CEDAR COUNTY, IOWA
PROFIT CENTER, U.S.A.
Transportation |
Utilities |
Property |
Labor
State of Iowa Business Climate | Site Selection Form
For more information call Steve Lacina
Cedar County Economic Development
Commission 1-800-737-5576
or e-mail [email protected]
CONSIDER CEDAR COUNTY... (Click here for the site selection form)
Your Profit Center!
Maximize your profits and locate your business in Cedar County, Iowa. With a prime
geographic location in the center of the US, Cedar County offers you the
communications advantages of the Central Time Zone and Iowa's advanced fiber
optics network. Cedar County's premier transportation location provides your business
with a distribution service of four days or less to any US market.
Transportation Assets
-- Cedar County is your transportation hub for a Midwestern
customer base of 33 million people and 840,000 businesses.
- US Interstate 80
- US Highway 30
- Union Pacific Railroad
- Iowa Interstate Railroad
- Easy access to 2 regional airports
Utilities Assets
-- Iowa's utilities tailor business packages to maximize your profit.
- Electricity utilities at rates lower than the US average
- State of the art telecommunications and fiber optics connections provided at
competitive rates
Property Assets
-- Cedar County offers competitive land prices and favorable
construction costs.
- Industrial parks, zoned and fully serviced
- Greenfield sites are available for immediate industrial development
- Industrial buildings at attractive prices
Labor Assets
-- Cedar County labor costs help companies
compete successfully in the global economy. Families thrive
amid Cedar County's affordable housing and low cost of living,
enhancing workforce recruitment and retention.
- Population in excess of 500,000 in Cedar County and its
commutable area
- Iowa worker value-added productivity higher than the national average
- Over 12 trade schools and institutions of higher learning within the
commutable area
State of Iowa Business Climate Assets
- Lowest new employer unemployment insurance rate in the nation
- Workers compensation costs are 35% lower than the national average
- Single factor corporate income tax based only on total sales income
within the state with 50% deductibility of federal taxes
- Industrial machinery, equipment and computers are exempt from
property taxation and sales and use taxation
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