Silver Shovel Award
The accomplishments of IADG and its sponsoring utilities would not be possible without the strong economic development partnerships found throughout Iowa. IADG is celebrating 25 years of groundbreaking results with a commemorative recognition program called the "Silver Shovel Award."
The Silver Shovel award recognizes significant accomplishments of our rural development partners. Leadership, project development, community philanthropy and successful program innovation are among the many attributes we intend to honor through the Silver Shovel Program.
Silver Shovel honorees include:
Mount Pleasant Area Development Commission (Kiley Miller) nominated by Access Energy Cooperative - August 2010
Midwest Partnership (Jason White) nominated by Midland Power Cooperative, Guthrie County Rural Electric Cooperative, Stuart Municipal Utilities, Farmers Electric Cooperative, Greenfield Municipal Utilities and Central Iowa Power Cooperative - January 2011
Wright County Economic Development (Dennis Bowman) nominated by Prairie Energy Cooperative - February 2011
Appanoose County Development Corporation (Tod Faris) nominated by Southern Iowa Electric Cooperative and Chariton Valley Electric Cooperative - March 2011
Polk City Development Corporation (John Calhoun) nominated by Midland Power Cooperative - May 2011
Le Mars Business Development Corporation (Neal Adler) nominated by North West Rural Electric Cooperative - August 2011
Rock Valley Economic Development (Jim Fander Velde) nominated by North West Rural Electric Cooperative - September 2011
Adams County Development Corporation (Beth Waddle) nominated by Southwestern Iowa Rural Electric Cooperative - January 2012
Butler County Rural Electric Cooperative (Bob Bauman) nominated by Butler County Rural Electrical Cooperative and Corn Belt Power Cooperative - March 2012
Western Iowa Development Association (Lori Holste) nominated by Nishnabotna Valley Rural Electric Cooperative - April 2012
Harrison County Development Corporation (Renea Anderson) nominated by Harrison County Rural Electric Cooperative - April 2012
Humboldt County Development Association (John Hartford) nominated by Humboldt County Rural Electric Cooperative - June 2012
Clinton Regional Development Corporation (Steve Ames) nominated by Eastern Iowa Light & Power - September 2012
Ida County Development (Rita Frahm) nominated by North West Rural Electric Cooperative - September 2012
Silver Shovel Brochure
Silver Shovel Nomination Form
Silver Shovel Grant Request Form