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WARREN COUNTY IS GROWTHPopulation growth of almost 14% from 2000 – 2010. (40,671 to

46,225)

Household Income grew 24.5% from 2000 – 2010 ($51,000 to

$64,371)

Job Growth over the next 10 years is estimated at 33.18%

(2% higher than national estimated growth)

The top 20 companies in W.C. had $690,000,000 in sales last year

(an estimated 38% increase in ten years )

W.C. MHI is $64,371 (20.5% higher than national average)

WARREN COUNTY IS GROWTH (CONT.)Ranked third in the state for per capita income at $29,327 (#1

Dallas, Dickinson #2)

Ranked second in the state for median household income at

$64,371 (#1 Dallas)

Ranked 2% higher than the national average for the percent of

population employed in the Management, Business, and

Financial Sectors.

Ranked 3% higher than the national average for the percent of

population employed in the Office Professional Sector, & 1%

higher in the Construction & Extraction.

WARREN COUNTY IS GROWTH (CONT.)

Fourth Fastest Growing County in the State (population)

Students enrolled in Warren County Schools have a graduation

rate of 96.24% (9.24%higher than the state average and 26.24%

higher than the national average)

The unemployment rate in Warren County is 5.5%

(2 % lower than the state, and 2.8% lower than the national rate)

Workforce Base

WARREN COUNTY IS KNOWN BY

THE COMPANIES THAT WE KEEP!

Capital City Fruit• Roughly 120 jobs

• Family-owned business founded in 1949 and current management in place since 2004.

• Regional distributor of fresh fruits and vegetables, serving retail grocery distribution centers and institutional food service wholesale customers

• Expansion underway for a 70,000 square feet facility for distribution facility and 12,000 for offices. Will move into the building on October 31. It is a $13.5 million project.

Alamo Group

• 65 employees in Indianola

• Began as Herschel in 1974, Alamo Group in 1995

• Manufactures and distributes aftermarket parts for the Agricultural Industry

• In 2002 the warehouse was expanded by 52,500 sq. ft. for $1.3 million

Cemen Tech• Current employment is

approx. 89 (100% employee-owned)

• Cemen Tech is a 43 year old company with 38 years in Indianola.

• Cemen Tech is the world’s largest designer and manufacturer of volumetric concrete mixers.

• Employee levels up marginally after concrete industry hit hard in 2008.

EDJE Technologies

General Mills• General Mills presently has

90 full time employees

• General Mills been operating in Carlisle for 55 years

• Produces Gold Medal wheat flour for the wholesale Baking Industry as well as Betty Crocker baking mixes for the retail market.

• Last expansion was in 2002 with a nearly doubling of capacity to our retail baking mix operation. 15 new employees were added at that time.

Harvest Innovations• 50 employees

• Soy Innovations started in

2002 as a pilot plant.

Current owners purchased in

2009

• Primary product is soy based

protein (largest supplier for

ingredients – bars, cereals)

• Built a new plant in Ohio and

would like to expand in

Indianola

La Quercia• 27 employees

• Started in 2000, began

processing ham in 2005

• Processes premium dry

cure pork in Italian

tradition

• Doubled building size in

2009. Added more

machines for aging and

slicing meat

Williams Machine Shop• 16 total employees

• 20 years in Warren County

• Diversified business with

walk in repairs, contract

work with Canadian

customer, and duct work

• Added on to building each

of the last six years (25k sq

ft total)

Other Notable Firms

Powdered Metal

Products

Marble Works

Transportation Connectivity

Southwest Connector & Arterial

Hwy 5 Bypass / Interstate Redesignation

(Purple Heart Highway)

Highway 92 Reconstruction

New Cumming Exit Interchange

Real Estate Opportunities

Toy Direct - Indianola142,000 sq. ft. of lease space

Scotch Ridge - Carlisle

Summercrest Hills - Indianola

Colonial Parkway - Norwalk

Cumming Planned Area

Broadband & Technology – Indianola Municipal Utilities

� Public/Private partnership that delivers world-class advanced

telecom services and helps foster a vibrant Warren Co. tech

economy.

� Municipal-owned fiber-to-the-premise distribution network

interconnected to statewide fiber networks using SONET

architecture.

� Broadband capacity and pricing designed to meets the needs of

both the largest (100MB/sec. +) and smallest (1MB/sec.)

customer; up to 10Gbps potential plus dark fiber services available

to private carriers of choice.

What Makes Warren County Special?

Great Western Trail

Woodland Mounds Preserve Trail

Summerset Trail and Park

Lake Ahquabi State Park

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(515) 961-1067

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Hollie Askey: haskey@wcedc.com

Chelsea Rouse: crouse@wcedc.com