Dream Big Grow Here Cedar Valley $5,000 Grant Contest

Would you like a $5,000 small business grant to expand your business here in the Cedar Valley? Share your idea and compete with businesses in Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Chickasaw and Grundy Counties to win $5,000 to make your expansion a reality in the Dream Big, Grow Here Cedar Valley Grant Competition.

To enter into the competition, fill out the online grant application. Applicants will be asked to share their dreams for growing their Iowa company and express what it means to be in business here in the Cedar Valley. Closing date for all entries is April 13, 2011. Then, starting April 15-30, visitors to the Dream Big Grow Here Cedar Valley website will have the opportunity to vote on the ideas they like the best, once a day. The entry with the most votes at the end of the voting period will be the Dream Big Grow Here Cedar Valley business grant winner of $5,000. Visitors to the new site will also find expert blog articles from Iowa’s foremost entrepreneurs and service providers as they talk about the latest Iowa small business trends and offer small business advice.

Check out this video below from Steve Dust, CEO of the Greater Cedar Valley Alliance & Chamber, as he announces the new Dream Big Grow Here Cedar Valley $5,000 grant contest:

For more information on the Dream Big Grow Here Cedar Valley competition and for complete rules, go to http://www.DreamBigGrowHereCedarValley.com or contact The Greater Cedar Valley Alliance & Chamber at info@cedarvalleyalliance.com. This contest is a joint partnership of the Greater Cedar Valley Alliance & Chamber, Cedar Valley Marketing Partnership and the MyEntre.Net online community for small business owners and entrepreneurs. Key sponsors for the Dream Big Grow Here Cedar Valley contest include the Iowa Area Development Group, Community Vitality Center and Iowa MicroLoan Fund, the Iowa Department of Economic Development, the Iowa Bankers Association, Renew Rural Iowa, and the Technology Association of Iowa.