The Iowa Lakes Corridor, organized in 1992 to foster, encourage, promote, assist or otherwise aid economic growth and development in the four-county region of Buena Vista, Clay, Dickinson and Emmet.  Successes and results have been substantial over the past several years.  The collaboration of our counties just in the past nine years has resulted in:

- Over 1400 new jobs
- Over 825 jobs retained
- 17 new companies
- 28 existing company expansionsExisting industry calls made each year - 25 interviews completed in 2007 & 2008
- 9 spec buildings constructed; 6 sold
- Partnerships with 20 financial institutions, 5 utilities, 9 communities, 4 counties, and many local, state and federal agencies and organizations
- Regional events - Okoboji Entrepreneurial Institute; Corridor Art Trail


The latest Iowa Lakes Corridor success stories are the addition of Chebe Bread of Spirit Lake, a new branch location of Heartland Communications Group in Spencer, a start-up manufacturer in Spencer - Terramech, the expansion of a start-up company in Spirit Lake - Credeman Solutions and the Eaton Corporation expansion in Spencer.