will create new jobs and stimulate the local economy by creating a place for the plant’s farmer shareholders to process their livestock. She highlighted a chicken processing plant in Charles City that reopened because of a combined $45 million loan and grant from the USDA. You will begin to receive our Daily On Iowa Politics updates. Department of Agriculture, said during the press conference the Biden administration has made major investments in Iowa’s agriculture communities and rural Iowa.
Theresa Greenfield, the Iowa state director for rural development at the U.S. The groups also wrote a report that details some of the investments made by the federal programs. The site was launched by a coalition of liberal advocacy groups including Progress Iowa, the Iowa Farmers Union, Common Good Iowa, the Iowa State Education Association, AFSCME Council 61, Interfaith Alliance of Iowa, Iowa Citizens Action Network and. “ … When you can communicate at a level, and they can zoom in on their county and see and click on the things that are happening around them, that's a first step to making it hit home.” “It’s just an effort to remind people, or to let them know for the first time, perhaps, what this means in their day to day life,” Sinovic said. He said the large-dollar figures and different funds make it difficult to keep track of where federal money is going in Iowa. The goal of the site is to present the projects and investments made possible by Democratic-led policies in a clear and digestible format, Sinovic said. The site will be continually updated to show new projects funded by the federal programs, said Progress Iowa Executive Director Matt Sinovic in a press conference Wednesday.
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