River Currents Septem ber, 2013
Strengthening Southeast Iowa in Des Moines, Henry, Lee and Louisa Counties since 1973
A newsletter from the Southeast Iowa Regional Planning Commission SEIRPC MISSION STATEMENT:
... To provide quality direct and technical services, to promote intergovernmental cooperation and to effect a strengthening of the governmental units of the region...
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HISTORY: SEIRPC was incorporated in 1973 by local governments in Southeast Iowa and is recognized in Chapter 28H of the Iowa Code.
SERVICES: • Transportation Planning • Special Studies and Plans • Land Use Planning • Land Use Administration • Project Management • Community Development • Ordinance Codification • Grant writing & administration • GIS Mapping • Revolving loans for business • Public transportation, van pools, employee transportation • Housing development & rehabilitation • Program management • GIS mapping and analysis • Economic Development Services
SEIRPC Reaches Milestone: 40 Years SEIRPC has reached its 40th Anniversary. Incorporated in 1973 by local governments, SEIRPC was one of many regional organizations incorporated in Iowa and nationwide in the early 1970s. Individual governments couldn’t provide their own services in critical areas of grant writing, planning, and administration. They worked together to provide what they needed regionally. Diversifying its services has been a constant for SEIRPC, certainly in the past 20 years. Adding transportation funding and planning, revolving loan funds, environmental planning (brownfields), land use administration, economic development, public transit, and comprehensive housing services has made SEIRPC a larger, more diverse organization. The SEIRPC Board has utilized strong regional participation and a belief in regionalism to sit at the head of responsive and useful organization. Looking back ten years from 2013, much has been accomplished. A flood and recovery, new programs and resources brought to the region, and the largest internal project ever completed – the purchase and renovation of 211 N Gear Ave, the former IPC building. Looking forward ten years, more is to be accomplished. We need to find new ways to bring resources to southeast Iowa in the face of declining federal and state resources. Efforts to establish new partnerships should continue. And, most importantly, the region needs to keep working together. What is the easiest way to measure SEIRPC’s impact over the last 40 years?
$220+ million Outside funds brought into the region to assist local governments, business and regional partners.
211 N Gear Ave, Suite 100, West Burlington, IA 52655 | www.seirpc.com | www.facebook.com/SEIRPC | 1-866-753-5107