The Governor’s Empower Rural Iowa Initiative created a partnership with the Iowa Rural Development Council, which created three task forces, that develop recommendations for the Governor prior to each legislative session:

• Investing in Rural Iowa - created to address the rural housing shortage and develop strategies to support rural businesses and entrepreneurs
• Growing Rural Iowa - created to address leadership, recruitment and retention in rural communities
• Connecting Rural Iowa - created to address the issue of financing broadband connectivity

• 2019 Task Force Recommendations
• 2018 Task Force Recommendations