Ceremony Thursday (Oct. 1) for Charles City Designation as Home Base Iowa Community

A ceremony is scheduled for Thursday (10.01) to officially recognize Charles City’s designation as a Home Base Iowa community. 

Home Base Iowa Communities is a statewide initiative designed to integrate service veterans into the workforce, and offers incentives for veterans who move to the community. 

Tim Fox, Chief Executive Officer of the Charles City Area Development Corporation (CCADC), said, “A programmatic requirement is that 10% of businesses in the jurisdiction must be Home Base certified. We identified the 63 largest employers in Floyd County; 31 of them became certified,” 

Floyd County was certified as a Home Base Iowa community in September 2014 and offers a $10,000, zero-interest loan to qualified veterans for purchasing a home. The loan is repayable over 60 months from the Floyd County Board of Supervisors. To date, the CCADC has processed seven successful loan packages for veterans.

A public ceremony honoring Charles City with its Home Base designation is scheduled for 10 AM Thursday (10.01) at City Hall, featuring Home Base Iowa program manager Robert Heage, regional Home Base Iowa career planner Adam Blanchard, Charles City Mayor Dean Andrews, Floyd County Board of Supervisors chair Gloria Carr, and Charles City councilmen and veterans Phillip Knighten and Patrick Lumley.