News : All Benton County business owners invited to dinner May 23, in Keystone

Benton Development Group is partnering with Vinton Unlimited, Belle Plaine Community Development, and Kirkwood Community College to host a Benton County Business Thank You Dinner.

All business owners in Benton County are invited.

The event takes place: Wednesday, May 23, 2012, from 5:45 pm to 8:00 pm, at Keystone Turner Hall

If you own a Benton County Business and have not received an invitation to this event please contact your local economic development group or visit www.bentoncountyiowa.com to RSVP; deadline is May 4, 2012!

Business owners, managers, and human resource representatives attending this event will have the opportunity to network with other Benton County businesses, talk to resource partners, receive information about today’s rural economy, and have a chance to share your company’s needs/challenges.

We want to thank our local Benton County businesses for what they do for their community and county. This special event will allow us to express our gratitude and help our existing businesses with any questions they may have now or in the future.

The agenda for the event will be as follows:

5:45 pm social/networking (cash bar)

6:15 pm dinner (provided by our sponsors below)

Keynote speaker – Dave Swenson

ISU - Department of Economics

7:30 pm wrap-up

Our sponsors for the event include: Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, East-Central REC, Alliant Energy and some local businesses that will feature their products during the event.