Dubuque Economic Development
City Economic Development Study
Dubuque, Iowa USA
Business plan and tactics for community economic revitalization, including targeted area redevelopment. The business plan included a five-year strategic plan for the city's implementation, and specific redevelopment and development proposals in various locations throughout the city.
Dubuque's waterfront features the Ice Harbor, where the Diamond Jo Casino and William M. Black are based. Recently the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium, the Grand Harbor Hotel and Waterpark, and the Grand River Events Center have been built just north of the Ice Harbor. Land for this project was acquired from several businesses through condemnation of their properties under eminent domain.
As with so many U.S. cities, Dubuque has been features in major Hollywood films - the movies F.I.S.T. and Take This Job and Shove It were both filmed in Dubuque. About 25 miles west of the city is the town of Dyersville, Iowa - where movies Field of Dreams, was filmed.
The area that has become modern day Dubuque has had a long and rich history. Julien Dubuque was one of the first Europeans to settle that takes his name. A city of rich religious roots, Dubuque is home to numerous Catholic religious orders that maintain monasteries and motherhouses in Dubuque and the surrounding countryside - including New Melleray Abbey (Cistercian Trappists), Our Lady of the Mississippi Abbey (Cistercians), Sinsinawa Mound Motherhouse (Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters), Mount St. Francis Motherhouse (Franciscans), Mount Carmel Motherhouse (Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary) and Mount Loretto Motherhouse (Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Dubuque is also home to four colleges - Loras College and Clarke College are both Catholic Colleges, while The University of Dubuque is associated with the Presbyterian Church. Emmaus Bible College is associated with the protestant Plymouth Brethren movement. Two seminaries are located in the area: the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary (Presbyterian) and Wartburg Theological Seminary (Lutheran-ELCA).
Client: Dubuque Economic Development Corp. Work completed in associated with Welton Beckett & Associates. Work effort of Firm Principal while with predecessor firm.
