Grow Henry County

Staff and interns will assist with review of Strategic Planning for various regions in the Midwest and also updating and compiling economic data and establishing data linkages which have not been previously made available.

(Counties of Iowa Population Projections with business growth and economic overlays.pdf
County Unemployment and State Population Projections by current population.pdf
For other formats, please make a comment with request.)

All data sets are on sites listed below and in the public domain, inclusive of numerous economic development networking groups and their affiliations.

May I ask for your assistance with these questions:

- in looking at some preliminary data (source, IWD), a civilian labor force high mark
is seen in year 1996 for Henry County, that being 11,360. unemployment 390 or 3.4%.
October, 2009 civilian labor force of 10,270 – unemployment 840 or 8.2%.
Employed year 1996 (10,970) to employed Oct 2009 (9430) would be a shift of around -14%

County population. slight decline over this period.
Projection uncertain. static to lower.

We are seeking to better understand the impact of the downward trend of civilian
population and its lower employed and employable labor force upon our county.

- Also, to better understand this in context to our southeast Iowa region and its unique laborshed characteristics, i.e. defined labor computes to and from Henry County, and the respective upward or downward trends in civilian labor forces – present to historical high mark year(s).

And with use of various socio-economic data overlays, to better understand impacts upon local and regional economies and economic development.
Other overlays to be added.

You are most welcome to comment, suggest or discuss viewpoints on this data set and proposed study. Full, current postings are on www.GrowHenryCounty.com

Also, posted on Iowa Innovation Gateway LinkedIn Groups We encourage you to join this LinkedIn Group. An economic development networking engine. http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=1809010&trk=anet_ug_hm

We do welcome your comments or suggestions for future study. In the upcoming months, we plan to USTREAM live and remote shows, with a focus on economic development and entreprenurial initiatives in Iowa. This dialogue will be supported not only with live streaming, but also provide for public access via phone and email communications between show participants and and internet audience.

Please let us know what topics are of interest as well as guests we should seek out.