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CONTACT US

602 1st Avenue South
Fort Dodge, Iowa 50501

Phone: 
515.576.7183 (TDD)

Fax:
515.576.7184

Email: info@midascog.net


An Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer:
Funded in part by grants from the U.S. Department of Commerce and the u.S. Department of Agriculture

AVAILABLE SERVICES

MIDAS focuses on three primary areas when providing services to member governments.  Those areas are:  policy development; regional initiatives; and technical assistance/contract assistance.

Policy Development

    • COMMODITY AGRICULTURE
      Commodity agriculture will no longer drive the regional economy.

    • OUTMIGRATION, LABOR SHORTAGES, AND IMMIGRATION
      The area is experiencing outmigration, labor shortages, and immigration.

    • INCREASING COST OF SERVICE
      There is an increasing cost of services.

    • DECLINING POPULATION
      The area has a declining population.  All counties in the MIDAS region saw their peak populations prior to 1940.

    • INCREASINGLY ELDERLY POPULATION
      The population is becoming increasingly elderly.

    • POLICIES FOR ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING
      • Close the digital divide
      • Encourage the entrepreneur
      • Leverage the "New Agriculture"
      • Preserve the rural landscape
      • Boost the human capital.

Regional Initiatives

MIDAS is involved with the development of multiple organizations in the area as well as planning and administering the public transportation program for the region.
    • ASSOCIATION DEVELOPMENT
    • ADMINISTRATION OF REVOLVING LOAN FUNDS

    • TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
      Planning and administration of a Public Transportation program of 70 buses, 900,000 miles, and 500,000 riders.  Planning for Surface Transportation Program (STP) and allocation of approximately $1 million in STP and $100,000 in enhancement funds.

Technical Assistance