Final week to submit nominations for the 2020 Cloy Kuhse Positive Impact Award

Deadline is this Thursday at 12 Noon

Allamakee County Economic Development (ACED) is seeking nominations for the 2020 Cloy Kuhse Positive Impact Award.

To be eligible, the recipient must be a business located in Allamakee County.  ACED will accept nominations until Thursday, September 10 of this year at noon. The award winner announcement will be at the ACED Annual Meeting in October. The Award Recipient will receive a plaque and will be added to the Award Plaque that is displayed at the ACED office. WW Homestead Dairy in Waukon was the 2019 Cloy Kuhse Positive Impact Award winner, and ACED looks forward to announcing another business that is making a positive impact.

This Business Recognition award was created in 2011 to honor the late Cloy Kuhse, who was an ACED Board Director. “The award was created to highlight and recognize a business that is making a positive impact in Allamakee County as well as to honor the memory of Cloy and his vision,” ACED Executive Director Val Reinke stated.

To nominate a business, nomination forms can be picked up at the ACED office, 101 West Main Street, Waukon and are available on the ACED website, https://www.allamakeecounty.com/economic-development/cloy-kuhse-positive.... Contact ACED at 563-568-2624 for more information.

Allamakee County Economic Development (ACED) is the county’s official business recruiter, business expansion and tourism organization. ACED is a nonprofit, county-wide corporation. Its primary emphasis is to enhance existing economic development efforts through retention and expansion of existing business and industry, tourism marketing and coordination, housing need assessment and development, and the recruitment of new business and industry by providing assistance and referrals.

ACED is funded by contributions from the County and communities within Allamakee and also through business memberships. ACED was formed in 1997 and is governed by a seven-person Board of Directors. ACED has assisted many business, commercial and tourism enterprises in realizing the opportunities that exist in northeast Iowa.