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Mid-Iowa Development Assoc. (MIDAS) Council of Governments

MIDAS provides planning, grant writing, administration, and transportation services to our member governments, and public transit service for the region.

About

MIDAS Council of Governments covers a six county region: Calhoun, Hamilton, Humboldt, Pocahontas, Webster, and Wright. We serve our member governments by providing codification, comprehensive plans preparation, Land Use Plan Preparation, Mitigation Plan preparation, writing personnel manuals, preparing TIF plans, preparing urban renewal plans, and zoning ordnances. We write and administer a wide variety of grants including CDBG, USDA IRP, USDA RBOG, USDA IRP, and USDA RBEG. We perform the regions transportation planning and we operate the City of Fort Dodge and the Regional Public Transit systems.

Services Provided

Public Policy and Government Relations

  • Issues Related to the Geographic Location of a Business
  • Legislative Issues
  • Small Business Issues

Business Planning

  • Census Data

Financial Resources and Assistance

  • Assistance in Finding Government Funding
  • Historic Tax Credits

Marketing/Sales

  • Census Data

Economic and Site Development

  • Revitalization
  • Watershed Planning

Nonprofit Development

  • Human Resources
  • Strategic Planning
Contact Information
Shirley Helgevold
Address
602 1st Avenue South
Fort Dodge, IA 50501
Phone
(515) 576-7183 Ext: 211
Fax
(515) 576-7184