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IWD Labor Force Summary for Washington County, Iowa

Annual Average for 2006

For persons in selected occupations living

or working in the community.

Number of manufacturing plants in the community - 29

Number of manufacturing plants with unions - 4

Number of manufacturing employees in the community - 1227

Number of work stoppages in the last five years - 0

 

Assessed value of property in city	$285,620,225
Tax rate per $1000 assessed value	$37.84
Bonded indebtedness: city	$4,435,000
Bonded indebtedness: school	$1,000,000
Bonded indebtedness capacity of community	$27,000,000
Future indebtedness plans	$.00

Remarks: The city, county, and state governemnts, Alliant Energy, and Community College work together with the Washington Economic Development Group to promote and attract new business and industry.  Tax Increment Financing, Tax Abatement,

WEDG Job Creation Grant, CEBA, Job Training.

 

Airport
Time to nearest public airport	5 minutes
Type of runway	2 Concrete
Length of runway	4000/3400 feet
Unicom radio	Yes
Instrument landing system	No
VOR approaches	Yes
Non-directional beacon	Yes
Time to nearest commercial service	52 Minutes
City with commercial air service	Cedar Rapids
Airlines serving point:	American/American Eagle
	Delta ComAir
	Northwest/KLM
	Northwest Airlink
	TWA/TWE
	United/Lufhansa
	US Air/USAir Express

 

Motor Carrier
Number of U.S. highways serving city	0
Number of Iowa highways serving city	2
Time to nearest interstate exchange	30 minutes
Interstate	I-80
Time to nearest four-lane highway	7 minutes
Four-lane highway	US 218
Number of motor freight carriers serving community	32
Number of local terminals	0
Number of intrastate carriers	5
Number of interstate carriers	28

 

Rail Service
Community served by railroad	Yes
Frequency of switching service	As Needed
Piggyback ramp available locally	No
Distance to nearest piggyback service	55 minutes
Name of railroad	I & M Rail Link

Remarks: Excellent access to 4-lane Avenue of the Saints

(US 218) and I-80.  Large 4,000 ft., 2 runway airport and new terminal building.  Mainline rail line carries 15 million t

ons annually.  Passenger Amtrak is 25 miles.

 

Type of local government	Council/Mayor, City Administrator
City zoning ordinance in effect	Yes
County zoning ordinance in effect	No
Subdivision ordinance with design standards in effect	Yes
Number of full-time fire department personnel	4
Number of volunteer fire department personnel	35
Fire insurance class in city	6
Fire insurance class outside city	9
Number of full-time city police officers	12
Industrial waste pickup service	Yes
Percent of city streets paved	95%

Remarks: State of the art water treatment plant,

volunteer recycling program.

 

Number of machine shops in community	2
Number of tool/die shops in community	0
Minutes to nearest if none in community	30
Number of electric motor repair shops in community	0
Minutes to nearest if none in community	30
Daily Newspaper	Washington Evening Journal
Weekly newspaper	none
Seating capacity of largest banquet room	400 persons
Is city served by cable TV?	Yes
Number of hotels/motels	2
Total number of rooms available	29
Number for financial institutions in city	5
Number affiliated with a bank chain	1
Number of company-owned national chain retail stores	6
Chamber of Commerce	Yes
Chamber manager is full-time?	Yes
Is community CEPP certified?	Yes
Main Street Community?	Yes

Remarks: Washington Economic Development Group (WEDG) is the area development corporation dedicated to

economic development.  City has helped assist in residential

development, SBDC and ISED services.  Local community

donations and philanthropy. 

School District: Washington Community School District

 

Type	Number	Teachers	Students	Grades
Elementary	2	73	915	K-6
Middle/ Jr.High	1	33	400	7-9
High School	1	35	397	10-12
Private	1	12	148	K-6

Community College and Trade/Technical Schools:

Kirkwood Community College, local Washington Branch and

Cedar Rapids Main Campus-55 miles

www.kirkwood.cc.ia.us/locations/washington

Four-year College or University:

University of Iowa, Iowa City