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
Financial Resources and Assistance
- Assistance in Finding Government Funding
- Historic Tax Credits
Marketing/Sales
Economic and Site Development
- Revitalization
- Watershed Planning
Nonprofit Development
- Human Resources
- Strategic Planning