Curious to learn more about energy burden? Are energy costs a burden for you and your household? What can you do? What are tools to help? UERPC has energy burden information to share with you! Click here and check out our new Energy Burden page to learn more.
**NOTICE: THIS TRAINING IS BEING POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. STAY TUNED FOR NEW DATES LATER IN 2024.*** Help yourself while helping your business! QuickBooks is widely regarded as very powerful and useful software for many businesses. It saves money and time, and since its introduction over two decades ago, it proved to be the ideal software for companies and businesses of all different types and sizes. If you plan to start a company or you already have one, QuickBooks is a must-have software for any business. It really simplifies and streamlines accounting, tracking and reporting, and for the most part, guarantees that the process of managing your company finances will be much easier. Northeast Iowa Business Network (NIBN) -- including the county economic development offices of Allamakee, Clayton, Howard,…
Join us for UERPC's upcoming annual Legislative Forum! Wednesday, December 6, 2023 9:00 - 11:00 am Earth Moving Legacy Center 24412 Hwy 13, Elkader, Iowa Please RSVP by 11/22/23 to Lori Quam at 563-864-7551 or lquam@uerpc.org.
Upper Explorerland Regional Planning Commission (UERPC) is conducting an update to the Long-Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) for the five-county region consisting of Allamakee, Clayton, Fayette, Howard, and Winneshiek Counties in northeast Iowa. The Iowa Department of Transportation requires that our region’s LRTP be updated every five years. The current plan was adopted by the Upper Explorerland Transportation Policy Board in September of 2019. The LRTP has a 20-year planning horizon and is intended to guide transportation investments in the five-county region in support of a transportation system that is safe for all transportation system users, and that facilitates the efficient movement of people and goods. The plan includes a description of the region's existing conditions; identifies current transportation challenges; anticipates potential future needs; and explores various strategies for addressing those…
The next RPA-1 Transportation Policy Board meeting will be held on Thursday, October 19th, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. at UERPC’s offices in Decorah (325 Washington Street). The Enhancement Committee will meet beforehand at 10:00 a.m. at the same location. The Technical Committee will not be meeting. POLICY BOARD AGENDA 1. Call to Order 2. Approval of the agenda 3. Approval of the July 12th, 2023, meeting minutes 4. SFY 2024 Transportation Planning Work Program (TPWP) budget amendment – Resolution 5. Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) update 6. RPA-1 staff updates 7. NEICAC/EARL Transit updates 8. Iowa DOT updates 9. Floor Items 10. Set next meeting date 11. Adjournment
Are you a contractor who would like to receive payment in full shortly after completing a home rehabilitation project? Are you a contractor who has given an estimate to a homeowner, then come to find out that the homeowner may have difficulties affording the rehabilitation work? If so, the Northeast Iowa Regional Housing Trust Fund (NEIRHTF) may be able to assist! The NEIRHTF program can assist homeowners with home rehabilitation projects, now up to the new dollar amount of $12,500 (previously $10,000). In order to utilize NEIRHTF assistance, certain criteria need to be met by both the homeowner AND the contractor. In order for contractors and their workers to work on rehabilitation projects funded through the NEIRHTF, they must first complete lead certification training. In addition to meeting NEIRHTF requirements,…
Allamakee County is completing a study to assess housing availability and needs, and to identify housing solutions in each community! Complete a brief online survey to help us understand your housing needs!!! Survey Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/V8LDVL8 OR, scan the above QR code to open the survey! Stay tuned for more information on the Allamakee County Housing Assessment here!
The Iowa Department of Transportation's draft Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) for federal fiscal years 2024-2027 has been posted for public review. The draft STIP is available on the Iowa DOT’s website at: https://iowadot.gov/program_management/stip/2024-2027-STIP-Draft.pdf. A hard copy of the draft STIP can be made available if needed. Comments concerning this document should be submitted to Matthew Chambers at Iowa DOT's Program Management Bureau at 515-239-1409 or Matthew.Chambers@iowadot.us. The deadline for submitting comments is September 11, 2023.
The next RPA-1 Transportation Policy Board meeting will be held on Wednesday, July 12th, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. at UERPC’s offices in Decorah (325 Washington Street). The Enhancement Committee will meet beforehand at 10:30 a.m. at the same location. The Technical Committee will meet Monday, July 10th at 1:00 p.m. at the same location. POLICY BOARD AGENDA 1. Call to Order 2. Approval of the agenda 3. Approval of the May 25th, 2023, meeting minutes 4. Public Hearing: 2024-2028 Passenger Transportation Plan (PTP) 5. Consideration and possible board action: Approval of the 2024-2028 PTP 6. Public Hearing: FFY 2024-2027 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) 7. Consideration and possible board action: Approval of the FFY 2024-2027 TIP 8. RPA-1 staff updates 9. NEICAC/EARL Transit updates 10. Iowa DOT updates 11. Floor Items…
